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SUMMARY:Looking Back After 25 Years: Lessons from the Oslo Accords
DESCRIPTION:The Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) Invites You to a Seminar on Capitol Hill: \n“Looking Back After 25 Years: Lessons to be Learned from the Oslo Accords” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing Guest Speakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, October 5\, 2018\n12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.\nRayburn House Office Building\nRoom 2045\nWashington\, D.C. \nLunch to be provided. All dietary laws observed.\nFor those of you who are unable to attend\, please watch LIVE on EMET’s Facebook page!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeptember 13th marked a quarter of a century since the signing of the Oslo Accords on the White House Lawn. When the accords were signed\, Israel agreed to the “land for peace” formulation\, wherein the Israelis were to give up something very real and tangible – strategic territory – in exchange for empty words and promises. \nThe “land for peace” paradigm has sorely failed. Israel’s efforts towards peace since Olso\, including the Hebron Agreement\, the Wye River Accords\, Taba\, the Camp David Summit\, and the painful\, unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005\, were only met with increased terrorism. The Palestinian Authority (PA) regularly incites its people to violence\, glorifies “martyrs\,” and financially rewards Palestinian terrorists and their families.  The PA still continues to refuse to recognize Israel’s right to exist and encourages its people to kill Jews. \nAfter 25 years\, it is finally time to re-examine the premises of Oslo and the “land for peace” formula\, as well as explore alternative solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Dr. Daniel Pipes \n\nDr. Daniel Pipes is president of the Middle East Forum. His bi-weekly column appears regularly in the Washington Times and in newspapers around the globe.  The Wall Street Journal calls Mr. Pipes “an authoritative commentator on the Middle East” and the Washington Post deems him both “a prominent conservative intellectual” and “perhaps the most prominent U.S. scholar on radical Islam.” The Huffington Post recognizes him as “a renowned scholar on matters of extremist Islam.”  Mr. Pipes discusses current issues on television on such U.S. programs as ABC World News\, Crossfire\, Good Morning America\, News-Hour with Jim Lehrer\, Nightline\, O’Reilly Factor\, and The Today Show. He has appeared on leading television networks around the globe\, including the BBC and Al-Jazeera\, and has lectured in 25 countries. He has publicly debated leading figures\, including Noam Chomsky and Ken Livingstone.  More than 100 newspapers have carried his articles\, including the Los Angeles Times\, New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, and Washington Post. Mr. Pipes has published in such magazines as the Atlantic Monthly\, Commentary\, Foreign Affairs\, Harper’s\, National Review\, New Republic\, Time\, and The Weekly Standard. \nMr. Pipes has edited two collections of essays\, and written twelve books.  His writings\, including 5 books and 10\,000 articles\, have been translated into 37 languages. He sits on several editorial boards\, has testified before many congressional committees\, and worked on five presidential campaigns. Universities in the United States and Switzerland have conferred honorary degrees on him.  He has also been recognized as one of Harvard University’s 100 most influential living graduates and is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World. \nMr. Pipes founded the Middle East Forum (MEForum.org)\, an independent 501(c)3 organization\, in 1994.  Its mission is “promoting American interests” through publications\, research\, media outreach\, and public education. It publishes the Middle East Quarterly and sponsors Campus Watch\, Islamist Watch\, the Legal Project\, and the Washington Project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Professor Efraim Inbar\nProfessor Inbar was the founding director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies\, a position he held for 23 years (1993-2016)\, and a professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University. He is now the President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies\, which seeks to strengthen Israel by advancing a defense and diplomatic discourse that is realistic.  Professor Inbar has been a visiting professor at Georgetown\, Johns Hopkins and Boston universities; a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; a Manfred Warner NATO Fellow; and a visiting fellow at the (London-based) International Institute for Strategic Studies. He was president of the Israel Association of International Studies; a member of the Political Strategic Committee of the National Planning Council; chairman of the National Security Curriculum committee in the Ministry of Education; and a member of the Academic Committee of the IDF History Department. He has authored five books: Outcast Countries in the World Community (1985)\, War and Peace in Israeli Politics. Labor Party Positions on National Security (1991)\, Rabin and Israel’s National Security (1999)\, The Israeli-Turkish Entente (2001)\, and Israel’s National Security: Issues and Challenges since the Yom Kippur War (2008)\, and edited fourteen collections of scholarly articles. He is an expert on Israeli strategic doctrine\, public opinion on national security issues\, US Middle East policy\, Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy\, and Israel-Turkey relations. His recent publications include Implications of US Disengagement from the Middle East and The IDF’s Small Wars (Hebrew\, edited).
