Podcasts about middle east affairs

Captain James Fanell, Former Naval Intelligence Office I spoke with Captain James Fanell about the extraordinary nature of the threat enabled by our funding of the Chinese Communist Party, including its military buildup that directly threatens our nation And the fact that both Joe Biden and his son facilitated that in what may be the most serious and damaging of the felonious activity in which both of those members of the Biden crime family have engaged. Maybe there will be a bigger pardon required for them to escape justice in this regard. We also talked about what kinds of capabilities have now been put into place, the threat they represent to us, thanks to such underwriting by mostly unwitting Americans, what we best do about it, and the hopeful signs that the Biden team will be replaced by people under President Trump determined to do just that. Rick Manning, President, Americans for Limited Government I discussed with Rick Manning the pardon by Joe Biden of his son and what it might mean for his own prosecution, should there be one down the line, as well as the possibility that he will simply pardon himself. We also discussed the challenges that the new administration will be facing. The other aspect was the prospects for Donald Trump's nominations, including that of Kash Patel as the FBI director. Will it happen? And if so, will he clean the house as he must at the FBI? Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy I spoke with Dr. David Wurmser about the poisonous legacy in the Middle East of Barack Obama's time in office and how it has been exacerbated by the Biden-Harris administration, what I call Obama 3.0, in the Middle East in particular, as it bears on both the growing perils facing Israel, not just from Gaza and Lebanon and Iran, but now Syria, as well as potentially Egypt. And, of course, the efforts that the Biden-Harris administration is making to prop up and perpetuate Hezbollah and Hamas and, of course, Iran itself, not only enemies of Israel but of the United States as well.

Dr. Simone Gold, Author of "I Do Not Consent" I spoke with Dr. Simone Gold about the assault on children that the medical community, the hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry are mounting.  We also discussed her new film, which is entitled What is a Doctor? Dan Flourette, Rebels, Rogues, and Outlaws: A Pictorial History of WarRoom I had a wonderful visit with Dan Flourette, the wingman of Steve Bannon, and it turns out an exceptionally gifted photographer published a new book entitled Rebels, Rouges, and Outlaws. About the war room entourage and the contribution, it's making to the restoration of America, including notably some six members of that group featured in this new book who is going to be, we hope, members of the Trump 47 cabinet. Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy I discussed with Dr. David Wurmser a UN resolution that the United States seems poised to allow to be adopted by the UN Security Council in the near future as we speak. It could impose very, very punishing sanctions on Israel. If it fails to adopt an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire with Hamas, it would ensure that terrorist organizations survive and renew war at its convenience to the great judgment of Israel and our interests as well. The United States government should veto this resolution, not Enable its enactment.

#HEZBOLLAH: Surprise. Ahmad Sharawi is a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, focusing on Middle East affairs, specifically the levant, Iraq, and Iranian intervention in Arab affairs, as well as U.S. foreign policy toward the region. 1899 Beirut

Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy Dr. David Wurmser and I updated on the state of the war Israel is facing. It is now very much a war with Hezbollah in the north. And David has laid out not only the successes that Israel has had in devastating the capabilities of Hamas, a terrorist organization that has been a nightmare for not only Israel but for the people of Lebanon and others elsewhere. He also described what the end game might be, perhaps for a Christian-restored Lebanon and an Iran free of the mullahs and their tyranny. Bill Walton, Host of The Bill Walton Show I explored with Bill Walton about the Summit of the Future, which the United Nations convened this week and adopted a pact for the future in its course that seems to be creating a world government out of the United Nations that will dictate to us all manner of things at the expense of our sovereignty and freedom. 

The featured speakers for this program, Dana Stroul and Michael Singh,both previously advised American presidents and secretaries of state onthe Middle East. They are now on the faculty of The Washington Institute(TWI), for Near East Policy, a pro-Israel American think tank based inWashington, D.C., focused on the foreign policy of the United States in theNear East.Dana Stroul served under President Biden as Deputy Assistant Secretaryof Defense for the Middle East, the pentagon's top civilian official withresponsibility for the region. Currently, Stroul is Director of Research andSenior Fellow of TWI.Michael Singh was Senior Director for Middle East Affairs in the PresidentGeorge W. Bush White House; prior to that position Singh was a director onthe National security Council staff and served as special assistant toSecretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice. Currently, sing isa Managing Director and Senior Fellow at TWI.Stroul and Singh will discuss the current war in Gaza and the broaderquestion of Israel-Palestinian relations and prospects for peace. They willbe in conversation with award winning broadcast journalist Warren Olney.

Bill Walton, Host of The Bill Walton Show I discussed with Bill Walton the Summit of the Future, the United Nations convened this week and adopted a pact for the future in its course that seems to be setting in motion a process, as they like to say, to create a world government out of the United Nations that will dictate to us all manner of things at the expense of our sovereignty and freedom and why we must resist these assaults on our constitutional republic and liberty. Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy I spoke with Dr. David Wurmser about the state of the war in which Israel now finds itself. By some estimates, a seven-front war. Talk about many of the elements of that war, as well as what the United States government is doing to help Israel's enemies wage it against our friend and undermining our friend in defending itself against not only her enemies but ours as well.

Our Guests Bill Ballenger Is a seasoned political commentator and analyst with a distinguished career in Michigan politics. A former Republican member of both the Michigan House of Representatives and the State Senate, he also served as editor of Inside Michigan Politics until January 2016. In March 2016, he founded The Ballenger Report, a political blog, and launched a weekly podcast, further shaping Michigan's political discourse. Ballenger is a frequent commentator on Michigan politics for various national and international media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, and the BBC. Mr. Ballenger holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare. Josh Ruebner Is Policy Director at the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project (IMEU Policy Project). He is also adjunct lecturer in Justice and Peace Studies at Georgetown University and is pursuing his PhD at the University of Exeter's European Centre for Palestine Studies. Prior to joining IMEU, Ruebner worked at American Muslims for Palestine and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights after a stint as an Analyst in Middle East Affairs for Congressional Research Service. He is the author of Shattered Hopes: Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace and Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State?

In today's episode of the Contours podcast, host Kelsey Quinn sits down with Middle East Affairs researcher Dr. Massaab Al-Aloosy. The pair discuss the increasing role China plays in the Middle East, the American response, and how regional powers are adapting to the changing dynamics.

Bill Walton, Host of The Bill Walton Show Bill Walton and I discussed the military's lack of preparedness to deal with even a single war and its implications, especially at a time when one seems to be very much in mind for Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. We also discussed another line of attack against our country in the form of various initiatives promoting global governance unquote and what we must do to reject them. Dr. Karen Siegemund, President of the American Freedom Alliance I spoke with Dr. Karen Siegemund about a very important program taking place on August 3rd in Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. We entitled it World War III, the earlier years. My personal title for it is World War II. It's what you need to know about the world war that Xi Jinping is instigating elsewhere, and now it seems increasingly likely to be here in the near future as well. Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy Dr. David Wurmser and I talked about Benjamin Netanyahu's trip to the United States, the Biden administration, the Biden -Harris administration correction, what I believe must now be called the Harris -Biden administration's efforts to undermine and depose Bibi and the prospects for a wider war in the North as well as against other enemies of Israel and of the United States of America.       

Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy I discussed with Dr. David Wurmser, attack by the Houthi of Yemen against Tel Aviv, how it was accomplished and what it precipitated in the way of a massive retaliatory strike by Israel against the means by which Iran supplies the Houthi weapons and oil and support for their war on Israel and the West.  We also did a preview of Benjamin Netanyahu's speech in the United States Congress. The themes that he will be addressing and the very real risks that he is running as we have seen with enemies of the Biden administration, Donald Trump's recent attempted assassination in Butler, PA. George Rasley, Editor of Conservative HQ I discussed with George Rasely President Biden's peculiar withdrawal announcement, peculiar delay in endorsing Kamala Harris, and peculiar contention that he is fit to remain commander in chief, even if he can't do the lesser job of running for president.  We also talked about the prospects for Michelle Obama to become the nominee of the Democratic Party instead of Kamala Harris and the uncertainties that are now burgeoning about what George calls the operation to assassinate President Donald J.

Dr. David Wursmer, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy   I discussed a situation in Gaza that has not gotten the attention that it deserves, which is allegations that Christians are being persecuted there by the Israel Defense Forces.   David illuminated what's actually the threat to Christians both in Gaza and the area of Judea and Samaria under Palestinian authority control, namely the Sharia supremacist efforts to persecute and, in some cases, exterminate Christians, a far bigger problem than one deserving of urgent attention.   Dr. Andrew Bostom, Author of The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism   I received an update from Dr. Andrew Bostom about the appearance of a man who certainly seems to be an Islamist influence operator named Ed Hussein during his recent appearance at NETCON4, the National Conservatism fourth conference of the National Conservatism, the fourth national conservatism.  

