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The Middle East Forum presents this week's podcasts.

Israel’s Seven-Front War: #3 Gaza

with Daniel Pipes

Oct. 7 set off a series of shocks, from the initial failure of Israel’s security systems to the disruption of Red Sea shipping to a crisis on American college campuses. The situation in Gaza itself has also been unpredictable: agonizing hostage videos, Netanyahu demanding an “absolute victory,” an elusive Yahya Sinwar, and a failed $300 million American-built pier. What does this confusing picture amount to? In what direction is the conflict heading? Where is it likely to leave Israel, Hamas, and the Gazans?

Monday, June 3, 2024
2:00pm - 2:30pm ET

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Daniel Pipes has taught Middle Eastern and world history at Harvard University and the University of Chicago, served on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff under President Reagan, founded the Middle East Forum, overseen $25 million in grants, and written eighteen books. His nineteenth, Israel Victory: How Zionists Win Acceptance and Palestinians Get Liberated, appears this month.

Israel Insider

with Ashley Perry

President Biden on Friday gave a speech in which he outlined a proposed deal for the end of the war and the return of the hostages.  He presented this proposal as coming from the Israeli side.  Was that accurate?  How far will Israel go to get the hostages back? What could this mean for the future of the coalition?

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
3:00pm - 3:30pm ET

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Ashley Perry is an advisor to the Middle East Forum’s Israel office. He served as advisor 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 BA from University College London and an MA from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

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