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Articles by MEF Staff and Fellows

Ahnaf Kalam
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Herzog Heads to Washington on High-Stakes Mission to Keep U.S.-Israel Fissure in Check
July 18, 2023
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Lazar Berman
Winfield Myers
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Israeli Counterterrorism is Not ‘Arbitrary’
July 16, 2023
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A.J. Caschetta
Ahnaf Kalam
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Is Erdoğan Hoping to Bring 84 Million Turks into Europe?
July 14, 2023
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Burak Bekdil
Winfield Myers
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Georgetown’s John Esposito, Part 2: The Blame Israel Libel
July 13, 2023
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A.J. Caschetta
Ahnaf Kalam
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Mass Immigration Puts France’s Life at Risk
July 12, 2023
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Michel Gurfinkiel
Ahnaf Kalam
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Israel Rebukes Berlin’s Hostile Ambassador
July 12, 2023
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Benjamin Weinthal
Ahnaf Kalam
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The Treasonous Story of a U.S. Soldier Turned Jihadist
July 11, 2023
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Todd Bensman
Winfield Myers
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Georgetown’s John Esposito, Part 1: A Terrorist’s Best Friend
July 11, 2023
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A.J. Caschetta
Ahnaf Kalam
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The Disappearance of Princeton Student Elizabeth Tsurkov in Iraq
July 10, 2023
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Ahnaf Kalam
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U.S. Border Crisis Puts Nation at Risk of Terrorism -- A Case Study
July 5, 2023
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Todd Bensman
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