We focus once again on the ongoing genocide in Gaza with Delinda Hanley, executive editor of the “Washington Report on Middle East Affairs” who tells the heartrending story of an undertaker in Gaza who since October 8th personally has had to bury over 17,000 people. Then, Ralph welcomes back retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft to widen out the discussion to include the war in Ukraine and contends that “the Pentagon runs America.”Delinda Hanley is news editor and executive director of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. She writes extensively for the magazine on an array of topics and her stories have also been published in the Arab News, Saudi ARAMCO World, The Minaret, Islamic Horizons and other U.S. magazines, including The Jewish Spectator. She has written extensively on Palestine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Libya, the emergence of the Muslim voice in Arab politics, and fairness in the mainstream American media.During this (Gaza) crisis, it's been a meeting point for people on the sidewalk. We've had fundraisers, people just come and vent because they're so upset about our U.S. foreign policy. Diplomats come in and vent about how they don't get a say anymore—it's just top-down foreign policy decisions. We've had ex-military people, who served in Iraq, vent. Everyone just comes here and starts to feel a little better because they're talking to like-minded people. The only people who don't come here are the media. We've never had a story about the magazine. It's just verboten.Delinda HanleyWhile most publications depend on advertising to last, we don't have much advertising. Only charities dare to advertise with us because if you're a lawyer or insurance salesman, you get phone calls from our adversaries saying, "That's an anti-Semitic magazine. Don't do that. You won't have our business." We have a real problem with advertising. And also, may I say, we are so happy to send free subscriptions to libraries…Libraries are afraid to have us on their shelves sometimes because they get complaints. Delinda HanleyLawrence Wilkerson is a retired U.S. Army colonel. Over his 31 years of service, Colonel Wilkerson served as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2005, and Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993. Colonel Wilkerson also served as Deputy Director and Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia, and for fifteen years he was the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network, senior advisor to the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and co-founder of the All-Volunteer Force Forum. AIPAC—the Israeli-government-can-do-no-wrong lobby here—poured over $14 million to defeat Jamaal Bowman, the Democrat from the Bronx and Westchester County just this week in the primary. And it came down to $17,000 an hour they were spending on blanket ads and other media against this super progressive member of Congress who dared a few weeks after October 7th to call for a permanent ceasefire and describe what Netanyahu was doing as genocide.Ralph NaderWe know, all of us know, that the armed forces of the United States are broken. They are broken from years and years of the all-volunteer force, years and years of war, years and years of stupid idiotic war with no purpose, years and years of wounds, PTSD, suicides just off the charts now. And the armed forces are not doing well. Colonel Lawrence WilkersonIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantisNews 6/26/241. In a story that could have been written 200 years ago, independence activists in the French territory of New Caledonia in the Pacific have been sent to mainland France for pre-trial detention, per Al Jazeera. According to this report, these seven detainees include Christian Tein, head of the pro-independence group Field Action Coordination Cell, or CCAT. Tein's lawyer Pierre Ortent said he was “stupefied” that Tein was being being held in France, accusing authorities of “answering to purely political considerations.” A lawyer for another detainee said these actions would only create “martyrs for the independence cause.” Riots broke out in New Caledonia earlier this year when France instituted new rules allowing long-term, non-indigenous residents to participate in independence referenda – which “Indigenous Kanaks feared…would dilute their vote.” France deployed 3,000 soldiers in response. New Caledonia remains on the United Nations list of “non-self-governing territories,” the modern euphemism for imperial colonies.2. Following a decade-long legal battle, the saga of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finally coming to a close. Defending Rights and Dissent reports “On Monday, it was announced that Assange had filed a guilty plea in the US District of Northern Mariana Islands. Assange, who faced 17 counts under the Espionage Act and one count of conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, pled guilty to [a] single count of conspiracy… Assange…will make an appearance in court and be sentenced to time served. He will then return to Australia a free man.” However, Policy Director Chip Gibbons was quick to note “Plea deals…set no legal precedent…the US government's decision to charge Assange under the Espionage Act remains unconstitutional due to the First Amendment's press freedom guarantees.”3. In an interview with Declassified UK, reported by Yahoo News, Independent MP Candidate and former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn recounted how he was pressured to give blanket support to military actions by Israel. In the interview, he said “During one extremely hostile meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party Committee they confronted me and said will you give a blanket undertaking that you, as party leader and potentially prime minister, will automatically support any military action Israel undertakes?” Corbyn responded “no, I will give no such undertaking, because the issue of Palestine has to be resolved and Palestinian people do not deserve to live under occupation…” Corbyn is currently fighting to keep his longtime seat in Islington North after being expelled from the Labour Party by it's reportedly CIA-linked new leader, Keir Starmer.4. British humanitarian group Save the Children has published a new report which finds “Over 20,000 children [are] estimated to be lost, disappeared, detained, buried under the rubble or in mass graves,” in Gaza. A Child Protection Specialist with the group, on the ground in Gaza, is quoted saying “Every day we find more unaccompanied children and every day it is harder to support them…there is no safe place in Gaza… Neighbours and extended family members who have taken in lone children are struggling to meet their basic needs, such as shelter, food, and water. Many are with strangers - or completely alone - increasing the risk of violence, abuse exploitation and neglect.” Jeremy Stoner, the group's regional director for the Middle East, says “Gaza has become a graveyard for children.”5. On Tuesday, a new citizenship law took effect in Germany, allowing new immigrants to obtain a German passport within five years – but only if they declare that the State of Israel has the right to exist, per the Financial Times. This piece notes that the “[German] government…has…sparked anger by…[cracking] down on…criticism of the Israeli government over its conduct in Gaza, fuelling (sic.) a debate over free speech in Germany, particularly among artists and academics. Sabine Döring, Germany's junior minister for higher education, was forced to resign earlier this month after her ministry started exploring legal options to defund the research of German academics who had signed a public letter criticising a police crackdown on anti-Israeli student protests.”6. AP reports Israel's Supreme Court issued a ruling this week that “the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service…[putting] an end to a decades-old system that granted ultra-Orthodox men broad exemptions from military service while maintaining mandatory enlistment for the country's secular Jewish majority.” The exemption from military service for the ultra-Orthodox Haredim has been a long-term flash-point in Israeli society and the issue has only grown more contentious as the recent campaign in Gaza has dragged on. The Netanyahu regime, which rules in coalition with Haredi parties, fought this ruling tooth and nail, claiming that forcing the Haredim to serve would “tear Israeli society apart.” Many speculate that the ruling will cause the ultra-Orthodox parties to leave Netanyahu's coalition, which would precipitate the collapse of his government.7. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, over 20 elder care facilities in the area have closed in just the last few weeks, which this report ascribes to “The long-term mismanagement of nursing homes by private equity firms,” like the Carlyle Group. Specifically, the paper excoriates how “Private equity firms extract money from nursing homes,” using “sale-leaseback[s]…selling the land out from under the facilities for lump payments…[meaning] Nursing homes are suddenly forced to pay rent or ‘management fees' to occupy facilities they once owned…the same process…that resulted in the bankruptcy of the Red Lobster restaurant chain.” The paper notes that the Biden administration is promulgating a new rule that elder care facilities must disclose their ownership, while acknowledging that “This will hardly solve the problem, but it will allow families to make informed decisions about their loved ones' care.”8. Rumblings suggest Congress may raise the corporate tax rate. POLITICO reports “anti-corporate sentiment is running high among increasingly populist-minded Republicans,” and this article quotes Congressman Chip Roy of Texas saying “There's a bubbling-up concern that we should not be doing the bidding of corporate America.” Roy is reportedly “consider[ing] kicking the corporate rate up to 25 percent, from the current 21 percent, if it means being able to extend breaks for individuals and small businesses.” On the Democratic side, Representative Don Beyer said “Every Democrat thinks the 21 percent corporate rate is far lower than is necessary,” and Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden added “Western civilization is not going to end if there's some increase.”9. The Guardian reports DC area coffee chain Compass Coffee is “hiring dozens of friends of management, including other local food service executives and an Uber lobbyist, in an effort to defeat a union election.” Compass Coffee United, the union representing these workers, “accused the coffee chain of hiring 124 additional people at cafes that are attempting to unionize…[and] manipulating worker schedules retroactively to try to make the new employees eligible to vote in the union election.” The union has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB. Senator Bernie Sanders wrote on Twitter “Claiming that a lobbyist from Uber & CEOs from other companies are workers in order to rig a union election is totally absurd & disgusting.”10. Finally, in more labor news, CNN reports Teamsters President Sean O'Brien will speak at the Republican National Convention. Former President Trump wrote on Truth Social “Our GREAT convention will unify Americans and demonstrate to the nation's working families they come first…When I am back in the White House, the hardworking Teamsters, and all working Americans, will once again have a country they can afford to live in and be respected around the world.” Trump and O'Brien previously met at Mar-a-Lago in January. According to Teamsters spokesperson Kara Deniz, “O'Brien's appearance does not represent an endorsement of Trump,” and “O'Brien has requested the opportunity to also speak at the Democratic National Convention…The DNC has yet to accept that request.”This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Peter Mcllvenna, Hearts of Oak Peter Mcllvenna and I took stock of very momentous developments in Europe in recent days in the European Parliament. We also discussed an outcome in which pro-national sovereignty candidates succeeded with particularly great effect in France, but elsewhere across the continent as well.  We also explored what the prospects are for a similarly minded candidate by the name of Nigel Farage in the upcoming British elections and what it means for the future of freedom in that country as well. Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander David Wurmser and I reviewed what's been developing in Israel and the Middle East more generally in the past few days.  We also explored The so-called phased plan that Joe Biden fraudulently ascribed to the government of Israel Whether Hamas has now rejected that plan and where does this all leave our friends in the Jewish state?

Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander The latest peace plan for Israel emerging from Washington and what it portends. Is Washington's latest peace plan embraced by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu? Or is it just another instance of the Biden administration's determined effort to overthrow that government in favor of one that will help ensure? Marly Hornik, CEO United Sovereign Americans I spoke with Marlee Hornick about a volunteer-driven grassroots effort to get not just election integrity, but election validation. Why are there millions of voters across the country who have voting eligibility but don't meet any standard of validity or legality in terms of registration data? Bill Walton, Host Of The Bill Walton Show Bill Walton and I discussed at some length the travesty that took place literally in the dark of night at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

In today's episode of the Contours podcast, host Kelsey Quinn sits down with Middle East Affairs researcher Dr. Massaab Al-Aloosy. The pair discuss the domestic tensions within Israel over the war, the Israeli intelligence failure leading to Oct. 7th, and how Israel has attempted to change its defense strategy over time.

Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy, Served as Middle East Adviser to Dick Cheney, as Special Assistant to John Bolton, and as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Served in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer at the rank of Lieutenant Commander.   Discussed the latest acts of betrayal of Israel by the government of Joe Biden, the extent to which it is advancing an agenda of global governance at the expense of freedom and sovereignty, and our alliance with one of the most important of our friends in the world, the state of Israel. Explored the work that is going forward by the Israelis to defeat Hamas despite the Biden team's best efforts to ensure not only its survival but also its defeat of the Jewish state. Kyle Shideler, Director and Senior Analyst for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Explored the betrayal of the Biden administration concerning the law enforcement professionals whose performance, capabilities, and morale may be the difference between life and death for many of us in this country. Captain James Fennell Retired from U.S. Navy in 2015, concluding a 30-year career as a naval intelligence officer specializing in Indo-Asia Pacific security affairs with an emphasis on the Chinese Navy; assignments included tours as the Assistant Chief of Staff for intelligence for the U.S. Seventh Fleet aboard the USS Blue Ridge, the Office of Naval Intelligence China Senior Intelligence Officer, etc., Former National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University.                                     We got an update from Captain James Fennell about the state of China's strategic arson under the "arsonist-in-chief," Xi Jinping, how it is part of a larger strategy for conquering the world using multiple techniques and quite possibly without having to fire a shot. We also discussed the extent to which American elites have been indispensable in enabling China to put itself in a position to do devastating harm to our country.  

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander How Israel is “reacting” to American conditions Is the U.S. prioritizing the hostage situation in Israel or the ceasefire? Is Hamas going to agree to a ceasefire? Hamas' abuse of the humanitarian aid being provided to Gaza Is Iran going to retaliate against Israel? Why does the U.S. not want to take military action against Iran? Is the Palestinian Authority planning an attack against Israel?

DR. BRADLEY THAYER, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy The importance of deterrence in the United States' tension with China The need to acknowledge Chinese violations of Taiwanese sovereignty What does the CCP think of Joe Biden? Assessing potential election interference in the 2024 U.S. presidential election DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander How the new U.S. port in Gaza could impact U.S.-Israeli relations What is U.S. policy on the Israel-Hamas war? Is the U.S. trying to achieve a “regional” deal with Iran? Is there a food shortage in Gaza? ROBERT CHARLES, Spokesman, Association of Mature American Citizens, Former Assistant Secretary, State at the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs in the Bush Administration, Author, “Eagles and Evergreens,” @RCharles4USA How the Biden administration has “clamped down” on the fossil fuel industry A new report by Rep. Barry Loudermilk on January 6

For this show, a rebroadcast of the keynote address, "Israel Beyond Apartheid," by author and activist Susan Albulhawa, delivered at the Israel and American Policy Conference held March 22, 2019 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC., sponsored by the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Abulhawa discusses Israel as a major weapons developer and exporter, the use of Gaza as a weapons testing lab on human beings, and the arming of rogue states. She also details Israel's destruction of natural ecosystems, and the hellbent erasure of historic villages, mosques, cemeteries and cultural and archeological treasures of Palestine. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you! Links: Susan Abulhawa website Washington Report on Middle east Affairs

SAM FADDIS, Former Clandestine Operations Officer, CIA, Former Congressional Candidate, Editor, ANDMagazine.com, Author, “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA,” @RealSamFaddis A recent report by the CIA on “disinformation” during Donald Trump's presidency What is the CIA prioritizing for their employees? How is the Chinese Communist Party already “at war” with the United States? DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander Is the U.S. trying to interfere with Israeli politics? Analyzing Chuck Schumer's recent speech on Israel Who is the true “protector' of Israel right now? COL. ROB MANESS, Host of the Rob Maness Show An update on the U.S. border crisis “Test attacks” on U.S. electrical substations Various forms of “bio-attacks” that China could wage against the U.S.

GORDON CHANG, Contributor, Gatestone Institute, Newsweek, Author, “The Coming Collapse of China,” “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes the World, “Losing South Korea,” and “The Great US-China Tech War,” @Gordongchang What kind of data does TikTok provide to China? Various forms of propaganda being promoted on TikTok Legislation being discussed in Congress to dissociate TikTok from China How would a ban of TikTok impact other U.S. social media companies? Does the First Amendment apply to TikTok? PETER MCILVENNA, National Organizer, Hearts of Oak Assessing the current U.K. relationship with Israel Arrests of anti-Hamas protesters in the U.K. DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander Why is the U.S. building a new port in Gaza? A “food distribution” issue caused by Hamas Will the new port help ultimately defeat Hamas?

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander GRANT NEWSHAM, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, Contributor, Asia Times, @NewshamGrant ELAINE DONNELLY, Founder and President for the Center for Military Readiness

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander What is the United States trying to "get out" of the Israel-Hamas war? How a two-state solution could "legitimize" the October 7 attacks by Hamas Issues with Israel accepting a ceasefire from Hamas  What is included in "humanitarian aid" being provided to Gaza? REGGIE LITTLEJOHN, Founder and President, Women's Rights Without Frontiers, @reggielittlejhn The World Health Organization's relationship with China What is "Disease X"? How to "take action" against the World Health Organization

BILL WALTON, Host, The Bill Walton Show Internal problems facing Xi Jinping today What is the current state of China's stock market? A population challenge impacting China What is the business model of Natural Asset Companies? Do these companies have the same accounting standards as other U.S. companies? DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander A new development regarding 12 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees How many members of UNRWA are in Hamas? An issue in the counting of Palestinian refugees How Hamas is targeting America and Christianity The United States "obsession" with humanitarian aid

GORDON CHANG, Contributor, Gatestone Institute, Newsweek, Author, “The Coming Collapse of China,” “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes the World, “Losing South Korea,” and “The Great US-China Tech War,” @Gordongchang: Are there more "secret" Chinese biolabs in the United States? Is the Biden administration taking this threat seriously? What is the current relationship between Pakistan and Iran? Is Kim Jong Un "going to war"? DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander Is Iran moving ahead with the development of a nuclear weapon? Was Iran aware of the timing behind the October 7 attack by Hamas? The U.S. recently declaring the Houthi rebels a terrorist organization ROBERT SPENCER, Director, Jihad Watch, Weekly columnist, PJ Media and FrontPage Magazine, Author, “Mass Migration in Europe: A Model for the U.S.?,” and “Islamophobia and the Threat to Free Speech,” @jihadwatchRS The Palestinian's rejection of peace offers in the past Open calls for genocide by Hamas Examples of "collectivism" throughout history

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Austin's recent absence from duty during cancer treatment How does Austin's absence impact the United States' military capability? How many people are actually "running" U.S. defense policy? Is the U.S. effectively dealing with the threat of the Houthi rebels? GRANT NEWSHAM, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, Contributor, Asia Times, @NewshamGrant A "manifestation" of a lack of detail within the U.S. military Analyzing the Taiwanese presidential candidates Are members of the People's Liberation Army infiltrating the United States?

GORDON CHANG, Contributor, Gatestone Institute, Newsweek, Author, “The Coming Collapse of China,” “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes the World, “Losing South Korea,” and “The Great US-China Tech War,” @Gordongchang: How is Xi Jinping "preparing" China to go to war? Does China have the military capability to attack Taiwan? Why would China hesitate invading Taiwan? SCOTT POWELL, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, Former fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution Background history of the Reconciliation Monument in Arlington National Cemetery What started the "Woke Revolution" in America? DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander An update on the Israel-Hamas war Why has Hamas "inserted" themselves into the Lebanese military? Challenges with fighting a group like Hamas

