The Middle East Forum cordially invites you to this week's podcasts. |
"How USAID Helps Finance Islamist Terror"
with Sam Westrop |
USAID has been engaged in recent years in financing Islamic terrorist organizations. A report by the Middle East Forum documents $122 million in taxpayer funds reaching extremist groups. This report has been reviewed and heard by the House DOGE subcommittee and is now under investigation for potential criminal referrals. The findings challenge long held assumptions about oversight and accountability in U.S. foreign aid. How did this happen? Was it negligence, incompetence, or something more? As investigations unfold, serious questions remain. Who is responsible? Will there be consequences? And what does this mean for the future of American aid policy? |
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
1:00PM Eastern Time |
Sam Westrop has been the head of Islamist Watch at Middle East Forum since March 2017. Prior to this, he was research director at Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), and ran Stand for Peace, a London-based counter-extremism organization monitoring Islamist activity in the U.K. His writings have appeared at National Review, National Post, and The Hill, and he has appeared on many television and radio stations, including BBC, Al Jazeera, and Newsmax. |
Israel Insider with Ashley Perry |
Will the Trump Administration's attempts at negotiation with Iran and Hamas hamper Israel's potential military actions against these enemies? |
Wednesday, March 10, 2025
3:00PM Eastern Time |
Ashley Perry is an advisor to the Middle East Forum’s Israel office. He served as adviser to Israel's minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in 2009-15, and has also worked with Israel's Ministers of Intelligence, Agriculture and Rural Development, Energy, Water and Infrastructure, Defense, Tourism, Internal Security, and Immigrant Absorption and as an advisor to The Negev Forum. Originally from the U.K., he moved to Israel in 2001. He holds a B.A. from University College London and an M.A. from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya). |
The Middle East Forum, an activist think tank, deals with the Middle East, Islamism, U.S. foreign policy, and related topics, urging bold measures to protect Americans and their allies. Pursuing its goals via intellectual and operational means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government. |
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