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/looking-back-25-years-lessons-oslo-accords/
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SUMMARY:Movie Screening: The Fight Of Our Lives
DESCRIPTION:The Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) and the Center for Security Policy (CSP) Invite You to a Film Screening:\n“The Fight of Our Lives – Defeating the Ideological War Against the West“\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, July 11th\, 2018\n5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. \nRayburn House Office Building\nRoom 2456\nWashington\, D.C. \nPopcorn & beer to be served. All dietary laws reserved. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join EMET and CSP for a film screening of The Fight of Our Lives – Defeating the Ideological War Against the West.  The film examines the internal and external threats facing the West. The cast of distinguished scholars and experts trace the emergence of anti-Western ideas and movements\, and their subsequent penetration into Western academia\, politics\, and society.  This powerful documentary conveys eloquent messages of determination\, focus\, and calls to action. The screening will include a conversation with Gloria Z. Greenfield\, the award-winning producer and director of the documentary.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/movie-screening-fight-lives/
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SUMMARY:Future of US-Turkish Relations After Erdogan’s Victory
DESCRIPTION:“The Future of US-Turkish Relations After Erdogan’s Victory”\n \nWednesday\, July 11th\, 2018\n12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (ET)\nRayburn House Office Building \nRoom 2045\nLunch to be served. All dietary laws observed. \nRSVP \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin EMET on Capitol Hill as we host Congressman Gus Bilirakis\, FDD scholar and former Turkish parliament member Dr. Aykan Erdemir\, the pro-Kurdish opposition US representative of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP)\, Giran Ozcan\, and EMET’s Director of the Kurdistan Project\, Diliman Abdulkader. The panel will be moderated by EMET founder and President Sarah Stern. Our panel will analyze the implications of the June 24th Turkish elections called by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Leading Turkey since 2002 with the Justice and Development Party (AKP)\, internally Erdogan has tilted state institutions to further solidify his position\, he has targeted political opposition groups\, academics\, journalists\, and the Kurdish minority all while labeling those speaking against his rule as “terrorists.” Erdogan has distanced himself from his short-lived “zero problem with neighbors” policy as he has made more foes than friends in the region. He has threatened Greece with military action while continuing to have a foothold in Northern Cyprus. His incursions into Syria targeting US-backed Kurdish forces has created a diminishing of relations with the United States. Under Erdogan\, Turkey has pivoted towards Russia by purchasing Russian missiles incompatible with NATO defense systems. The panel will examine the outcome of the elections\, what Turkey’s future holds under Erdogan and how this will affect US-Turkish relations.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/future-us-turkish-relations-erdogans-victory/
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SUMMARY:An Alternative to the United Nations: The Covenant of Democratic Nations
DESCRIPTION:The Endowment for Middle East Truth invites you to a Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Capitol Hill Seminar:\n“An Alternative to the United Nations: The Covenant of Democratic Nations”\nMonday\, January 23\, 2017\n 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.\n Rayburn House Office Building\n Gold Room 2168\n \nSpeakers:\nRep. Trent Franks (R-AZ)\nEdwin Black\, author IBM and the Holocaust\nNathan Lewin\, Constitutional Lawyer\nSarah Stern\, Founder & President of the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET)\nKenneth Marcus\, President of the Brandeis Center\nBen Cohen\, The Israel Project \nRSVP Here\nThe League of Nations outlived its usefulness during the Hitler regime. After the War\, the League was replaced by the United Nations. Now the United Nations has outlived its usefulness and must be replaced with a new international body\, one comprised solely of those nations governed by democratic principles\, devoted to genuine democracy\, equality\, and peaceful relations throughout the world. The United States should defund and withdraw form the United Nations and reconstitute the movement to achieve world peace for all in a new world body: The Covenant of Democratic Nations. The Covenant of Democratic Nations will review\, re-ratify\, amend\, or nullify all acts and resolutions of the uNited nations and its agencies creating a new body of long-overdue\, reformed\, and updated international law. \nLunch to be served. All dietary laws observed.\nPlease direct any questions to Deanne at dheffernan@emetonline.org