Ralph welcomes Allan Brownfeld from the American Council for Judaism to discuss, along with our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, the history of Jewish anti-Zionism and how Judaic principles can conflict with the Zionist project. We also review how university presidents recently responded to questioning from a congressional committee about free speech on campus.Allan Brownfeld is the Editor of Issues, the publication of the American Council for Judaism (an 80 year-old organization that has opposed Zionism since its inception) and a syndicated columnist who has worked as associate editor of The Lincoln Review and a contributing editor to such publications as Human Events, The St. Croix Review, and The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Mr Brownfeld has served as a staff aide to a U.S. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the U.S. Senate Internal Subcommittee.Everybody is afraid of this label “antisemite” if they criticize Israel. Israel has succeeded—in fact, it's a tactic used by the Israeli government. The former Education Minister [Shulamit Aloni] said it very clearly—when someone in Europe attacks us in any way, we bring up the Holocaust. In America, if anyone attacks us, we call them antisemitic. That's silencing criticism.Allan BrownfeldWhat has happened in recent years can be compared to idolatry. Just as in the Bible when we have people worshiping the golden calf, we have Jews now worshiping not the universal God, but the state of Israel has become the focus of attention—has become almost the object of worship. And I think that this will change as Israel's behavior continues as it is now, and as Jewish Americans slowly come to realize that the values they hold dear—religious freedom, separation of church and state—are exactly the opposite values that the state of Israel promotes.Allan BrownfeldIt's good in any criticism to criticize the Netanyahu regime rather than Israel. There's a lot of opposition to Netanyahu in Israel [and he doesn't represent all Israelis] any more than Trump represents Americans. And we're seeing here—as Allan has pointed out—the most extreme right-wing, militaristic, jingoistic government in the history of Israel, headed by Netanyahu. And he's let the military run riot in Gaza. It's out of control.Ralph NaderBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law.  Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.What speaks volumes about [the Harvard Board of Overseers] statement is that it pretends that the only thing that has happened is October 7. Suddenly the world stopped. Nothing happened afterwards. It ignores completely what's ongoing in Gaza, which I think speaks volumes about the bias and the prejudice there.Bruce FeinIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. On Tuesday December 12th, the Senate Judiciary Committee held the first congressional hearing on Corporate Crime since 1980. This hearing consisted of two panels, one made up of government witnesses and another featuring civilians, including Professor Brandon Garrett – architect of the Corporate Prosecution Registry. The main focus of the hearing was the decades-long decline in corporate criminal prosecutions at the Department of Justice, and what the Department needs to pursue a more expansive vision of corporate criminal justice. The full hearing is available at the Senate Judiciary Committee website. 2. On December 7th, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, in light of the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza. Article 99 is a rarely used provision of the UN charter which allows the secretary-general to bring to the attention of the Security Council “any matter which…may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security,” per AP. The last time Article 99 was invoked was nearly half a century ago, and was triggered by clashes between India and Pakistan that eventually led to the creation of Bangladesh. 3. However, the United States again vetoed the UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. The United States was the sole member of the council to vote against the resolution, with even close allies like France and Japan voting in favor. The United Kingdom abstained from the vote. According to AP, “Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, told the council that Israel's objective is ‘the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip' and ‘the dispossession and forcible displacement of the Palestinian people.'” 4. The Mayor of Burbank, California, Konstantine Anthony has endorsed Representative Barbara Lee for Senate. Anthony had previously endorsed Congressman Adam Schiff – whose Congressional district includes the city of Burbank – but withdrew his endorsement and switched over to Lee because of her principled position in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza. In a statement, Mayor Anthony said “We are in a moment of great reflection in this county…Congresswoman Barbara Lee is the progressive choice for our time.” Barbara Lee has been an extremely progressive and consistent voice on foreign policy issues, famously being the only member of Congress that did not vote for the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, which she called a “blank check for endless war,” per KTLA. 5. Semafor's Joseph Zeballos-Roig reports Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown is claiming that Democrats and Republicans are “making progress to expand the child tax credit” in a deal which would “revive R[esearch] &D[evelopment] [tax] deductions + accelerated depreciation for businesses.” This bipartisan gang hopes to push this through by mid-January, so Americans would see the benefit by the next tax season. Brown himself is facing a steep reelection challenge in his state of Ohio next year. 6. Two major unions in Hawaii – UNITE HERE and the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union – are calling on the state of Hawaii to take unprecedented action to ensure locals are able to stay on Maui. In short, they are demanding, via the Honolulu Star Advertiser, that local governments take over vacation homes and convert them into permanent housing for Hawaii residents. The housing shortage in Maui has become particularly acute following the disastrous fires on the island earlier this year. 7. In Guatemala, Bloomberg reports the Public Prosecutor's Office has announced its intention to nullify the 2023 general election results, citing vague “irregularities,” in an escalation of the legal coup the corrupt ruling clique has been attempting to pull off against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo and his Semilla Party. The Electoral Supreme Tribunal has stated that the elections “won't be repeated.” For its part, the United States State Department is opposing attempts to subvert the elections, characterizing these attempts as “anti-democratic actions…constitut[ing] evidence of…clear intent to delegitimize Guatemala's free and fair elections and prevent the peaceful transfer of power.” The U.S. has also announced that it will impose visa restrictions on the individuals involved in “undermining democracy and the rule of law.” 8. Finally, back in 2021 the National Retail Federation released a report claiming that “‘organized retail crime' was responsible for half the $94.5B in store merchandise” stolen. This finding was widely reported and served as a bedrock claim for cities increasing their policing budgets and backlash against reform prosecutors after the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Now, the Federation is retracting this claim, admitting “organized retail crime” was only responsible for about 5% of stolen merchandise. The Federation further admits that “in most major cities, shoplifting incidents have fallen 7% since 2019,” per the New York Times. In a just world, this would lead to quite a few mea culpas, but I won't hold my breath.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander The end of the Israeli-Hamas cease-fire Is Hamas approaching a "use it or lose it" point with their weapons? The importance of tracking down Hamas' tunnels in the Israeli region An attempt to "clean out" the anti-Israeli rhetoric in the region What was China's role in the Iranian ship attakcs in the Red Sea? Analyzing China's strategic interest in the Israel-Hamas war A "divergence" of American-Israeli relations

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander Will the Israeli government give in to pressure of a ceasefire? Pressure on Israel from the West A new report of the U.S. giving Iran another large sum of money What is the ultimate goal of Hamas? KERRY SLONE, Executive Director for Education, Crime Prevention Research Center An ongoing battle in the Supreme Court over gun ownership GEORGE RASLEY, Editor of Conservative HQ Who is Rob Walker? What is Walker's connection to the Biden family? The first impeachment inquiry into President Biden A “backdoor” effort to get rid of the filibuster in Congress

On this edition of Parallax Views, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs' UN correspondent Ian Williams, author of UNtold: The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War, joins the program to discuss the longstanding bad blood between the UN and Israel going back to the assassination of UN official Count Bernadotte by the militant Zionist paramilitary group Lehi (also known as the Stern Gang) in 1948. We discuss this in light of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres making statements that drew the ire of Israel and pro-Israel voices as well as Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilda Erdan wearing a yellow star to the UN, claiming there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and saying the UN is aligned with Hamas. We'll also discuss longstanding issues between the State Department and Israel, AIPAC and pro-Israel lobbying efforts, Christian evangelical support for Israel and how that support is driven by apocalyptic religious views, 20th century Zionist paramilitary groups and terrorism, and more!

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander Hamas' tactics in their initial attack on Israel Does the Taliban have a relationship with Hamas? Did Iran directly train Hamas? Were cyber attacks used to try and slow down Hamas? Was there an “intelligence failure” on the part of Israel? Hamas' attacks on their own people

Shaun holds History class! PLUS, Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy, talks about fighting anti-semitism and eliminating Hamas. And Mark Glennon, Executive Editor at Wirepoints, brings some good news for Shaun on the move to build a Gotion battery plant in Manteno, IL.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Avi Issacharoff returns for an urgent update on overnight developments and their implications. Avi has been an analyst and journalist for The Times of Israel, Walla, and Haaretz. In these roles, he reported extensively on the inner workings and leaders of Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza and the West Bank — Avi has extensive networks in the Israeli security services and the Palestinian Territories. He is also the co-creator and writer of the Netflix original series “Fauda”, and other television series for Netflix and Showtime. A fluent Arabic speaker, Avi was also the Middle East Affairs correspondent for Israeli Public Radio, covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war in Iraq, and the Arab world between the years 2003-2006. In 2004, together with Haaretz's Amos Harel, he authored the book "The Seventh War - How we won and why we lost the war with the Palestinians." In 2008, they co-wrote "34 Days - The Story of the Second Lebanon War”. Born in Jerusalem, he graduated cum laude from Ben Gurion University with a B.A. in Middle Eastern studies. He then earned his M.A. from Tel Aviv University on the same subject, also cum laude.

Today, we consider to what to expect when the IDF enters Gaza. Avi Issacharoff has been an analyst and journalist for The Times of Israel, Walla, and Haaretz. In these roles, he reported extensively on the inner workings and leaders of Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza and the West Bank — Avi has extensive networks in the Israeli security services and the Palestinian Territories. He is also the co-creator and writer of the Netflix original series “Fauda”, and other television series for Netflix and Showtime. A fluent Arabic speaker, Avi was also the Middle East Affairs correspondent for Israeli Public Radio, covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war in Iraq, and the Arab world between the years 2003-2006. In 2004, together with Haaretz's Amos Harel, he authored the book "The Seventh War - How we won and why we lost the war with the Palestinians." In 2008, they co-wrote "34 Days - The Story of the Second Lebanon War”. Born in Jerusalem, he graduated cum laude from Ben Gurion University with a B.A. in Middle Eastern studies. He then earned his M.A. from Tel Aviv University on the same subject, also cum laude.

