How Resilient is the Current Middle Eastern State System?
Professor Itamar Rabinovich is a former Israeli Ambassador to Washington and head of the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University. Colonial powers built shaky foundations for artificial states that never built civil society. The one exception: Jordan.
Turkish Foreign Policy and the Specter of Sykes-Picot
Dr. Ahmet K. Han, Kadir Has University in Turkey, discusses the “New Turkey,” today’s Islamicism, and Turkey’s relations with Israel.
Sykes-Picot Agreement was Actually an Obstacle to Zionist Ideals
Dr. Martin Kramer is president designate of the Shalem College in Jerusalem. He also serves as Wexler-Fromer Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Russian Policy in the Middle East
Russian Minister-Counsellor Alexey Drobinin discusses Israel-Russian cooperation, Syria, Golan and Crimea
Returning to Hamas’ Gaza Battlefield: Drones
If you were to now think about the components of Hamas’ military arsenal after this devastating war, what would you say? Are the Iranians supplying them with the know-how to manufacture drones? Hirsh Goodman, author of the Jerusalem Center’s “The Gaza War 2014, The War Israel Did Not Want and the Disaster It Averted” interviews […]
Returning to Hamas’ Gaza Battlefield: Tunnels
The Hamas tunnels are back in the news. What is Hamas up to? Have they changed their tactics? Have they changed their desire to destroy Israel? Has there been any moderation on their part? Lenny Ben-David, Director of Publications and contributor to The Gaza War 2014 interviews Hirsh Goodman, author of the Jerusalem Center’s The […]
Israel at 68: Changing threats to Israel
As Yom Ha’atzmaut approaches, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser assesses Israel’s general security situation today. Israel is not facing standing armies from neighboring states today, but terrorist armies with missiles, tunnels and radical countries like Iran building long-range missiles.
Israel at 68: Enemies don’t hide their intentions
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser discusses the threats Israel faces from Lebanon and along the Golan Heights. The coalition of Iran, Hizbullah, Iraq don’t hide their threats to Israel. We will oppose the establishment of terrorist bases in Syria.
Israel at 68: Surrounded by instability
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser discusses the instability of Palestinians in both Gaza and Judea and Samaria/West Bank. In Gaza, the Palestinians have failed to improve their civilian infrastructure and continue to make efforts to build for war. On the West Bank, there is instability because of Abu Mazen’s age and the Palestinian’s continued refusal to […]
Whither Turkey? Its leadership, role in the Middle East, and ties with Israel.
Dr. Harold Rhode, retired U.S. Defense Department head of the Turkish desk, discusses President Erdogan’s ties with Russia, Europe, the United Sates, and Israel. Interviewed by Lenny Ben-David, Director of Publications. Question: How do you explain the significant political change in Turkey this week? President Erdogan appears to have pressured Prime Minister Davutoğlu to resign. […]
From Welcome Euphoria to Pandora’s Box – The European Refugee Crisis, Israel and the Jews.
The massive chaotic influx of over a million refugees into Europe in recent months has sparked radical new developments, in particular in Germany and Sweden, the two countries which have accepted the largest numbers of refugees. These ongoing developments create challenges and opportunities for Israel and have important ramifications for European Jews.
Why Are Arab States Worried in Wake of Iran Nuclear Deal?
Iran affairs expert Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall discusses the turmoil in some Arab states in the wake of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Understanding the Significance of Protests Over Egypt’s Handing Over Two Islands to Saudi Arabia
Middle East experts Jacques Neriah, Amb. Zvi Mazel and Brig.Gen (ret) Yossi Kuperwasser discuss the implications of widespread protests over Egypt’s relinquishing control over two Red Sea Islands.
Will Growing Tension on Israel-Gaza Border Lead to Another War with Hamas?
Amb. Zvi Mazel, Israel’s former Ambassador to Egypt, and journalist and Middle East affairs analyst Yoni Ben Menahem discuss the latest tensions on Israel’s border with Gaza.
BDS – Middle East Alert
This show spoke about the BDS Movement and how to fight it. Participants: * Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser Senior Project Director JCPA Former Director General Ministry of Strategic Affairs, former Head, IDF intelligence Research and Assessment * Dr Irwin Mansdorf, Clinical psychologist and psychology of terrorism expert, JCPA research fellow and Director of the Israel […]
