Global Perspectives with Ellie Cohanim

The women and men of Iran are fed up with the regime and are risking their lives for the future of their children, Sheila Nazarian says. Nazarian, a plastic surgeon, is the star of the Emmy Nominated Netflix Series “Skin Decision” and a passionate social media activist. In the latest episode of “Global perspectives,” she and host Ellie Cohanim discuss the protests in Iran, anti-Semitism and what it means to be an immigrant in the United States.“I've never been prouder of my Iranian heritage, seeing my people stand up for what they believe in, stand up for their core values,” Nazarian emphasizes. “They are risking their lives to do so for the future of their children.”Check out the full episode.

Arab Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad says that describing Al Aqsa Mosque as in danger is a “complete lie.”“Israel does everything to protect it,” Haddad says on this week's episode of “Global Perspectives” with Ellie Cohanim.Haddad is the CEO of “Together – Vouch for Each Other,” an organization that aims to enhance the connection between the Arab sector and the rest of Israeli society.“I have been hearing that Al Aqsa is in danger since I was born,” he says.” “This is a complete lie. Al Aqsa was never in danger.”Check out the full episode!

Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, and to claim otherwise is disingenuous, according to Bahrain-based political affairs expert Amjad Taha.“When a person claims to be anti-Zionist but not anti-Semitic, it is equivalent to saying that they are not Islamophobic but despise or hate all Muslims,” he tells Ellie Cohanim on this week's “Global Perspectives.”

On this week's Global Perspectives, Ellie speaks with Fmr. Assistant Secretary for Management at the Treasury Department David Eisner. They discuss how President Biden's policies have destroyed the American economy causing hyper-inflation and are pushing the US away from being energy independent. They cover- The economy under Trump vs. under Biden- Caving to the far-left on energy policies- Iran sanctions On a more personal note, Eisner gives advice on how to remain religious and keep your Jewish identity in the workplace.

On this week's episode of “Global Perspectives,” a Pakistani journalist tells Ellie Cohanim that it's time to end the Arab-Israeli conflict and for Muslims to recognize the message in the Koran that Israel belongs to the Jews.Journalist Ahmed Quraishi was recently in Israel on a mission to help reconcile relations between Muslims and Jews - a trip that cost him his job at a state-run TV station.Did anything good come out of the visit? Listen to this week's “Global Perspectives.”

In the latest episode of “Global Perspectives,” Ellie Cohanim talks with journalist and author Lee Smith about how “half of the country fell prey to an insane story about the president of the United States working on behalf of a foreign power.” They look at US President Barack Obama's willingness to use the country's intelligence agencies to spy on Donald Trump and those opposed to the Iranian nuclear deal, and how the January 6 hearings were “the definition of a ‘show trial.'"

In this week's episode, Ellie Cohanim talks with Aryeh Lightstone about the Trump administration's greatest foreign policy achievements ahead of the release of Lightstone's book on June 28: “Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of the Middle East.”They discuss: - The US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem- The importance of the Abraham Accords- And why the Palestinians have not yet made peace with Israel

In this week's episode, Ellie Cohanim sits with Matthew Foldi, the 25-year-old Jew running for Congress in the 6th district of Maryland. If he wins, he will be the youngest member of the House of Representatives. They discuss why he is running, what issues are important to him and his district, Biden's wrong-headed foreign policy, rising anti-Semitism and why he feels that the current US government is failing the American people.

Could the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or Hezbollah attack US citizens on American soil?This threat is not as far-fetched as one might believe, according to Nathan Sales, former UnderSecretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights of the United States.Find out why the US should think twice before removing the IRGC's foreign terrorist organizationstatus and the role that Hezbollah could play in any future escalation.

In this week's episode, Ellie Cohanim interviews UAE-based social media influencer and peace activist Loay Alshareef. They discuss the brainwashing of children in Arab society, the Negev Summit in Israel, and his optimism that the 'new Middle East' is being built.

In this week's episode, Ellie Cohanim sits down with former democratic NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind. They discuss the rising anti-Semitism in the US and why the perpetrators are never talked about or prosecuted; the alarming shift of the Democratic party away from Israel; the new Iran deal and finally, his new book coming out soon about how young Jewish people can combat hatred.

In this week's episode, Ellie sits with MK Ruth Wasserman Lande. They discuss the potential of the Abraham Accords to transform the region, the meaning of the internal unrest from Arab populations in Israel's mixed cities and what Israel needs to do in order to maintain its security internally.

In this episode of Global Perspectives, Ellie Cohanim and Noor Matti talk Iraq, terrorism and the will to survive. Meet the young man who left his comfortable home in the United States to learn about his heritage and ultimately fight ISIS with his words.

