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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.
Just wait for the Democratic National Convention.
It would facilitate Iran’s access and involvement in the region exponentially.
We Americans want “right now” solutions, but now is not the time.
The media, politicians, NGOs and others have a responsibility to objectively assess the “continuum of culpability.”
Americans can aid the worthiest of causes, Israel’s frontline medical facilities.
Israel’s critics are lying about international law.
Hamas isn’t just after Israel, they’re coming for you too.
For the sake of Israel’s future, Netanyahu should drop his judicial reform campaign and form a government with Benny Gantz.