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Dr. Eric R. Mandel

Dr. Eric R. Mandel

Dr. Eric R. Mandel is the director of MEPIN, the Middle East Political Information Network, and the senior security editor of The Jerusalem Report. He briefs members of Congress, their foreign-policy teams, and the U.S. State Department on Middle East security and strategy.

For the country north of Israel to escape permanent state failure, the restoration of a strong centralized government, free of Hezbollah’s coercion, is not optional but essential.
The role of journalism is to hold power accountable, not to wield it through moral advocacy.
And the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is poised to exploit it.
It will take patience, prodding and the imposition of consequences, but for the first time in a long while, cautious optimism can be construed for this part of the Levant.
One of the most critical needs supported by American Friends of Unit 669 is mental-health care and therapy, especially for post-traumatic stress disorder.
The most straightforward jihadism to deal with is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The fact that Iran has not turned the final screw of an active atomic device will likely be good enough for the United States to do effectively nothing.
Please, Mr. Abbas, return the billions of dollars to the American people so we can give them to a more grateful recipient.
A President Biden or President Trump must focus on the head of the snake: Iran.