Please join MEF for our webinar offerings this week (8/31-9/4)
The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars:
Islamists in America: From Judeophobia to Hinduphobia with Samir Kalra
While Islamists in America have long targeted Jews and Israel, they’ve recently expanded their scope to Hindus and India. Building on their experience in promoting anti-Semitism, Islamists are waging a sophisticated media and lobbying effort that espouses support for South Asian terrorist groups, whitewashes attacks on Hindus, and seeks to undermine U.S.-India relations. What factors motivate this campaign of hate, what are its consequences, and what steps can address it?
Monday, August 31, 2020 1:00 - 1:15p.m. EDT Online:
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You can also reply to Stacey Roman at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
Samir Kalra, Esq., managing director of the Hindu American Foundation, oversees the organization’s human rights and public policy efforts. He has written on a range of issues related to the plight of Hindus in Islamist societies. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University School of Law and is licensed to practice law in California. He previously served on Rep. Eric Swalwell's (D-CA) Immigration Advisory Committee.
Israel Insider with Ashley Perry
Israel's shaky coalition government has won another 120 days of life: Will it use this to prepare for another round of elections or to respond forcefully to threats from near, make peace from afar, always with an eye on the US elections?
Wednesday, September 2, 2020 3:00-3:30p.m. EDT Online:
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You can also reply to Stacey Roman at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
China Disrupts the Middle East
with Ilan Berman
Xi Jinping's China is quietly but dramatically becoming a power in the Middle East. From oil deals with Saudi Arabia to high-tech investments in Israel, the Chinese Communist Party is involved. How is this changing regional dynamics? What are Beijing’s objectives? And what does this mean in the context of the Sino-American competition?
Friday, September 4, 2020 1:00-1:15p.m. EDT Online:
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You can also reply to Stacey Roman at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
Ilan Berman, senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, is a specialist on the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation. Born in Israel to Soviet refuseniks, Mr. Berman holds a Master's in international politics from American University and a Juris Doctorate from the Washington College of Law. His most recent book, Iran's Deadly Ambition: The Islamic Republic's Quest for Global Power (Encounter Books, 2015), is available on Amazon.
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The Middle East Forum, an activist think tank, deals with the Middle East, Islamism, U.S. foreign policy, and related topics, urging bold measures to protect Americans and their allies. Pursuing its goals via intellectual, operational, and philanthropic means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government.
