Please join MEF for our webinar offerings this week (6/15-6/19)
The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars:"Middle East Textbooks: Positive Change and Islamist Resistance" with Marcus Sheff
Textbooks are a powerful tool in shaping children’s minds. In the Middle East, however, they all too often promote Islamism and other extremist ideas. What tools are available to make positive change, what is the record of efforts so far, and how do the authorities respond to pressure?
Monday, June 15, 2020 1:00 - 1:15p.m. EDT OnlineClick here to register You can also reply to Stacey McKenna at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
Marcus Sheff is CEO of IMPACT-se, a research and policy non-profit that analyzes textbooks and advocates for curricula encourage acceptance of others and rejection of violent conflict. He has briefed heads of state and spoken at the United Nations, the US Congress, the European Parliament and other influential forums. He has appeared on BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Sky News and other media outlets.
"Israel Insider" with Ashley PerryDomestic, regional, and international pressures are bearing down hard on Prime Minister Netanyahu not to annex any part of the West Bank as soon as on July 1. What are his calculations, what will he do, and what are the ramifications? Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:00-3:30p.m. EDT OnlineClick here to register if you have not already You can also reply to Stacey McKenna at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113"Extremists Exploit Recent Protests to Jump Start Anti-Zionism" with Alex Joffe The recent U.S. unrest focused on police violence and racism jump-started anti-Israel campaigning by the BDS movement, Islamists, the far-Right, and the far-Left. Synagogues, cemeteries and Jewish businesses have been targeted from Los Angeles to Virginia, while social media have been saturated with accusations against Jews and Israel. What does this phenomenon amount to, how does it affect U.S.-Israel relations, and what can be done to combat it? Friday, June 19, 2020 1:00 - 1:15p.m. EDT OnlineClick here to register You can also reply to Stacey McKenna at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
A former director of MEF's Campus Watch, Alexander Joffe is a writer on Middle Eastern and Jewish affairs. Trained as an archaeologist and historian, he holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern studies from the University of Arizona. His work has appeared in leading publications including the Middle East Quarterly, Forbes, Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post, National Interest, Times of Israel, Wall Street Journal and Yediot Aharanot.
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