In this week's episode of Global Perspectives, Ellie Cohanim talks with Marshall Billingslea, a former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the United States Department of the Treasury. They tackle:Could Russian President Putin strike the US with a nuclear weapon?- The complete erosion of long-standing national security objectives under President Joe Biden's administration- The economic consequences of the Russian war against Ukraine- The US decision to withdraw its support for the Eastern Mediterranean pipeline- Iranian intentions to develop a nuclear weapon

Ellie Cohanim and Amanda Milius take viewers behind the scenes in the Trump White House and the plots to overthrow the president.

Ellie Cohanim sits down with Monika Ekiert, the Polish actress who discovered her Jewish roots through the help of a Jewish mystic and DNA test. She took a bold stance to support Israel by wearing a dress with the Israeli flag on it to the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Monika discusses the backlash to the move and how despite centuries of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, the younger Polish generation has come to embrace Israel and Jews.

In this week's episode, Ellie Cohanim sits down with former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. They discuss the monumental decisions of the Trump presidency, Trump's peace plan, and what the US needs to realize in order to achieve stability in the region.

In this week's episode, Ellie Cohanim sits with Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid. Together, they discuss Palestinian rejection of the Jewish state as the heart of the conflict. They delve into the Palestinian Leadership's abuse of its own people, the international community's furthering of the conflict, and economic prosperity as the path to peace.

In this episode, Ellie sits with the Director of Center of Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University and former USAID Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick. The two discuss why Chinese victory in the race to 5G poses a great risk of global human rights violations, why the government leaders of today need to understand technology to get the job done; and how USAID pivoted to women's advancement and confronting the CCP under the Trump Administration.

In this week's episode, Ellie Cohanim sits down with the founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) Dumisani Washington. Together they discuss relations between Black and Jewish communities, why he thinks that apartheid labels don't lead to peace, what is needed to connect Black communities to Israel and the destructive nature of critical race theory.

This week, Ellie Cohanim sits down with Michael Rothwell, Director of Oporto Holocaust Museum and Dara Jeffries, Vice President of Oporto Jewish Community. Together they delve into the amazing history and recent revival of the Jewish community in Oporto, Portugal, the critically acclaimed movies produced by the community and Oporto's importance in Jewish history and to the world at large.

Ellie Cohanim sits down with former Israeli Parliament member & author, Einat Wilf. The two discuss the central thesis of Wilf's latest book “The War of Return”—namely that Palestinian intransigence and national identity built on the so-called ‘Right of Return' is at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They further delve into UNWRA's role in fueling this conflict, the rising anti-Semitism, and policy prescriptions for solving a century-old conflict.

In this episode, Ellie Cohanim sits down with the pastor and founder of Eagles' Wings Robert Stearns. They discuss the source for the love of Israel among evangelicals Christians; his initiatives to keep pastors and college students connected to the country; why young evangelicals are less supportive of the Jewish state; and how the real war for Israel is being fought on social media.

Ellie Cohanim sits down with former jihadist Jesse Morton. They delve deep into Jesse's pathway from far-leftism to converting to a radical Islamic ideology in prison, his success at bringing Jihadism to American society, how current cultural trends are leading to radicalization, and what finally made him leave his Islamist radicalism behind.

Ellie Cohanim sits down with Israeli legend and current CEO of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Herzl Makov. The two of them go behind the scenes of Israel's 1981 Iraqi nuclear reactor bombing, Menachem Begin's guiding principles as Prime Minister, Makov's experience as Chief-of-Staff to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, and how the Begin Doctrine informs Israeli policy on Iran today.

In this week's episode, Ellie Cohanim sits down with Mark Levin to talk about his new book American Marxism. They delve into the history of critical race theory, the main challenges facing Americans and what we can do to save the Republic.

Ellie Cohanim sits down with the former U.S. Under Secretary of State Keith Krach. Ellie explores what motivates Krach to take on the Chinese Communist Party, how his team's Clean Network Alliance of Democracies defeated the CCP's master plan to dominate 5G, and being personally sanctioned by the CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping. Ellie and Krach also address the CCP's punishable genocide being committed against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, as well as his launch of the Center for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, the world's preeminent institution, focused on tech statecraft.

Ellie Cohanim sits down with former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley who shares a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most monumental decisions of the Trump Administration - the US leaving the UN Human Rights Council, defunding UNRWA and pulling out of the Iran deal.

Ellie Cohanim sits down with Fmr U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss why the US should support Israel, the Iranian threat, the Biden Administration's foreign policy, and more.

Ellie Cohanim speaks with American philanthropists Bernard Hasten & Bruce Gould on the legacy of Fmr Israeli PM Menachem Begin and why they have spent their time and treasure promoting Begin's legacy. Part of our special event coverage of the Israel Allies Foundation Gala for JNS.

An inside look at the resistance fighting the Taliban.This week Ellie Cohanim speaks with Ali Nazary, Head of Foreign Relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF). Ali gives an inside look into events unfolding on the ground, what's at stake if the Taliban win, and what the world can do to help.

