Please join MEF for our webinar offerings this week (7/13-7/17)
The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars:
Note: We switched to a direct link with no registration required. Keep the link handy and click on it just prior to the event.
"The Middle East's Media Wars" with Alberto Fernandez
From providing Hezbollah with a platform to fueling the growth of al-Qaeda and ISIS, Middle Eastern news media has spread the message of jihadis since 9/11. The U.S. government pushed back in 2004 with the Alhurra network. Alberto Fernandez, the recent head of Alhurra’s holding company, witnessed first hand the great media battles. Have moderates begun winning the battle? What can Americans do to help?
Monday, July 13, 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
Alberto M. Fernandez (@AlbertoMiguelF5), a career U.S. diplomat, is Vice President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). He previously served as President of Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), an American-funded Arabic-language news organization that included the al Hurra network. Mr. Fernandez is veteran of the U.S. Army and a graduate of the University of Arizona and the Defense Language Institute.
"Israel Insider" with Ashley Perry
The economy takes center stage in Israel as thousands take to the streets and the government cannot agree on a budget. Of all issues, could this - and not COVID-19, annexation, or Netanyahu's court cases - be the one that drags the country back to elections?
Wednesday, July 15, 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"Drawing Lessons from Europe's Experience with Jihadi Border Infiltration" with Todd Bensman
Jihadis who presented themselves as refugees to infiltrate the European Union have engaged in many attacks, including the November 2015 attack in Paris, killing 130. Todd Bensman’s just-completed study of these migrant-terrorists sheds light on their numbers, characteristics, and tactics; it also finds that the United States is vulnerable. Based on the European experience, Mr. Bensman offers ideas for Americans to avoid making the same mistakes.
Friday, July 17, 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
Todd Bensman is a writing fellow at the Middle Forum and a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). He led counterterrorism intelligence for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division. His book, Covert Border Wars: The Untold Story of America's Near and Far Campaigns to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration (Posthill Press/Bombardier Books), is available for pre-order.
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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.
