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Presented by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, "East to West" offers a fresh look at the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East and Israel.
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He Wanted to Blow Up a Synagogue. Then 9/11 Changed Everything (opens the original)
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At 17, Mubin Shaikh was a regular Canadian teenager. A few years later, he had embraced a jihadist worldview, learned to see non-Muslims as enemies and even fantasized about blowing up a synagogue.Then came September 11, 2001. His first reaction to the attacks shocked even him, and forced him to confront what he had become.In the first part of this extraordinary East to West conversation, Mubin takes Sarah Martinez-Amir inside the process of radicalization: how a search for identity became extre
Her 11-Year-Old Daughter Was Killed by a Hezbollah Rocket (opens the original)
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On July 27, 2024, a Hezbollah rocket struck a football field in Majdal Shams, killing 12 children and teenagers. Among them was 11-year-old Alma. But Alma was more than a name in a headline.She was a gifted basketball player, a natural leader and a girl with enormous dreams. She spoke four languages, loved drawing, dancing and skiing, and dreamed of studying law so she could stand up for people who could not defend themselves.Two years after the attack, Alma’s mother, Naela, joins East to West h
I Met Khamenei on My First Day in Tehran (opens the original)
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She was born into a Jewish family in France, married a Muslim man from Yemen, concealed her Jewish identity, and eventually found herself inside the ideological world of the Islamic Republic of Iran.Catherine Perez-Shakdam tells the extraordinary story of how she survived life in Yemen, witnessed radicalization from within, gained the trust of figures connected to Iran’s regime, traveled to Tehran, and ultimately came face-to-face with Ali Khamenei.In this episode, Catherine speaks openly about
Why Israel Can't Think Like It Did in 1973 (opens the original)
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Harley Lippman has spent decades speaking with presidents, diplomats, military leaders, and decision-makers around the world.In this East to West episode with Balig Sladeen, he reflects on how one day changed the way Israel thinks about security, why public opinion has become just as important as military success, and what the next decade could look like for the region.
From Brazil to Beirut: What Keeps Hezbollah Running? (opens the original)
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Most people know Hezbollah through headlines about rockets, wars, and southern Lebanon. But behind that image is another story, one that stretches across Latin America, Africa, Europe, and beyond. In this episode of East to West, Balig Sladeen speaks with Dr. Emmanuel Ottolenghi, Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Terror Finance, about the global financial networks that have helped Hezbollah sustain itself for decades.
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