All-star NBA player of the Boston Celtics Enes Kanter joins the show. Originally from Turkey, Enes has been outspoken against his home country's dictator Tayyip Erdogan. Ellie talks with Enes on what the personal blowback to him from Erdogan has been, using his platform for activism and building bridges, and what the future holds for him after basketball.

In this episode, Ellie talks with Pastor Mario Bramnick, Senior Pastor of New Hope Ministries and President of Latino Coalition for Israel. Mario takes us behind the scenes of the US and South America embassy moves to Jerusalem. They also discuss the status and future of Latino support for Israel in the US and in Latin America and why he believes it is so important for countries and people to uphold Judeo-Christian values.

In this episode of Global Perspectives, Ellie talks with Egyptian political commentator Nervana Mahmoud about the evolution towards tolerance and co-existence in her home country of Egypt and in other countries in the region. They discuss anti-Semitism and perceptions of Zionism in the region; and what countries in the West need to do to support those fighting for a more tolerant and just Middle East.

Global Perspectives celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords with Ellie Cohanim's interview with two of the architects of the warm peace deals - Dr. Victoria Coates (Fmr. Special Assistant to President Trump) & Robert Greenway (Executive Director of Abraham Accords Institute for Peace). Together they discuss the Trump Administration's successful foreign policy achievements which culminated in the Abraham Accords, the Iranian threat, the recent US pull-out from Afghanistan and how more peace deals can be achieved in the Middle East.

In this week's episode, Ellie visits the old city of Akko, the site of violent riots last May. Last May, Israel's seven officially mixed Arab and Jewish neighborhoods, which had been extolled as models of coexistence, saw protests by their Arab residents turn into mob violence.Who were the perpetrators of the violence? Has the fragile coexistence in these neighborhoods been shattered beyond repair? and what's to prevent a re-occurrence of these attacks?Filmed on-site in the old city of Akko, Ellie meets with the locals of the city to answer these fundamental questions. Some of what she learned will shock you.

In this wide-ranging interview, Ellie Cohanim speaks with former Soviet refusenik, human-rights activist, Israeli politician and author Natan Sharansky. The two delve into what gave Natan Sharansky the strength to survive and fight during his imprisonment in the Soviet Union; his feelings about Israel, now having lived there for more than three decades; and how the Jewish world can fight the rise of anti-Semitism. They also talk about the Iranian threat; human rights on the international stage; his wife, Avital; and advice to the younger Jewish generation.

Filmed on location in Jerusalem and on the eve of the anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords, Ellie and Fleur discuss the “behind the scenes” of these warmPeace deals and Fleur's role on the Israeli side. They also discuss the challenges of running Jerusalem, mainstreaming minorities in the city, and Israel/diaspora relations.Catch the video version on Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS) on Wednesday (7:25 pm and 2:00 am) and Thursday (11:25 am) and Jewish News Syndicate's Youtube Channel.

Ellie Cohanim talks with famed former Iranian political prisoner Ahmad Batebi and Iranian dissident Ben Tabatabai. Ellie joined the two as part of a delegation of Iranian Muslim dissidents traveling to Israel to express the Iranian people's solidarity with the Jewish state. In this heartwrenching conversation, Ahmad Batebi shares his harrowing experience of undergoing torture and solitary confinement at the hands of the Islamic regime. They also discuss Iran prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and their joint aspiration for a Cyrus Accords peace deal between a free Iran and Israel.

Ellie Cohanim interviews Erick Stakelbeck - journalist, author and host of TBN's, "The Watchman". Together, they discuss why Evangelical Christians support Israel, what the mainstream media gets wrong about the Middle East and the future of Christian/Jewish relations.

Ellie Cohanim interviews HE Dr. Rashid Ali Al Nuaimi, one of the brokers of the Abraham Accords normalization agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. Together, they hold a groundbreaking conversation on Arab countries' relations with Israel, corrupt Palestinian leadership, the Iranian role vis-à-vis Hamas in the Gaza Strip and what the West can do to combat radical Islamist extremism.

In the second episode of Global Perspectives, Ellie Cohanim speaks with Amit Deri and Dr. Majid Al Sarrah, the co-founders of Sharaka, The Gulf-Israel Center for Social Entrepreneurship. The normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates under the Abraham Accords opened the door to a possible new era of cooperation and friendship in the Middle East. Ellie speaks with two activists, an Israeli and Emirati, who are working to make that new peace a reality between ordinary people. Hear about how they met, their journeys to mutual understanding and their hopes to build a future together.

In this launch episode of Global Perspectives, Ellie Cohanim speaks with Ron Dermer, former Israeli Ambassador to America under both the Obama and Trump administrations. They talk about the recent war with Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, Iran's role in the Middle East and the nuclear deal, challenges of two very different administrations, the Abraham Accords and global anti-Semitism.