Forthcoming Weekly Podcast Offerings from the Middle East Forum for January 29 - February 2

October 7 and the Left

with Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Hamas has received ideological and material support from both Islamist and leftist organizations and governments, something that has become the more evident since Oct. 7. What is the extent of the Left’s support? What explains it? How do leftists reconcile the deep contradictions between their world outlook and that of the Islamists? Is this alliance getting stronger or weaker and how long will it likely last?
Monday, January 29, 2024
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET
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Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, a Milstein Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum, is an Egyptian-American analyst who focuses on such topics as Muslim antisemitism, Islamist ideology, and American universities. He has been published in Commentary, Tablet, The Hill, Mosaic, and elsewhere. Mr. Mansour has published an autobiography, Minority of One: The Unchaining of an Arab Mind. He received political asylum in the United States in 2012 and worked as an assistant professor of Hebrew language at the Defense Language Institute. He holds an MA in International Affairs from George Washington University.

Israel Insider

with Ashley Perry
What impact will the International Court of Justice’ Interim Ruling have on Israel's war against Hamas?
Wednesday, January 31, 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 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 BA from University College London and an MA from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).