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SUMMARY:Seminar Invitation: The Implications of Russia's Intervention in Syria
DESCRIPTION:Rayburn House Office Building\n Room 2203\n Tuesday\, December 1st\, 2015\n 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m \nWith the Turkish downing of a Russian warplane on Tuesday\, November 24th near the Turkish-Syrian border\, the international community has become increasingly concerned that the situation in Syria could worsen.  Russian President Vladimir Putin said the incident would have “serious consequences for Russia’s relationship with Turkey.”  At the same time\, it appears that Putin wants to be a more dominate player in the region\, and is attempting to surpass America’s role.  The Russians have brought planes\, tanks\, and ships to Syria\, and just recently sent ground troops into the country\, according to a report in a Kuwaiti daily.  And although Moscow says it is fighting ISIS\, it has supported the Assad regime for decades. \nWhat exactly is Russia trying to accomplish in Syria? And whose side is Russia really on? To help answer these questions and more\, please join us for a seminar featuring international security expert Dr. Ariel Cohen.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Dr. Ariel Cohen:\n\nAriel Cohen\, L.L.B.\, Ph.D.\, is a recognized authority on international security and energy policy\, and the rule of law and a leading expert in Russia/Eurasia\, Eastern Europe\, and the Middle East. Dr. Cohen is the Founder and Director of the Center for Energy\, Natural Resources and Geopolitics and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Analysis of Global Security\, a Washington\, DC\, think tank. He is the Principal of International Market Analysis\, a political risk advisory with specialty in energy and natural resources.  Dr. Ariel Cohen also serves as a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council\, within the Global Energy Center and the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center.  Until 2015\, he was a Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy at the Heritage Foundation. He directed Heritage’s global energy simulation exercises and works closely with Congressmen\, Congressional staff members\, and cabinet- and sub-cabinet level domestic and foreign decision-makers\, including on conventional and unconventional oil and gas markets. Dr. Cohen directs high-level conferences on international energy security\, the rule of law\, crime and corruption\, and a variety of other issues. \nDr. Cohen frequently testifies before committees of the U.S. Congress\, including the Senate and House Foreign Relations Committees\, the House Armed Services Committee\, the House Judiciary Committee and the Helsinki Commission.  Dr. Cohen regularly lectures at the request of U.S. Government institutions: the U.S. Department of State\, the Joint Chiefs of Staff\, the Training and Doctrine and Special Forces Commands of the U.S. armed services\, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency and also conducts White House briefings. He also directs high-level conferences on international security\, energy\, the rule of law\, crime and corruption\, and a variety of other issues. \nDr. Cohen consults for Fortune 500 companies and international law firms. He served as a Senior Consultant for Burson Marsteller’s Emerging Markets practice\, a global public affairs firm\, and for Emerging Markets Communications\, a boutique strategic communications consultancy. He has prepared expert testimonies and/or testified in high profile cases tried by leading Washington law firms; and wrote expert opinions for investors who are involved in a multi-billion dollar suits against illegal expropriations in the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. He also was a Policy Adviser with the National Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Deterrence Analysis. In addition\, Dr. Cohen has consulted for U.S. AID\, The World Bank\, the Pentagon\, the U.S. Senate\, and Radio Liberty-Radio Free Europe. \nDr. Cohen has published six books and monographs; 30 book chapters; and over 500 articles in professional and popular media. He appears on CNN\, NBC\, CBS\, FOX\, C-SPAN\, BBC-TV\, Al Jazeera English\, and all Russian and Ukrainian national TV networks. He was a commentator on a Voice of America weekly radio and TV show for eight years. Currently\, he is a Contributing Editor to the National Interest and a blogger for the Voice of America. For eight years\, he wrote commentary columns for United Press International\, Middle East Times\, and has extensively written as a guest columnist for the New York Times\, International Herald Tribune\, Christian Science Monitor\, the Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Times\, EurasiaNet\, and National Review Online. In Europe\, Cohen’s analyses have appeared in Kommersant\, Izvestiya\, Hurriyet\, the popular Russian website Ezhenedelny Zhurnal\, and many others.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/seminar-invitation-the-implications-of-russias-intervention-in-syria/
