Iranian Terrorism is as much an Enemy to Arab Nations as it is to America and Israel: Yoram Ettinger

Iranian Terrorism is as much an Enemy to Arab Nations as it is to America and Israel: Yoram Ettinger

American Thought Leaders
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This is the 30 minute TV version of Jan Jekielek’s interview with Yoram Ettinger. The longer-form version was released on Epoch TV on April 15, 2025.

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In the 1980s and 1990s, Ettinger held a number of high-profile positions within Israel’s government, from minister of congressional affairs in D.C. to director of its press office. A now retired insider and expert on U.S.–Israel relations, he regularly advises Israel and America’s legislators, and produces a weekly newsletter challenging conventional wisdom on Middle East affairs.

ā€œThe State Department probably still is under the delusion that the U.S. has a choice between Arab countries that abide by human rights and Arab countries that do not abide by human rights,ā€ says Ettinger. ā€œThe choice is between pro-American Arab regimes that violate human rights or anti-American Arab regimes that violate human rights.ā€

In this episode, Yoram Ettinger dives into key realities of the U.S.–Israel relationship that are poorly understood, and the global threat posed by the Iranian regime.

ā€œThe early pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, to a large extent, viewed themselves as the modern-day chosen people. They viewed this country as the modern-day Promised Land, and they considered the manner in which Moses governed the Jewish people to be the foundation for the system which they established: the separation of powers, and later on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,ā€ says Ettinger.

CHAPTER TITLES
0:00:01 - Iranian Terrorist Cells in the US: A Growing Threat
0:00:25 - Ambassador Yoram Ettinger: Background and Expertise
0:00:51 - State Department's Misconceptions about Arab Regimes
0:01:36 - US-Israel Relationship: Cultural and Strategic Foundations
0:09:21 - Defense Industry Collaboration: A Two-Way Street
0:10:04 - Military Aid and Economic Impact
0:16:46 - Israel's Role in American Geopolitical Strategy
0:21:17 - Facing Islamic Terrorism: A Mutual Challenge
0:22:19 - Final Thoughts: Embracing Inconvenient Realities

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