NEW: MEF Sentry Radio and Podcast Launched

If you appreciate the Middle East Forum’s careful reporting and cutting-edge analysis, MEF Sentry Radio is for you. This new show offers an opportunity to get the full story straight from the experts.

The show runs live on Wednesday mornings at 10AM ET on Philadelphia’s WWDB 860 AM Radio. The podcast is also available online the following day here. The show is commercial free.

The Forum’s Director Gregg Roman hosts the show, asking the questions on your mind. Each week, he talks to two to four experts about Middle Eastern and Islamic developments.

Listen as they discuss the issues that really matter. Learn as MEF fosters dialogue and spotlights innovative voices.

If you miss the original broadcast, listen on your smartphone as you commute, while you exercise, or when relaxing after work.

To subscribe to MEF Sentry Radio and get the latest weeks’ episodes as they happen, click here.

Don’t want to wait for next week’s episode? Catch up with our archive of MEF podcasts, the first eight episodes are listed below, with details about guests and topics.

Ep. Date Title Topics Guests
1 1 Aug Global Security Perspectives Islamism
Iran
Syria
ISIS
Daniel Pipes
Abraham Sofaer
Jonathan Spyer
Jim Hanson
2 8 Aug The Islamist Threat at Home Tommy Robinson
Muslim Brotherhood
Lawful Islamism
Paul Gosar
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser
Sam Westrop
3 15 Aug UNRWA, Campus Bias, and Russia UNRWA
Campus Bias
Russia
E.J. Kimball
Winfield Myers
Ilan Berman
4 22 Aug Politicizing Islam Islam in Congress
Political Campaigns
Palestinian Rejectionism
Clifford Smith
Oren Litwin
Oded Forer
5 29 Aug Radical Islamists Below American Radar Terrorist Border Aliens Islamist Cults in the USA Todd Bensman
Ryan Mauro
6 5 Sep Global Spread of Mideast Terror Groups Muslim Brothers: Egypt Film: “Path of Blood” Cynthia Farahat
Thomas Small
7 12 Sep The Stealth Jihad of “Islamophobia” Women’s Rights
Honor Violence
Abha Shankar
Raheel Raza
8 19 Sep A New Paradigm for Middle East Peace Defunding UNWRA
Palestinian Accountability
James Lindsey
E.J. Kimball
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PHILADELPHIA – August 20, 2024 – A member of Maryland’s “Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention” is out of a job. Ayman Nassar, the second Islamist commissioner to get tossed from the hate crimes board within three months, resigned on August 19 amid public outrage over his role in terror-linked organizations and his history of anti-American, antisemitic, and homophobic hate speech.

Nassar has accused Israel of harvesting the organs of living Palestinians and shared posts referring to Gaza as a “Holocaust.” He is chairman of the Aafia Foundation, a “terrorist support group” that seeks to free “Lady Al Qaeda” Aafia Siddiqui and other convicted terrorists from prison.
PHILADELPHIA – July 31, 2024 – Hours after Israel assassinated two leading figures of designated terrorist organizations, Middle East Forum (MEF) experts took to major media outlets to explain what the killings mean for Israel and the region.

Israeli forces killed Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukur in Beirut on Tuesday, while Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh died Wednesday from an Israeli strike in Tehran. Both men caused the deaths of innocent civilians as well as Israeli and American soldiers.

Writing today for the Wall Street Journal, MEF president Daniel Pipes argued that since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, Israel has unfortunately followed “two opposite policies” simultaneously: “destroy the organization and make a deal with it.”