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AVI MELAMED ON TV

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AVI's LATEST ARTICLES

48 Hours into the War with Iran: Tehran’s Proxies Still on the Sidelines | Avi...

48 Hours into the War with Iran: Tehran’s Proxies Still on the Sidelines | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by...

Israel and the Kurds: Shared Foundations and Strategic Evolution – Episode 6 | Avi Melamed

Israel and the Kurds: Shared Foundations and Strategic Evolution, Episode 6 | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by Ai. Demography and...

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Kurds in Turkey, Episode 5 | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by Ai. Demography and Geography The largest Kurds congregation is in...

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PODCASTS WITH AVI

48 Hours into the War with Iran: Tehran’s Proxies Still on the Sidelines | #AiTME Ep24

48 Hours into the War with Iran: Tehran’s Proxies Still on the Sidelines | #AiTME Ep24. An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version...

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MIDDLE EAST NEWSAND ANALYSIS THINK TANKS > Israeli < Institute forNational Security Studies Meir Amit Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern...
> Sources on Middle Eastern Politics < Mr Vatanka's articles can be found at www.vatanka.com or here: https://mei.edu/person/alex-vatanka/ Debates “inside” of Iran about regime’s policies on US, Israel,...
CALLUM BARTON Callum Barton is a second year Undergraduate student at King's College London, studying Politics. Former Head of Operations at 'King's Geopolitics Forum'. Keen...
Al Badr Corp / Militia A Pro-Iranian Iraqi Shi’ite political party and militia headed by Hadi al-Amiri Al-Qaeda “The Base” or “The Foundation.” Al-Qaeda is a...
UNSCR 1696 (2006) On July 31, 2006, the UNSC passed its first resolution regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions. UNSCR 1696 called on the regime to...
Al-Aqsa Mosque The third holiest site in Islam, after Mecca and Al-Medina. The mosque is located in the Old City of Jerusalem on the...

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The Abraham Accords The agreements signed by Bahrain, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States on September 15, 2020. The UAE signed...
Al-Aqsa Literally translated as “The Far Edge” in Arabic. Over time the term has become synonymous with Jerusalem. Al-Haj The pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims...

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