Jews, Druses and the World
A variety of lectures and workshops that enable delivering lectures to different audiences around the world through a unique glimpse by a Druze lecturer, who specialized in the Arab world and who possesses varied military knowledge.
ISIS - Is it a passing threat or a state in the making
ISIS - The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
ISIL - The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Where and how did the ISIS organization develop? How the Islamic State succeeds in enlisting the support of young Muslims from around the world.
Is Israel the next target of ISIS, and what is the role of the West in strengthening the organization?
The connection between ISIS and radical Islam and Salafists.
Iran and the bomb
Israel's secret partnership in the struggle against the Iranian nuclear program
- In the struggle for hegemony in the Middle East, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt face reality on the day after the nuclear agreement with Iran. Modern diplomacy is influenced by memories of glorious history and old rivalries. The complex relations between the leaders of these countries. Their aspirations and character shape their positions on developments in the Middle East.
Raffa Abu Tareef
Commentator and lecturer on Middle Eastern affairs
Israel
English, Arabic, Hebrew
Raffa Abu Tareef is a Druze who served in the IDF for 25 years. He has a Ph.D. in security studies.
Doctoral Candidate at the Ben-Gurion University in the Department of Middle East Studies, on the topic “Iran-Egypt Relations in the 20th Century”.
Master's degree in the studies in the Land of Israel - multi-departmental program on war and peace: political sciences, Middle East and Israel Studies, University of Haifa, Thesis on “Hamas, Hezbollah, the Islamic Movement, and the Balad Movement: Politics of Mutual Relations”.
Bachelor's degree in the studies on the Land of Israel and the People of Israel, University of Haifa.