MEF in the Media

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Israel, Hamas, Qatar, and Pakistan | Arun Anand on The Nationalist View
September 18, 2025
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Terminal Threat: Israel, Turkey, and the Battle Over Damascus Airport | Jonathan Spyer on the Watchman Newscast
August 22, 2025
Should Palestinians finally and truly accept Israel, Palestine can emerge. But that requires of Israel to stop managing its Palestinian enemy and instead defeat it.
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Interview with Daniel Pipes: Hamas Must Fall ... For Palestine to Rise
August 1, 2025
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Eric Navarro on Newsmax: Hamas, Gaza, and Iran
July 15, 2025
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Eric Navarro
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Will Iran Try to Rebuild Its Nuclear Program?
June 29, 2025
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Jim Hanson
With modern weaponry and tactics, Israel completely dominates the battlefield. Israel's assault on Iran will likely set the standard for all future peer-to-peer warfare for many years to come.
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Interview with Daniel Pipes: Making Sense of the Israel-Iran War
Israel’s Current Intelligence and Military Campaign Ranks with the Six-Day War of 1967
June 25, 2025
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Was U.S. Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites Effective?
Low-Confidence Report Leaked to Media Claims Minimal Damage
June 25, 2025
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Jim Hanson
Middle East Forum Online
U.S. Strikes Iran: How Will the Islamic Republic Respond?
President Trump Warned Any Retaliation Will be Met With Overwhelming Force
June 22, 2025
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Jim Hanson
Middle East Forum Online
President Trump Says Negotiate First, Bomb Second
June 20, 2025
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Jim Hanson
Middle East Forum Online
The People of Iran Should Seize Their Freedom
The Regime Has Never Been Weaker
June 18, 2025
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Jim Hanson
Jim Hanson speaks to FOX anchors on the set for the DC Army Parade
Middle East Forum Online
Israeli Strikes Were Effective. What’s Next?
The Initial Attacks on Iranian Nuclear Sites and Military Targets Hit the Mark. How Will Iran Respond and Will Israel Continue the Destruction?
June 14, 2025
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Jim Hanson
Middle East Forum Online
Israel Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Programs and Leadership
June 13, 2025
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Jim Hanson
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The Third Way: Empowering Iran’s Democratic Future
June 3, 2025
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Gregg Roman
Hakan Fidan (R), Turkey’s former intelligence chief and current foreign minister, with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Dec. 22, 2024.
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Interview with Daniel Pipes: What Next for Syria?
Ahmed al-Sharaa Is a Jihadi from al-Qaeda and ISIS Background Who Works Closely with the Dynamic, Aggressive, and Ideological Regime in Türkiye
May 28, 2025
Middle East Forum Online
Trump Makes Deals with Syria and the Saudis
MEF Chief Editor Jim Hanson discusses Trump’s dealmaking
May 14, 2025
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Jim Hanson
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Two stories are dominating the discourse from Tripoli to Tobruk: the death of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, and Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s aggressive rollout of “Vision 2030″—a roadmap designed to transform the Libyan National Army (LNA) from a localized coalition into a modernized, professional sovereign force. Image: Tripoli, Libya
Middle East Forum Online
The ‘Ghost’ of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi and Khalifa Haftar’s 2030 Vision: Libya’s Battle for Order
The Nation Finds Itself Suspended Between the Haunting Legacy of Its past and an Ambitious, If Contentious, Military Future
February 25, 2026
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Amine Ayoub
Middle East Forum Online
Saudi Arabia: An Islamist Turn?
Claims of an Ideological Pivot Obscure More Plausible Explanations for Riyadh’s Regional Behavior.
February 25, 2026
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Middle East Forum Online
Armed Groups in Sudan’s War: An Interview With the al-Bara’ bin Malik Corps
A Sudanese Militia Leader on War Aims, Allegations of Islamism, and the Future of the State
February 25, 2026
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
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