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MEF Foreign Policy Debate – Watch Live
Dear Reader,
The Middle East Forum is inviting you to a livestream of our foreign policy debate, "The Middle East: Harris and Trump Policies Explained" on YouTube and Facebook.
The debate livestream will begin just before 7:00PM Eastern Time.
Peter Deutsch is an American lawyer and former politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005. Born in the Bronx, New York, in 1957, Deutsch graduated from Yale Law School in 1982 before moving to Broward County, Florida. He began his political career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served five terms from 1982 to 1992. He is the founder of Ben Gamla Charter School in Hollywood, Florida, and continues to be involved in various political and educational initiatives.
Halie Soifer has led the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) since 2018, first as Executive Director and now as CEO. She previously served nearly two decades as a national security advisor to several members of Congress and as a senior policy advisor in the Obama administration. Most recently, she was National Security Advisor to then-Senator Kamala Harris. Halie also held roles advising U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power at the U.N. and working in the State Department. She holds degrees from Johns Hopkins (SAIS) and the University of Michigan Honors College.
Jennifer Sutton has dedicated her career to advancing the U.S.-Israel relationship, serving since 2014 as the inaugural Executive Director of the Council for a Secure America (CSA). She led the creation of the CSA Israel-HAMAS War Document, a comprehensive report on the geopolitical and energy dynamics of the conflict, which has been presented to various U.S. Congressional offices. Previously, Jennifer was Director of External Relations and Social Secretary to Ambassador Michael Oren at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. She also consults for startups and nonprofits and holds leadership roles in Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, including the Joint Distribution Committee and Israel21c.
The Middle East Forum, a think tank founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, promotes American interests in the Middle East and protects Western values from Middle Eastern threats. In the Middle East, we focus on ways to defeat radical Islam; work for Palestinian acceptance of Israel; develop strategies to contain Iran; and deal with advancing anarchy. Domestically, the Forum emphasizes the danger of lawful Islamism; protects the freedoms of anti-Islamist authors, and activists; and works to improve Middle East studies.
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 and operational means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government.