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander An on-site update of the Israel-Hamas war What is the role of Iran in this war? Was Israel aware of a potential Hamas attack? Who is Maher Bitar? What has the Biden administation's policy been towards Israel? GRANT NEWSHAM, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, Contributor, Asia Times, @NewshamGrant Chinese connections to Iran Is China able to “counter” any sanctions the U.S. may put on Iran? China's funding of “insurgents” around the world Reports of military-aged Chinese males entering the United States' southern border

Dr. Samantha Ravich, Chairman for the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at Foundation for Defense of Democracies joins the podcast this week. She shares insights from her many years on the geopolitical and economic front lines of cyber, and work with many renowned government leaders, on developing a plan of action to address today's cyber threat landscape and looming threat against critical infrastructure and essential services. She also provides perspective on building resiliency, what we can learn from natural disasters relative to cyber attacks, as well as the opportunity and impact of states creating and driving their own continuity of the economy plans. Dr. Samantha Ravich, Chairman, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies ---- Dr. Samantha Ravich is the chairman of FDD's Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and its Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab and the principal investigator on FDD's Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare project. She is also a senior advisor at FDD, serving on the advisory boards of FDD's Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) and Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP). Samantha serves as a commissioner on the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission and as a member of the U.S. Secret Service's Cyber Investigation Advisory Board. Samantha served as deputy national security advisor for Vice President Cheney, focusing on Asian and Middle East Affairs as well as on counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation. Following her time at the White House, Samantha was the Republican co-chair of the congressionally mandated National Commission for Review of Research and Development Programs in the United States Intelligence Community. Most recently, she served as vice chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) and co-chair of the Artificial Intelligence Working Group of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. She is advisor on cyber and geo-political threats and trends to numerous technology, manufacturing, and services companies; a managing partner of A2P, a social data analytics firm; and on the board of directors for International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT). Her book, Marketization and Democracy: East Asian Experiences (Cambridge University Press) is used as a basic textbook in international economics, political science, and Asian studies college courses. Samantha is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and advises the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense. She is a frequent keynote speaker on: What Corporate Boards need to know about Cyber Security and Warfare; The Longer-Term Trends in International Security; and the Future of Intelligence Collection and Analysis. Samantha received her PhD in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School and her MCP/BSE from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-ravich-7b5aa08b/ For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e254

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander Reflecting on the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Accords What is the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)? Analyzing some long-term effects of the Oslo Accords Is the PLO a legitimate representative of the Palestinian people? What role is the West playing in the rise of Iran and the PLO? Understanding the new “deal” between the U.S. and Iran CHUCK DEVORE, Vice President of Public Policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation A brief overview of DeVore's most recent book, Crisis of the House Never United: A Novel of Early America Aaron Burr's role in “weaponizing” Tammany Hall The inspiration behind DeVore's book, China Attacks Has the United States “emboldened” China in recent years? The need to enhance the “resiliency” of U.S. infrastructure Why does America no longer prioritize civil defense?

With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visiting China earlier this month to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first Arab President to visit China since the China-Arab States Summit of Riyadh in December 2022, commentators have suggested China may well be placing more importance on Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine as a foreign policy issue. On May 24th, Chinese Ambassador Geng Shuang addressed the UN and strongly condemned Israel's "illegal expansion of [Israeli Jewish] settlements”, its “unilateral action” and its “provocations” in Jerusalem, as well as raising the issue of “the plight of the Palestinian refugees”. This comes off the back of China's successful brokering of a landmark deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran on 6th April, soon after which China's new Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, reportedly consulted with Palestinian and Israeli officials on "steps to resume peace talks". Given the United States' long-standing and overt support for Israel, something which has angered Palestinians who feel that this proves the US can never be an honest broker in any efforts to bring about a just and lasting resolution to the region, is China looking to take advantage of this situation and what could increased Chinese influence mean for the Palestinians? We'll be unpacking: how China's Belt and Road Initiative incorporates Israel and Palestine; whether accusations of human rights abuses against the Chinese government, particularly its treatment of the Uyghur minority, will affect its relationship with Palestine; the nature of China's vision for peace in Palestine and Israel; and what a broader shift in the global balance of power could mean for the region and for Palestinians in particular? Ian Williams is President of the Foreign Press Association, New York & Columnist for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Mark Seddon was speechwriter for former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon & Al Jazeera Television's first UN correspondent in New York.

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #SaudiArabia: MBS in charge of negotiations at Jeddah.  Seth J. Frantzman is Senior Middle East Correspondent and Middle East affairs analyst at The Jerusalem Post. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-739750 https://www.jpost.com/international/article-739472 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-739640

Steve Lutes, Vice President, Middle East Affairs at U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has been active in his role expanding the program in service to the Chamber's membership and the broader U.S.-Saudi relationship. The 966 hosts discuss the U.S.-Saudi Arabia Business Program that Steve has grown over the years, his extensive travels to the region and Saudi Arabia, and much more. 

Receive the most important news & analysis on Palestine & Israel straight to your inbox! Sign up to our newsletter, Deep Dive Daily: https://bit.ly/3LrCUxE Mark Seddon is live with Ian Williams, President of the Foreign Press Association, New York & Columnist for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs'. They discuss Benjamin Netanyahu's lead in Israel's fifth election in four years with vote counting almost complete, setting him up to form what may be the most right-wing government in Israeli history.

Kate discusses what to watch this weekend including The Come Up (Freeform) and Love is Blind 2: After the Altar. Kate tells the incredible story behind Laura Blumenfeld New York Times bestselling book Revenge: A Story of Hope. Laura's father was shot in Jerusalem in 1986 by a member of a rebel faction of the PLO responsible for attacks on several tourists. Her father survived, but Blumenfeld's desire for revenge haunted her. While plotting to infiltrate her father's shooter's life, Blumenfeld travels the globe gathering stories of other avengers. In a surprising twist, she gets revenge, but not according to traditional expectations. She discovers a third way, a choice beyond "turn the other cheek" or "an eye for an eye." And with it she answers the age-old question: what is the best revenge? It is also the subject of a Primetime special with Diane Sawyer, available on YouTube. Reality Life with Kate CaseyPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecaseyCameo: https://cameo.com/katecaseyTwitter: https://twitter.com/katecaseyInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseycaTik Tok: http://www.tiktok.com/itskatecaseyClubhouse: @katecasey Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/shop/katecasey Make sure you're taking advantage of the opportunity to earn something back for all those Pampers you're going through. Download the Pampers Club app and start turning diapers into rewards. Earn $5 PampersCash with your first three product scans. Download Pampers Club app today and get access to exclusive Pampers coupons and more!”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Receive the most important news & analysis on Israel/Palestine straight to your inbox! Sign up to our newsletter, Deep Dive Daily: https://bit.ly/3LrCUxE Twitter: @pdeepdive Instagram: @pdeepdivegram   May 8th 2020: Biden shifts gear over Palestine; what would a Trump win in November do to the ‘peace process'; all-party condemnation of Netanyahu land grab by UK parliamentarians; whatever happened to anti-Semitism in the UK Labour Party? Plus, yet another new illegal Israeli settlement; financial crunch time for UNRWA. Panelists: Ian Williams, President of the Foreign Press Association (New York) and columnist for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Ilan Pappé, Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at Exeter University. Mark Seddon, former UN advisor and Al-Jazeera correspondent, was our host and moderator

Receive the most important news & analysis on Israel/Palestine straight to your inbox! Sign up to our newsletter, Deep Dive Daily: https://bit.ly/3LrCUxE Twitter: @pdeepdive Instagram: @pdeepdivegram   30th October 2020: How are things shaping up for the U.S. election? What difference could a Biden victory make & would it have an impact on the Middle East? And what do Mark Seddon and Ian Williams, with 86 years of collective Labour Party membership between then, make of the EHRC report into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn's suspension? Catch up now! Ian Williams is the President of the Foreign Press Association (New York), a former president of the United Nations Correspondents Association and columnist for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.

Author Matt Scott joins to talk about his book, Surviving the Lion's Den, as well as his newest release, The Iranian Deception, and global politics, writing, and finding inspiration to take the leap into a new endeavor. Matt studied under the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, General Sam Wilson, and ingrained himself in middle-east affairs and politics. An avid reader, Matt credits The Davinci Code for his push into novel writing, and David Baldacci for encouragement to take the leap.His first novel, Surviving the Lion's Den, released in 2021 and pushed Matt into the limelight of the military/spy book genre. His follow-up, The Iranian Deception, rolls into stores on 13 June 2022.Find out more about Matt Scott at mattscottbooks.comFollow for more: jeffclarkofficial.com or... IG @officialJSClark FB @officialJSClark Twitter @officialJSClark Full Episodes at: YouTube.com @jeffclarkofficial ApplePodcasts.com/CourseofAction Spotify.com

Host Rich Goldberg speaks with two guests from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Dr. Samantha Ravich and Retired Admiral Mark Montgomery. They discuss cybersecurity threats to cryptocurrency, ransomware, Russia, the Biden Administration’s recent Executive Order and much more! Dr. Samantha Ravich Dr. Samantha Ravich is the chairman of FDD's Center onCyber and Technology Innovation and its Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab and the principal investigator on FDD's Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare project. She is also a senior advisor at FDD, serving on the advisory boards of FDD's Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) and Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP). Samantha serves as a commissioner on the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission and as a member of the U.S. Secret Service's Cyber Investigation Advisory Board. Samantha served as deputy national security advisor for Vice President Cheney, focusing on Asian and Middle East Affairs as well as on counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation. Following her time at the White House, Samantha was the Republican co-chair of the congressionally mandated National Commission for Review of Research and Development Programs in the United States Intelligence Community. Most recently, she served as vice chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) and co-chair of the Artificial Intelligence Working Group of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. She is advisor on cyber and geo-political threats and trends to numerous technology, manufacturing, and services companies; a managing partner of A2P, a social data analytics firm; and on the board of directors for International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT). Adm. Mark Montgomery (Ret.) Mark Montgomery serves as senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, where he leads FDD's efforts to advance U.S. prosperity and security through technology innovation while countering cyber threats that seek to diminish them. Mark also directs CSC 2.0, an initiative that works to implement the recommendations of the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission, where he served as executive director. Previously, Mark served as policy director for the Senate Armed Services Committee under the leadership of Senator John S. McCain, coordinating policy efforts on national security strategy, capabilities and requirements, and cyber policy. Mark served for 32 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear-trained surface warfare officer, retiring as a rear admiral in 2017. His flag officer assignments included director of operations (J3) at U. S. Pacific Command; commander of Carrier Strike Group 5, embarked on the USS George Washington, stationed in Japan; and deputy director for plans, policy and strategy (J5) at U. S. European Command. He was assigned to the National Security Council from 1998 to 2000, serving as director for transnational threats. Mark has graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oxford and completed the U.S. Navy's nuclear power training program.

