On this week’s “Our Middle East,” host Dan Diker speaks with Arab affairs expert Yoni Ben-Menachem for an inside perspective on the Israel Defense Forces’ current operation in Jenin. They talk about:
- Iran’s goal in supporting various factions within and on the border of Israel;
- What the IDF needs to do in order to be a successful operation;
- The Palestinian Authority’s inability and unwillingness to fight terror within its midst;
- The buildup of terrorist forces connected to Iran in the West Bank and how previous governments should have already acted against it.
“Our Middle East: An Insider’s View” airs live every Monday on JNS TV Youtube Channel, Facebook and Twitter at 1:30 PM EST/8:30 PM IST. You can also listen to the audio version here. A Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs podcast produced by JNS.
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Dan Diker is the president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a foreign policy expert and the former Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress.
The opinions and facts presented in this article are those of the author, and neither JNS nor its partners assume any responsibility for them.
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