Dexter Van Zile

Managing Editor, Focus on Western Islamism

Dexter Van Zile, Middle East Forum’s Violin Family Research Fellow, is managing editor of Focus on Western Islamism, a news outlet established by MEF in 2022. Prior to his current position, Van Zile worked at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis for 16 years, where he played a major role in countering misinformation broadcast into Christian churches by Palestinian Christians and refuting antisemitic propaganda broadcast by white nationalists and their allies in the U.S. His articles have appeared in the Jerusalem Post, the Boston Globe, Jewish Political Studies Review, the Algemeiner and the Jewish News Syndicate. He has authored numerous academic studies and book chapters about Christian anti-Zionism.

Articles by this Author
Hammoud Invokes Unity After Far-Right Agitators Make Him Look Like Victim
Governor Abbott Designates Islamist Non-Profit and Muslim Brotherhood as Terror Organizations
Husham Al-Husainy Was Headed to D.C. Until His Past Caught up with Him
Nominee for Ambassador’s Post in Kuwait Backtracks on Abraham Accords, Won’t Acknowledge Israel’s Legitimacy, Loathe to Admit Error on Saddam Hussein
Leader of Islamic Center Behind Project Has Promoted Hostility Toward Jews, Gays
ADC Speakers Legitimize Hamas, A Group Responsible for Dozens of American Deaths
Groups Whose Leaders Defamed Israel Now Issue Statements Condemning Antisemitic Attack in U.K.
Lawsuit Opening Salvo Against Funders of Extremism?
Dearborn Mayor Tries to Put Critic in His Place With ‘Islamophobia’ Accusation
Groups that Lauded October 7 Condemn Attack on Hamas Leaders
Some Gloat More than Others—All Critical
Emirati Leaders Chose Hope and Agency over Grievance and Resentment and Their People Now Enjoy a High Standard of Living
Biden and Trump Appointed Judges Let Imam Stay, Trump Judge Dissents
Will CAIR Condemn Iranian Death Threat Against Trump?
Shia Imams Who Have No Influence over Trump Need to Tell Khamenei to Surrender
Group’s Pro-Regime Propaganda Not Getting Much Traction in U.S.
Camp’s Sponsoring Body Supports Regime that Has Targeted U.K. Citizens for Murder, Kidnapping
Tarek Mehanna’s Time in Prison Did Not Lessen His Commitment to Radicalism
Suffering of Israeli Hostages, Hamas’s Crimes, Not on Radar of CAIR Leaders