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SUMMARY:Seismic Changes in the Middle East & Ethics in the Field
DESCRIPTION:Featuring: Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger & IDF Colonel (Res.) Bentzi Gruber   \nAs the situation across the Arab world continues to devolve\, from ISIS acquiring more and more territory throughout Iraq\, Syria\, and even Libya\, to the overthrow of the pro-American Yemeni government by the Iranian supported Houthi rebels\, to the continuing drive for nuclear weapons by the genocidal and anti-American Islamic Republic of Iran\, what impact do these developments have on long-held American interests in the region? What is the impact on the American-Israel relationship\, as Israel stands alone to face a nuclear armed Iran? Is the world’s – and President Obama’s – continuing preoccupation with the Palestinian issue and the peace process still relevant in a time of rapidly shifting Middle Eastern sands?  Please join us for a discussion with Amb. Yoram Ettinger as he addresses these questions\, and more. \nAfterward\, Col. Bentzi Gruber will present a behind the scenes look at the strategic and ethical decisions that IDF commanders and officers have to make daily.  Using actual footage from Israel’s most recent wars\, Col. Gruber will explore the dilemmas the IDF faces to sustain national security while upholding one of the most rigorous military codes of ethics in the world today. \nAmbassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger is an insider on US-Israel relations\, Mideast politics and overseas investments in Israel’s high tech.  He is a member of the American-Israel Demographic Research Group (AIDRG)\, which has documented dramatic flaws behind demographic fatalism on one hand and a Jewish demographic momentum on the other hand. He served as Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel’s Embassy in Washington (with a rank of an ambassador)\, Israel’s Consul General in Houston and Director of Israel’s Government Press Office. Since leaving the embassy\, Mr. Ettinger has served as a consultant to Israeli Cabinet Members\, legislators and to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. He serves as a consultant to members of Israel’s Cabinet and Knesset\, and regularly briefs US legislators and their staff on Israel’s contribution to vital US interests\, on the root causes of international terrorism and on other issues of bilateral concern. He is often interviewed on Israeli TV and radio and is a frequent contributor to most of Israel’s newspapers including Israel HaYom\, Yediot Achronot\, Ma’ariv\, Ynet\, News First Class\, Jerusalem Post as well as to many American radio stations and newspapers. Yoram has served in various positions for the Government of Israel\, is President of “US-Israel Opportunities Ltd.” and has been a lecturer at Hebrew University in both US and Middle East Politics. \nColonel Bentzi Gruber is Vice Commander (reserves) of Division 252\, an armored division of 20\,000 soldiers. As an entrepreneur\, he has established Internet startups\, been a real-estate developer and initiated biotech research. He is founder of “Chesed In The Field\,” a non-profit that brings together IDF reservists and chronically ill and disabled children for special events throughout the year instilling the values of community and social responsibility in the hearts of thousands of soldiers. Col. Gruber also established “Ethics in the Field” to shatter myths and present the facts missing in today’s discussion of Israeli counter terrorism.  A graduate of Yeshivat Har Etzion and the Jerusalem Institute of Technology (Machon Lev)\, Col. Gruber received a PhD from the The International University of Business and Law (London). He serves on the boards of Yeshivat Har Etzion and Ohr Torah Stone\, and the ethics committees of the Eitanim and Kfar Shaul Hospitals and has spoken at national conferences\, community events\, synagogues\, military academies\, college campuses\, and middle and high schools around the world. \nLunch to be served. All dietary laws observed. Kindly RSVP to: lschneider@emetonline.org
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/seismic-changes-in-the-middle-east-ethics-in-the-field/
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