Lights Out in Kabul | Webinar TODAY ft. Thomas Joscelyn, next week ft. Sarit Zehavi 

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“So many soldiers and civilians sacrificed their lives in the past two decades to leave the dark period of the Taliban behind. The Taliban’s assurances that they will not harm people are not to be trusted. Once the power rests in their hands and they get the world’s acknowledgment, they will silently make people vanish.”

--Nassrin Nawa, former Kabul-based journalist with BBC Persian
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Lights Out in Kabul


** By Sarah N. Stern | August 20, 2021 | Published in JNS ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=5f1a3764a7&mc_eid=UNIQID)
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Aug. 15, 2021 will forever remain a dark day in American history. After 20 years of being in Afghanistan, we haphazardly and chaotically left the country. We abandoned approximately 20 million girls and women who strive for an education and to actualize their potential, as well as journalists and interpreters who have been "tainted" by working with Americans, and many of the 40 million Afghans who hunger for basic human rights and freedom of expression.

The frenzied images from Kabul are haunting—people with desperation emanating from their eyes, scrambling to get out; the Taliban occupying the Presidential Palace; Afghans rushing onto the airport tarmac, desperately clinging to a plane to the United States, as it is taking off.

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Nothing happens in a vacuum. Unfortunately, many leaders of terrorist organizations were emboldened by America’s muddled and haphazard withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rapid takeover of the Taliban. According to a Times of Israel article from Wednesday, August 18, 2021, Hezbollah leader, Sheik Nasrallah, called the American behavior in Afghanistan, “the moral downfall of America.” He continued, “In order not to have Americans fighting for other nations, Biden was able to accept a historic failure. When it comes to Lebanon and those around it, what will be the case there?”

He ominously warned, “Those watching most closely and drawing conclusions from this are the Israelis.”

What does this imply for the situation around Israel’s northern border? Joining us on Wednesday will be Lieutenant Colonel Sarit Zehavi (Res.) Founder and CEO of the Alma Research and Education Center along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. During this webinar, Lt. Col. Zehavi will also address groundbreaking research she and her team at ALMA have done uncovering a vast network of tunnels from Southern Lebanon into Northern Israel.
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Lieutenant Colonel Sarit Zehavi is the CEO and founder of Alma – a nonprofit and independent research and education center specializing in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. Sarit has briefed hundreds of groups and forums, ranging from US Senators, Congressmen/women, and politicians to senior journalists and visiting VIP groups in Israel and overseas. Sarit scripts numerous position papers and updates focusing on Lebanon, Syria and Israel’s national security challenges. She served for 15 years in the Israeli Defense Forces, specializing in Military Intelligence. Sarit holds an M.A. in Middle East Studies from Ben-Gurion University. Sarit Zehavi and her husband Yaron are raising their five children in Western Galilee.
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I Was a Marine in Afghanistan. We Sacrificed Lives for a Lie. (http:// [link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=5f1a3764a7&mc_eid=UNIQID) - New York Times

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A free press was trying to take root in Afghanistan. Now journalists are bracing for Taliban rule. ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=5f1a3764a7&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Washington Post

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Iran says U.S. "failure" in Afghanistan a chance for durable peace ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=5f1a3764a7&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Times of Israel

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