The Middle East Forum presents this week's podcasts.


Note: There will be no podcast on Friday, August 2, 2024.

“Europe vs. the Middle East: What Next?”

with Michel Gurfinkiel

The recent elections to the European Parliament indicated a broad shift to the right, largely in protest against years of uncontrolled mass migration from the Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. The left and far-left also made gains, especially in France, with their vociferous criticism of Israel. How much did Middle East conflicts influence the elections? What does the the increased polarization imply for EU immigration policy? For Middle East policy?


Monday, July 29, 2024
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET

Michel Gurfinkiel, a French scholar of European Islamism, Turkey, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, is president of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute, a Paris-based think tank. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of Valeurs Actuelles, France's foremost conservative weekly. Mr. Gurfinkiel has written eight books and contributes frequently to U.S. media, including the Middle East Quarterly, Commentary, PJMedia.com, Wall Street Journal, and Weekly Standard. He is a Milstein Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum.

Israel Insider

with Ashley Perry

A Hezbollah rocket killed 12 Druze children on Israel's part of the Golan Heights on Saturday. Might this lead to full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah?


Wednesday, July 31, 2024
3:00pm - 3:30pm ET

Ashley Perry is an advisor to the Middle East Forum’s Israel office. He served as adviser to Israel's minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in 2009-15, and has also worked with Israel's Ministers of Intelligence, Agriculture and Rural Development, Energy, Water and Infrastructure, Defense, Tourism, Internal Security, and Immigrant Absorption and as an advisor to The Negev Forum. Originally from the UK, he moved to Israel in 2001. He holds a B.A. from University College London and an M.A. from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

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