Please join MEF for our webinar offerings this week (6/8-6/12).
The Middle East Forum presents next week's webinars:
"The EU Awakes to Terror-Linked NGOs, Then Goes Back to Sleep" with Gerald Steinberg
When the European Union in 2019 added a clause to grant contracts with NGOs that prohibits the transfer of its funds to designated terrorist organizations, this elicited howls of protest from the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), an umbrella organization of 135 Palestinian NGOs. On March 30, 2020, the EU sent a “clarification letter” to PNGO that appears to give into Palestinian pressure and effectively annul EU anti-terror regulations. In response to uproar over this capitulation, the EU has promised an investigation. What are the stakes and what lies ahead?
You can also reply to Stacey McKenna at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg is professor emeritus of political science at Bar-Ilan University, and president of NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based think tank that focuses on the politics and influence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their links to terror organizations. His most recent book Menachem Begin and the Israel-Egypt Peace Process: Between Ideology and Political Realism (2019)
"Israel Insider" with Ashley Perry
The move to apply Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank is meeting with intense domestic and international pressures. What are the new government's choices and what are their dangers?
You can also reply to Stacey McKenna at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
"Islam Becomes a Taboo Topic: The Danish Case"
with Aia Fog
Denmark, like many other Western countries, has a growing number of Islamists who reject freedom of speech, demanding that any criticism of Islam and related topics be silenced via hate speech laws. They are getting their way thanks to censorship on social media, legislation, an increase in antisemitic incidents, and a stifling culture of political correctness. What does this mean for Denmark, historically a leader of free-speech, and beyond?
You can also reply to Stacey McKenna at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
Aia Fog is chairman of The Danish Free Press Society, the biggest organization of its type in all of Europe. She holds a master´s degree in law from the University of Copenhagen and has worked as a legal adviser in both public administration and private organizations. Ms. Fog was the chief editor of The Document and writes a weekly column on free speech issues.
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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.
