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Trump Recognizes Israel's Sovereignty Over the Golan Heights

March 21, 2019  •  ClearCut with Michelle Makori / i24News

President Trump tweeted that "it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and regional stability." Matthew RJ Brodsky joins Senior Washington Correspondent Dan Raviv and Maj. Mark Lyons of the Modern War Institute on i24News "ClearCut" with MIchelle Makori to explore the political and diplomatic consequences of the decision and put it within the context of Iran's growing entrenchment in Syria and the upcoming Israeli elections.

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Pompeo Meets Netanyahu in Israel and Pipeline Politics

March 20, 2019  •  Perspectives with Tracy Alexander / i24News

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel as part of a Middle East tour focusing on Iran in the run up to the Israeli elections. Pompeo also stopped in Kuwait to visit the Emir and discuss the economic aspects of the peace plan. Matthew RJ Brodsky joins former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt, Itzhak Levanon, on i24News "Perspectives" with Tracy Alexander to explore the latest developments. Following the press availability with the leaders of Greece and Cyprus, alongside Netanyahu and Pompeo, Ambassador Levanon and Brodsky examine the implications of their pipeline discussions.

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Who Should Pay for Syria's Reconstruction?

March 11, 2019  •  The Newsmakers / TRT World

Eight years ago an uprising in Syria sparked the deadliest war of the decade. The UN says it will cost close to $400 billion to rebuild the country while other estimates are far lower. But is Syria even ready for reconstruction? Will sanctions prevent rebuilding? Can Russia and Iran afford to foot the bill? And how can Syria return to normality? Matthew RJ Brodsky joins co-founder of People Demand Change Bassam Barabandi, Security Analyst at the SETA Foundation Omer Ozkizilcik, Russian foreign policy researcher at Oxford University Samuel Ramani, coordinator at the Center for Iranian Studies in Ankara Serhan Afacan, on TRT World's The Newsmakers with Imran Garda.

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What the Fall of Baghuz in Syria means for ISIS and the Region

March 11, 2019  •  BBC World News Service Radio

Matthew RJ Brodsky joins the BBC World News Service to discuss the fight for the last ISIS stronghold in Syria.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) Repeated Remarks Reflect Her Anti-Semitic Ideology

March 7, 2019  •  Al-Ghad TV (Arabic)

Matthew RJ Brodsky joined Dr. Wafik Ibrahim, a Beirut-based political analyst on Al-Ghad TV (Arabic) with Heba al-Ghamrawi where he not only responded to the blatant antisemitism of Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar and the new Democratic Left, but to Dr. Ibrahim's anti-Semitic comments that were embedded within his own comments. It was neither a calm nor a dispassionate conversation. Viewer beware.

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