Vahid Beheshti, an independent journalist and Iranian human rights activist based in London, became famous after completing a 72-day hunger strike followed by a sit-in last year. In summer 2023, he joined the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs' initiative in the British House of Lords, to outlaw the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Host Dan Diker met Beheshti and his wife Mattie in Jerusalem to discuss their opposition activism against the Iranian regime and the war in Israel from an Iranian perspective on this episode of the "Our Middle East" podcast.

More than three months after Hamas' "Al-Aqsa Flood" against Israel on October 7, we are witnessing a tidal wave of antisemitic violence in the U.S., particularly on college campuses. Meanwhile, 129 Israeli hostages are still in captivity in Gaza by the terror organization while the world remains silent.

Why haven't the hostages been freed yet? Why haven't Western and Arab countries put more pressure on Hamas?

Co-hosts Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh discuss this and more on this episode JNS-JCPA's "Our Middle East" podcast.

Israeli Arabs have been brought closer to Jews because of the atrocities of October 7th, wanting to disassociate themselves from the cruelty and what they see as the un-Islamic behavior of Hamas. Does this present an opportunity to bring Israeli Arabs and Gazans closer to Israel?

Cohosts Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh discuss.

Co-hosts Dan Diker and Khaled Abu-Toameh delve into the Middle East war happening on campuses as radical groups yell "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free" and march for Hamas.

Has Hamas lost control of Gaza? What is the Arab press saying? What is the future of the Strip and should it be given to the Palestinian Authority?

Hosts JCPA President Dan Diker and JCPA Fellow, Gatestone Senior Fellow and Arab-Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh discuss

How did Hamas deceive the whole world about their plans to attack Israel? What is the Arab street and press saying about the October 7th attacks?
Arab-Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh rejoins host Dan Diker on Our Middle East to discuss

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Does America really stand with Israel? Are we heading to a larger regional conflict with Iran?

On this episode of “Our Middle East”, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs president Dan Diker speaks with Dr. David Wurmser, former senior advisor to former United States Vice President Dick Cheney. David Wurmser.

How is the war and the Hamas attack on Israel being viewed in the Arab world? Who is really behind this unprecedented bloodshed?

JCPA President Dan Diker discusses with Arab Affairs Expert Yoni Ben Menahem.

In this week’s episode of “Our Middle East” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs president Dan Diker speaks with guest Mehrdad Youssefiani, a long-time senior advisor and former bureau chief to Reza Pahlavi, the Crown Prince of Iran. They discussed Iranian mullahs’ opposition in the eight-million strong Iranian diaspora in the West, and its potential impact in toppling the theocratic and dictatorial regime.

Why are so many Eritrean refugees making their way to Israel? Is there a stronger connection between the Jewish State and the Eritrean people than we realize? Does Eritrea have more strategic and political importance to Israel than we know?

On today’s episode of “Our Middle East” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs president Dan Diker talks with his guest, Eritrean refugee to Israel Habtom Mehari, a doctoral candidate at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and part of the Agaiazian movement for a democratic Eritrea.