| | | | The Middle East Forum presents this week's podcasts. |
| | Iran Arrives on U.S. Campuses |
| | with Roya Hakakian
The current protests on US campuses uncannily resemble the rallies and demonstrations that marked the revolutionary era of Iran. In 1978, Iranian universities, long sites of political ferment, became staging grounds for anti-government activities and operations. Students demonstrated in Tehran, chanting ‘Marg Bar Shah’ – death to the Shah. It was Iranian students who invaded the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, taking 63 Americans hostage. Ayatollah Khomeini promised to export the Islamic Revolution around the world. Forty-five years later, has he finally succeeded in realizing his ambition?
Monday, May 27, 2024
1:00pm to 1:30pm ET
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| Roya Hakakian is an author, journalist, and a fellow at Yale University’s Davenport College. She is a founding member of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, and serves on the board of Refugees International. Her memoir, Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran, appeared in 2005 (Crown). She is a graduate of Brooklyn College in New York. |
| | | | with Ashley Perry
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) recommended issuing arrest warrants against PM Netanyahu and DM Gallant. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah. What impact will these developments have on the war in Gaza? On Israel’s diplomacy? On Israeli internal politics?
Wednesday, May 29, 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). |
| | Still Allies? Australia and Israel |
| | with Joel Burnie
Ever since Australia voted in favor of the U.N. Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947, it has given strong bi-partisan support to Israel. But recent signs suggest this has changed under the Labor government headed by Anthony Albanese since May 2022. What has caused this shift? Has something major happened? Where are things headed?
*Note: This is a pre-recorded broadcast and will not feature a live audience Q&A session.
Friday, May 31, 2024
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET
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| Joel Burnie is the executive manager at the Australia-Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, known as AIJAC. His prior positions have included president of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students and working for the Zionist Federation of Australia. He holds a BA and a JD, both from Monash University. |
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