Please join MEF for our webinar offerings this week (1/25-1/29)
The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars. Israel's Arab Christians: Whither? with Amit Barak Increasingly, Arabic-speaking Christians in Israel, led by Father Gabriel Naddaf of Nazareth, seek to escape the Palestinian identity and fully to integrate their community into the Jewish state, with an emphasis on IDF service. They are working at this with help from Jews like Amit Barak. What challenges to integration do Israel’s Arab Christians face? Are they succeeding? Monday, January 25, 2021 1:00-1:15p.m. EST Online:Click here to join just before 1pm EST By Phone: US: +1 6465588656,,85365874323#,,783670#,,# You can also reply to Stacey Roman at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113 Amit Barak is the co-founder of the Jerusalemites’ Initiative, an NGO promoting ties between Jews and Arabic-speaking Christians in Israel. With a B.A. from the Open University and an M.A. the Hebrew University, Barak is himself an IDF reservist. Israel Insider with Ashley Perry After four years on the backburner, the Palestinian issue is resurfacing with the advent of the Biden Administration. What does this mean for Israel and beyond? Wednesday, January 27, 2021 3:00-3:30p.m. EST Online:Click here to join just before 3pm EST By Phone: US: +1 6465588656,,554482745#,,776628#,,# You can also reply to Stacey Roman at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113Erdoğan: Reckless or Savvy? with Sonar Cagaptay After 80 years as a mid-sized power, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeks to restore Turkey to something akin to its influence of the Ottoman past. But it has been a rocky road – alienated NATO allies, angry Middle Eastern states, tensions with Russia and China – leaving Ankara with precious few friends. Has Erdoğan a chance to succeed or is he heading for a fall? Friday, January 29, 2021 1:00-1:15p.m. EST Online:Click here to join just before 1pm EST By Phone: US: +1 6465588656,,83818842404#,,961296#,,# You can also reply to Stacey Roman at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113 Sonar Cagaptay, director of the Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy’s Turkish Research Program, is the author of Erdoğan’s Empire (I.B. Tauris, 2019). A historian, he has a B.A. from Marmara University, M.A.s from Bilkent and the Central European University, and a Ph.D. from Yale. Mr. Cagaptay is also a certified yoga instructor. Catch up with our previous webinars!All webinars are recorded for viewing after the event. To view past webinars, please visit our YouTube channel or our website.
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