If one were to take at face value the triumphant announcements by leaders of the global coalition against the Islamic State, or Daesh - this Islamist organization which took over large parts of Iraq and Syria has been not only decimated… but defeated altogether by the end of last year. Yet, as was to be expected, there are persistent reports of the Islamic State’s re-emergence, in various forms and places.
To analyze today’s topic, we are joined in the studio by guests Dr. Yossi Mansharof, Iran and Political Shiite Islam Expert at the JISS Research Institute and the Ezri Center of Haifa University; and Dr. Jonathan Spyer Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. Analyst Amir Oren. Host Jonathan Hessen.
Jerusalem Studio
The program offers the viewer deeper understanding about current events in Israel. The topics vary from domestic and foreign policy to social changes, archaelogy and religion.
The program is hosted by TV7 Israel News anchor Jonathan Hessen.