Photo:  Cyrus the Greatreleases Jews from the Babylonian captivity to resettle and rebuild Jerusalem. Jean Fouquet, 1470 #Iran: #Iraq: Early Days of the Drone War.    Seth J. Frantzman  @sfrantzman   @MidEast_Center Founder @GulfIsrael.   Senior Middle East correspondent and Middle East affairs analyst at The Jerusalem Post.    Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 ·         https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-701283 ·         https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-701217 ·         https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701116 ·         https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-covert-drone-war-between-israel-and-iran-goes-public-with-missile-launch-on-iraq-1.10672467 ·         https://www.newsweek.com/russias-war-reaches-middle-east-opinion-1687895

Dr. Samantha Ravich, Chairman for the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at Foundation for Defense of Democracies joins the podcast this week. She shares insights from her many years on the geopolitical and economic front lines of cyber, and work with many renowned government leaders, on developing a plan of action to address today's cyber threat landscape and looming threat against critical infrastructure and essential services. She also provides perspective on building resiliency, what we can learn from natural disasters relative to cyber attacks, as well as the opportunity and impact of states creating and driving their own continuity of the economy plans. Dr. Samantha Ravich, Chairman, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies ---- Dr. Samantha Ravich is the chairman of FDD's Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and its Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab and the principal investigator on FDD's Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare project. She is also a senior advisor at FDD, serving on the advisory boards of FDD's Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) and Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP). Samantha serves as a commissioner on the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission and as a member of the U.S. Secret Service's Cyber Investigation Advisory Board. Samantha served as deputy national security advisor for Vice President Cheney, focusing on Asian and Middle East Affairs as well as on counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation. Following her time at the White House, Samantha was the Republican co-chair of the congressionally mandated National Commission for Review of Research and Development Programs in the United States Intelligence Community. Most recently, she served as vice chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) and co-chair of the Artificial Intelligence Working Group of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. She is advisor on cyber and geo-political threats and trends to numerous technology, manufacturing, and services companies; a managing partner of A2P, a social data analytics firm; and on the board of directors for International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT). Her book, Marketization and Democracy: East Asian Experiences (Cambridge University Press) is used as a basic textbook in international economics, political science, and Asian studies college courses. Samantha is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and advises the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense. She is a frequent keynote speaker on: What Corporate Boards need to know about Cyber Security and Warfare; The Longer-Term Trends in International Security; and the Future of Intelligence Collection and Analysis. Samantha received her PhD in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School and her MCP/BSE from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-ravich-7b5aa08b/ For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e169

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Guests: Craig Gordon, Bloomberg Washington Bureau Chief, Retired Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Affairs, Congressman John Garamendi, and Bloomberg Politics Contributors, Rick Davis and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President, says the Fed should be trying to get policies back into a more normal situation. Patrick Harker, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President, says the Fed should finished tapering before considering a rate hike. Robert Kaplan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President, wants to start tapering soon and continue gradually over the next eight months. James Bullard, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President, expects the job market to be in "great shape" in early 2022. Gita Gopinath, IMF Chief Economist & Director of Research, says Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been doing a great job in very difficult times. Mark Kimmitt, Retired Brigadier General, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Affairs, says we must tighten up our security in Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President, says the Fed should be trying to get policies back into a more normal situation. Patrick Harker, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President, says the Fed should finished tapering before considering a rate hike. Robert Kaplan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President, wants to start tapering soon and continue gradually over the next eight months. James Bullard, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President, expects the job market to be in "great shape" in early 2022. Gita Gopinath, IMF Chief Economist & Director of Research, says Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been doing a great job in very difficult times. Mark Kimmitt, Retired Brigadier General, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Affairs, says we must tighten up our security in Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

…So Much Trouble in the World… It isn't just one of the greatest Bob Marley songs, it's the truth.  We live in a wild place during a crazy time.  But, it helps to remember that ‘We Didn't Start the Fire'…things have by and large been ‘burning since the world's been turning.'  Only now, we have the added benefit of social media, a decentralized media landscape, echo chambers, clickbait, hardcore polarization, the 8-second attention span, Q, Wokeism, endless conflicts abound (especially in the Middle East) and it just seems like the thing's starting to spin out of control – so much so that it's kind of hard to make sense of it all. This week's guest, Seth Frantzman, gets up each and every day and tries to do just that – to make sense of the chaos and explain it to the world with proper context, nuance, and care – all with the perfect modicum of outrage, sensibility, and perspective. Seth J. Frantzman is a Middle East affairs analyst based in Jerusalem. He is the author of After ISIS: America, Israel and the Struggle for the Middle East and 'Drone Wars: Pioneers, Artificial Intelligence, Killing Machines and the Battle for the Future, and executive director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis. He runs the Israel Gulf Report, which follows developments between Israel and the Gulf countries, and has reported extensively from and conducted research in Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, and the UAE. A former lecturer at Al-Quds University on US foreign policy, he has a Ph.D. from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he writes on Middle East Affairs for The Jerusalem Post and contributes to Defense News and other publications and media. Our time with Seth on the show was just as interesting and thought-provoking as his articles.  Together, we jumped right into some amazing topics such as modern warfare (Seth's newest book, Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the Future comes out next week!), contextualizing Israel's predicament in Gaza, the prevalence of atrocities and Western European resistance to the Nazis, western thought supremacy, the arrogance of some western approaches to Israel and the Palestinians and positive attributes of western culture such as human rights, freedom, and democracy, the cause celebre of turning Israel into a pariah state, progressive politics and false narratives of Israel as a white supremacist, settler-colonialist enterprise, the media's deliberate omission of Hamas from its coverage of the conflict, the peace industry = war industry, the frequent disingenuity of the Israeli right's approach to Palestinian national aspirations, Mansour Abbas and Raam, whetherIsrael's adversaries (Iran & Turkey) will test the new Israeli government, and much much more. Links: https://www.amazon.com/Drone-Wars-Pioneers-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1642936758/ref=sr_1_2?crid=7NWK7W5S62FL&dchild=1&keywords=seth+frantzman&qid=1623415621&sprefix=seth+frantzman%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C285&sr=8-2 (Pre-order) Seth's newest book, Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the Future, on Amazon. Visit Seth's official https://sethfrantzman.com/ (website) Seth Frantzman at the https://www.jpost.com/author/seth-j-frantzman (Jerusalem Post) Seth Frantzman at https://www.defensenews.com/author/seth-j-frantzman/ (Defense News) Seth Frantzman at https://foreignpolicy.com/author/seth-j-frantzman/ (Foreign Policy) Seth's https://www.facebook.com/SethFrantzman/ (Facebook page) Drone Wars, Seth's forthcoming book's https://www.facebook.com/DroneWarsBook (Facebook page) Seth's https://twitter.com/sfrantzman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Twitter page) As always, make sure to subscribe to Jewanced on https://open.spotify.com/show/6984NiP7H1ULW9lJeVt8Ie?si=6LouGFFLTsq7N2bKJhLXRw (Spotify), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jewanced/id1522195382 (Apple...

Join Dr. Zeena Salman, Steve Sosebee and Imam Khalid Latif for a talk entitled "Stories from the Children of Gaza". Kumail Raza* will be doing a few of minutes of Quran recitation at the start of the jummah reflection followed by a short duaa after. Dr. Zeena Salman is a pediatric cancer specialist who has been working in Palestine for the last seven years as a volunteer doctor with PCRF in Palestine and the refugee camps of Lebanon and Jordan, as well as with the WHO and currently for St Jude Children's Hospital. A wife, mother of two and former New Yorker, she lives between the US and Palestine. Steve Sosebee is the president and founder of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, a nonprofit nonpolitical humanitarian organization established 30 years ago. A former writer for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, he splits his time with his wife and two children between the West Bank and Ohio. *About Kumail: Kumail is a junior at NYU studying Finance and Data Science. He also serves as the President of the NYU Muslim Students Association, where he seeks to build religious, social, and academic initiatives for Muslim students at NYU.

