Looking forward to the beginning of Ramadan next week, the Middle East anxiously waits to see whether or not last-minute developments will signal a short-term respite from the violence which has engulfed the Arab-Israeli divide during recent months, having branched south to the Red Sea and east to an indirect Iranian-American confrontation.
Or could another spark light up this tinderbox and flare up into an even broader regional fire? How do experts assess this threat to the Middle East as winter makes way for spring and the Holy Land prepares for Ramadan, Easter and Passover? With us for the discussion:
Panel:
- Host : Jonathan Hessen : Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
- Editor at Large : Amir Oren : Host of Watchmen Talk and Powers in Play
- Dr. Michael Doran : Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; former Senior White House advisor on the Middle East
- MG (Res.) Gershon HaCohen : IDF Army Corps Commander