This week’s program is an interview with Dr. Walter Hixson.  Hixson is a historian and commentator whose work has focused mainly on the intersection of American culture and foreign relations. A prolific writer and publisher, he has a produced a series of works critically examining the history of US foreign relations, with particular emphasis on the Middle East in recent years. Since 2019 Hixson has been a columnist and contributing editor of the magazine, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.    Hixson’s forthcoming book, Architects of Repression: How Israel and its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy is published by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy. His previous book on the lobby is Israel’s Armor: The Israel Lobby and the First Generation of the Palestine Conflict.     Human Rights Watch has just issued a report on Israel entitled “Abusive Israeli Policies Constitute Crimes of Apartheid, Persecution: Crimes Against Humanity Should Trigger Action to End Repression of Palestinians”   If you are Jewish and concerned about the human rights violations of the Israeli state, you may want to investigate Jewish Voice for Peace and B’Tselem .  Concerned citizens of all faiths should be aware of the most effective of current efforts to rein in the Israeli government - the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement or BDS. 

This time our guest is Dr. Theodore Karasik and we will be speaking about geostrategic power rivalries in the Middle East and Africa. In this series of interviews with Dr. Stephen Blank, our guest is Dr. Theodore Karasik. Our discussion will turn to Africa, where we will discuss geostrategic power rivalries in the Middle East and Africa, for influence and access to energy, military bases, trade and strategic positioning. Dr. Theodore KARASIK is currently a Fellow, Russia and Middle East Affairs at the Jamestown Foundation and a Senior Advisor to Gulf State Analytics. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute, all located in Washington, D.C. He is the co-author of “Russia in the Middle East” published in 2018. For the past 35 years, Karasik worked for a number of US agencies involved in researching and analyzing defense acquisition, the use of military power, and religio-political issues across MENA and Eurasia including the evolution of violent extremism and financing networks. Dr. Karasik lived in Dubai, UAE from 2006 until 2016 where he worked on Arabian Peninsula foreign policy and security issues surrounding cultural awareness, cybersecurity, maritime security, counter-piracy, counter-terrorism, and infrastructure and national resilience. Dr. Karasik worked for a number of UAE ministries and think-tanks covering regional and homeland security issues. Dr. Karasik was an Adjunct Lecturer at the Dubai School of Government where he taught graduate level international relations and also an Adjunct Lecturer at University Wollongong Dubai where he taught labor and migration. Karasik was a Senior Political Scientist in the International Policy and Security Group at RAND Corporation. From 2002-2003, he served as Director of Research for the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. He is a specialist in geopolitics and geo-economics for the MENA and Eurasia regions and frequently conducts studies and assessments of future security trajectories and military requirements in addition to cultural awareness issues surrounding traditionalism and tribalism in policymaking. Dr. Karasik received his Ph.D in History from the University of California, Los Angeles in four fields: Russia, Middle East, Caucasus and an outside field in cultural anthropology focusing on tribes and clans from Central Asia to East Africa. He wrote his dissertation on military and humanitarian operations in the northern port city of Arkhangel'sk and their impact on political institutions during the Russian civil war. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

This episode features an interview with Steve Lutes Steve is the Vice President of Middle East Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is the Executive Director of the U.S.-Egypt Business Council, the U.S.-Iraq Business Initiative, the U.S.-GCC Business Initiative. Steve discusses the activities of the US Chamber of Commerce and the US-Iraq Business Council and shares his experience in the Kurdistan Region and the rest of Iraq.

We begin this week with the voice of Noura Erakat, a frequent guest on This Week In Palestine. She is a Palestinian attorney and professor at Rutgers University, and the cousin of Ahmed Erakat. Ahmed, 27, was recently gunned down and left unattended to bleed to death at a checkpoint on the West Bank, on his way to pick up his sister on her wedding day. He himself was to be married in the very near future. That checkpoint, like many others, cannot even remotely be claimed to protect Israelis from Palestinians. Its entire purpose is to make life more difficult for Palestinians traveling within non-Israeli Palestine. We present this story's recent coverage on Amy Goodman's Democracy Now. We then return to the ongoing story of the attempts by the Zionist Lobby to silence voices critical of Israel on US Campuses across this country. It doesn’t end. And our coverage of this struggle will not end as long as it continues. Today we feature Prof Hatem Bazian of the University of California in Berkeley, along with two members of Students for Justice in Palestine at Tufts University discussing this assault on free speech with Dale Sprusansky, editor of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.

Turkey and Syria Poised for War (0:34)Guest: Michael Singh, Lane-Swig Senior Fellow, Managing Director, the Washington Institute; Former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs, National Security CouncilThe war in Syria has taken another worrisome turn in the last week. Forces loyal to Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad are making a final push to capture Idlib, which is the last stronghold of rebel forces who oppose the Assad regime. Russia is backing the Syrian government's attack and hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled the city and surrounding areas. Now Turkey is sending forces to try and hold back Assad and the Russians, which prompted retaliatory strikes that killed 13 Turkish soldiers. Turning Complicated Contracts Into Comic Books (15:46)Guest: Camilla Baasch Andersen, PhD, Professor, University of Western Australia Law SchoolWith all the terms and conditions, agreements, and contracts people have mindlessly accepted or signed, they may have given away their first-born child without even knowing it. You know how it goes – long sentences, lots of complex legalese – who's gonna read all that? Or better yet, understand it? Well Camilla Andersen is an attorney who gets it, so she's disrupting the legal profession by turning contracts into comics to get people to read them. Will the Cherokee Language Survive? (33:19)Guest: Benjamin Frey, Professor of Linguistics and Cherokee Language, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillThere are three federally recognized tribes of Cherokee people in America and last summer they declared a joint state of emergency for their language. An estimated 2,000 fluent speakers of Cherokee are alive today – which is better than many other endangered Native American languages – but the tribes say Cherokee speakers are dying faster than new speakers are being developed. Jumping Worms Are Invading North American Forests (50:38)Guest: Annise Dobson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental StudiesWhen Julie turns over some soil in my garden and find a wriggling pink earthworm, she gags, but fights the urge to smash it, because she knows that worms are good for soil. They break down organic matter and soften dirt so plants can grow better. Well, anyway, that's what most of most people think. But actually, earthworms in large numbers can be problematic for plants. Plus, there's a type of invasive earthworm making its way across North America that's really, really bad for plants and especially for forests. Triple Traumas for Puerto Rico: Financial Crisis, Hurricane Maria, Earthquakes (1:09:40)Guest: Amilcar Antonio Barreto, Professor of Global Studies at Northeastern UniversityOver a span of a few weeks at the start of this year, hundreds of earthquakes shook the southern part of Puerto Rico, collapsing homes and severely damaging a major power plant for the island. Keep in mind, many parts of Puerto Rico are still struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria two years ago. The True History of Valentine's Day (1:26:09)Guest: Elizabeth Nelson, PhD, Pop Culture Expert and Author, University of Nevada, Las VegasParents across the country are in Valentine's Day scramble-mode, rounding up enough treats and cards for all their kids' classmates. Holidays are such work for parents. And expensive too–the National Retail Federation says Americans who celebrate Valentine's this year plan to spend nearly $200 on average. That includes gifts for a special someone, but also kids, friends, family members, co-workers and pets. Valentine's Day, above all, is a triumph of marketing.

Middle East Affairs, and global affairs as a whole, requires a nuanced understanding of the contextual story of Middle East Affairs over time. Yet, as the West postures itself as supreme, Islamic Autocracies have managed to do what the West used to do and can no longer manifest. Abundance for most and soon all citizens. Let's explore how what happens on main Street impacts the global body politic.

Pilot episode for the clueless college kids podcast. In this episode we talk about random current events in the world and Jamall getting avoided by white people on the bus. this one starts off political so we apologize but we promise they wont all be that way.

For this hour the keynote address by author and activist Susan Albulhawa, delivered at the Israel and American Policy conference held March 22, 2019 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC., sponsored by the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. If you enjoy our grassroots news show, which we provide free online, on podcast and on Pacifica stations and affiliates, please click here or click on the Patreon tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Thank you!Subscribe on PatreonLike us on Facebook!Follow us on Twitter!

Show Summary: Sheldon Richman is as engaging, entertaining, and educational as the publication he helmed. In this interview with the former editor for The Freeman, Johnny and Raylene put the Blast Off! Rocket on cruise control and let Richman take the wheel, as the conversation explores a variety of topics relating to Austrian Economics and its rich history. Also, Raylene was very excited about this interview…but this time, she meant it. You can hear more at SupportBlastOff.com on our Patreon! About The Guest: Sheldon Richman is a Research Fellow at The Independent Institute. For 15 years he was editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education. Former Vice President at the Future of Freedom Foundation, he is the author of America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited, Separating School & State: How to Liberate America’s Families, Your Money or Your Life: Why We Must Abolish the Income Tax, and Tethered Citizens: Time to Repeal the Welfare State. Mr. Richman’s articles on economics, foreign policy, population issues, federal disaster assistance, international trade, education, the environment, American history, privacy, computers, and the Middle East have appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, American Scholar, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, The Independent Review, Insight, Cato Policy Report, Journal of Economic Development, The World & I, Reason, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Middle East Policy, Liberty, and other publications. He is a contributor to the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. A former newspaper reporter and senior editor at the Cato Institute and Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, Mr. Richman is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia. About The Host: Johnny “Rocket” Adams was the creator and host of “The Johnny Rocket Launch Pad – Libertarian Rock n’ Roll Experience” and now “BLAST OFF with Johnny Rocket!” He’s also a musician, graphic artist, author, and former Chief Warrant Officer. Johnny spent his early days earning his stripes as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army. Back stateside, Johnny immersed himself in the classic works of Murray Rothbard, Henry Hazlitt, and Ludwig von Mises. From there the AnCap known as “Johnny Rocket” was born. Speaking truth to power from your cell phone tower, Johnny digests the philosophy of liberty and brings them to the man on the street on a weekly basis. Johnny Rocket was also the front-man of the rockabilly group “Hot Roddin’ Romeos” and puts pencil to paper with the critically acclaimed comic series “The Liberty Force.” New York Times best-selling author and podcast host Tom Woods calls Johnny Rocket “one of the most entertaining figures in the liberty movement.” About the Co-Host: Raylene Lightheart is an activist in the libertarian movement. She is a dedicated wife and homeschool mom of five. She is passionate about self-ownership, free association community, and unfettered liberty. Raylene is the director of marketing and sales of Launchpad Media Group. She is the assistant communications director for Libertarian Party of Washington State and also serves as Region 3 alternate. She also is on the board of Libertarian Party of Kitsap County and was awarded the 2018 Porcupine Award for LPWA. As a child, Raylene dreamed of being in broadcasting. When Johnny asked her to be the co-host for his new show, Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket she was thrilled to have the opportunity to advance liberty through education, outreach, and entertainment. About Ground Control: Benjamin Wiegold is a fellow Libertarian, from the corrupt state of Illin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blastoff/support

US President Donald Trump’s Republican party can no longer claim complete control of a two-branch Congress, after his rival Democratic party last week won control of the House of Representatives. The Senate, however, is still controlled by the Republicans. Newly empowered Democrats are expected to take Trump to task on many issues domestically, but to what extent will Trump's foreign policy be affected? Specifically, how might Trump's agenda in the Middle East change? We ask an expert on US-Middle Eastern affairs that question and more in this week's episode of Beyond the Headlines. Danielle Pletka, the senior vice-president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, spoke with The National's Naser Al Wasmi, and explained the influence of a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives on Trump's Middle Eastern agenda. Will his tough stance on Iran strengthen or wane? Will new checks to his Republican party hinder the administration's goals for the region?

On this episode of C-SPAN's The Weekly Podcast: Since 1933 The United States and Saudi Arabia have held full diplomatic relations with each other….despite one country being an conservative Islamic absolute monarchy and the other a secular, constitutional republic. But since the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi…relations between the two countries have come into a new light. Joining us on C-SPAN's The Weekly Podcast to discuss the history of the United States and Saudi Arabia, the special relationship between the two countries, and what's next is Aaron David Miller, Vice President and Middle East Program Director at the Wilson Center. An expert on US policy in the Middle East he answers these questions and proposes what the Trump Administration could do moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Quiggin has 30 years of practical experience in security and intelligence matters and is qualified as a court expert in the reliability of intelligence as evidence and on terrorism. His years of practical experience include a variety of intelligence positions for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Armed Forces, the United Nations Protection Force in Yugoslavia, Citizen and Immigration Canada, and more. He recently published a report exposing Islamic Relief Canada and is the author of “Seeing the Invisible: National Security Intelligence in an Uncertain Age”. Social Media: @TomTSEC // https://twitter.com/tomtsec?lang=en Website: https://soundcloud.com/quigginreport Seth Frantzman Seth Frantzman is a journalist and analyst concentrating on the Middle East. He is the Op-Ed Editor and an analyst on Middle East Affairs at the The Jerusalem Post and his work has appeared at The National Interest, The Hill, National Review, The Moscow Times, and Rudaw based in Iraq. As a correspondent and researcher, he has covered the war on ISIS in Iraq and security in Turkey, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, the UAE and eastern Europe. Social Media: @sfrantzman Website: https://www.jpost.com/Author/Seth-J-Frantzman

The prominent host Dr. Atef Abdel Gawad discussed “A Private War on the Press: The Movie and Real Life" with Dr. Said Arikat who is a long time Washington based Palestinian journalist and analyst, journalist Sakher Edries who is the secretary-general of Syrian Journalists Association journalists, and journalist Delinda Hanley the executive director and news editor, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.   Originally broadcast September 7, 2018. US Arab Radio can be heard on wnzk 690 AM, WDMV 700 AM,and WPAT 930 AM. Please visit: www.facebook.com/USArabRadio/ Web site : https://arabradio.us/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/USArabRadio Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/usarabradio/ Youtube : US Arab Radio

“For the last three weeks, my Nakba was losing my best friends, covering the march with their press-marked vest. Every week, every day I have like personal Nakba, and this is the case with every Palestinian. With every Palestinian around the world, they have their own Nakba.” — Ahmed Mansour Every year, when Israelis and many American Jews celebrate the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinians remember their people’s expulsion, or what they refer to as the "Nakba," the Arabic word for catastrophe. This year, on the 70th anniversary of both Israeli independence and the Nakba, the United States is moving its embassy to Jerusalem. Our guest for this episode, Palestinian filmmaker Ahmed Mansour, calls this a "double Nakba and double catastrophe." Producer Ilana Levinson spoke with Ahmed about his childhood in a Gaza refugee camp, why the timing of the U.S. embassy move is so inflammatory, and how the Nakba continues to permeate Palestinian life. Ahmed Mansour’s film, "Brooklyn, Inshallah," follows the 2017 campaign of Khader El-Yateem, a Palestinian-American Lutheran pastor who became the first Arab-American to run for New York City Council. To learn more and to contribute to his fundraising campaign, click here. This episode was produced by Ilana Levinson and Max Freedman, and edited by Max Freedman. Original music by Nat Rosenzweig.    Ahmed Mansour , a New York-based filmmaker, is a NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute - News and Documentary Program - graduate. Ahmed was born and raised in a refugee camp in Gaza Strip, Palestine. He worked as an organizer, translator and guide for international journalists covering the 2014 war. He made a series of short films highlighting the humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip after three successive wars. He has also worked as a reporter for the Washington Report on the Middle East Affairs in Washington DC. Ahmed has received residencies and fellowships from Duke University and Story Wise Program.   RESOURCES Trailer and fundraising campaign for "Brooklyn, Inshallah"(LaunchGood) Eric Adams,"Why Only Israel Can Customize America's F-35 (At Least for Now)" (Wired, May 10, 2016). Jonathan Cook, "Critics blast US shipment of fighter jets to Israel" (Al Jazeera, April 26, 2017).  Daniel Kurtzer, "How terrorism helped found Israel"(Washington Post, March 13, 2015).  Asaf Calderon, "What It's Like to Have a Jewish Terrorist in the Family"(Haaretz, May 3, 2017). 

“For the last three weeks, my Nakba was losing my best friends, covering the march with their press-marked vest. Every week, every day I have like personal Nakba, and this is the case with every Palestinian. With every Palestinian around the world, they have their own Nakba.” — Ahmed Mansour Every year, when Israelis and many American Jews celebrate the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinians remember their people’s expulsion, or what they refer to as the "Nakba," the Arabic word for catastrophe. This year, on the 70th anniversary of both Israeli independence and the Nakba, the United States is moving its embassy to Jerusalem. Our guest for this episode, Palestinian filmmaker Ahmed Mansour, calls this a "double Nakba and double catastrophe." Producer Ilana Levinson spoke with Ahmed about his childhood in a Gaza refugee camp, why the timing of the U.S. embassy move is so inflammatory, and how the Nakba continues to permeate Palestinian life. Ahmed Mansour’s film, "Brooklyn, Inshallah," follows the 2017 campaign of Khader El-Yateem, a Palestinian-American Lutheran pastor who became the first Arab-American to run for New York City Council. To learn more and to contribute to his fundraising campaign, click here. This episode was produced by Ilana Levinson and Max Freedman, and edited by Max Freedman. Original music by Nat Rosenzweig.    Ahmed Mansour , a New York-based filmmaker, is a NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute - News and Documentary Program - graduate. Ahmed was born and raised in a refugee camp in Gaza Strip, Palestine. He worked as an organizer, translator and guide for international journalists covering the 2014 war. He made a series of short films highlighting the humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip after three successive wars. He has also worked as a reporter for the Washington Report on the Middle East Affairs in Washington DC. Ahmed has received residencies and fellowships from Duke University and Story Wise Program.   RESOURCES Trailer and fundraising campaign for "Brooklyn, Inshallah"(LaunchGood) Eric Adams,"Why Only Israel Can Customize America's F-35 (At Least for Now)" (Wired, May 10, 2016). Jonathan Cook, "Critics blast US shipment of fighter jets to Israel" (Al Jazeera, April 26, 2017).  Daniel Kurtzer, "How terrorism helped found Israel"(Washington Post, March 13, 2015).  Asaf Calderon, "What It's Like to Have a Jewish Terrorist in the Family"(Haaretz, May 3, 2017). 

The A-Team of Syria commentators is assembled and ready for duty. Joining me this week for a 3-part interview on the Syria conflict, its history, its context and our response to recent events are Rania Khalek and Ben Norton. Rania is an independent journalist and co-host of the Unauthorized Disclosure Podcast. Ben is a staff writer for Alternet, a former columnist at Salon and an incredibly knowledgeable guy on Middle East Affairs. In Part 1, we cover the history of the so-called Arab Spring, the history of the Saudi-US relationship, and the nature of Sunni supremacism stemming from the far right, reactionary and downright fascist Salafist movement.

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