The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 25 May 2017

Air Date: 
May 25, 2017

Photo: Quneitra, Syria (Golan Heights), now occupied by ISIS and Al Qaeda.
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW 
 
EL AL MIDDLE EAST REPORT, special edition from Tbilisi, Baku and Jerusalem; today, Jerusalem. 
Hour One
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 1, Block A:  Andrew Nagorski, The Nazi Hunters
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 1, Block B:  Andrew Nagorski, The Nazi Hunters
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 1, Block C:  Dennis Ross,  Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama   (part IV of IV)
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 1, Block D: Dennis Ross,  Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama   (part IV of IV)
 
Hour Two
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 2, Block A:  Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes; and author, Liberty Risen, @ThadMcCotter; in re:  The anti-Russikii researches in Washington: Comey, the AG, dossiers; what a soup.   
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 2, Block B:  Prof. Eyal Zisser, Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University; in re: Tel Aviv
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 2, Block C:  Bruce Hoffman. Anonymous Soldiers (part IV of VI)
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 2, Block D:  Bruce Hoffman. Anonymous Soldiers (part IV of VI)
 
Hour Three
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 3, Block A:  Dr Michael Evans, Founder of Christian Friends of Zionism; http://www.fozmuseum.com; in re:  Christian Zionists, the admiration Theodor Herzl had for them; Israeli PMs who’ve counted on FOZ for support.   Digital museum with one of the largest touch screens in the world; stunning Pixar creations.  Two blocks from the David Citadel hotel.
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 3, Block B: Nathan Sharansky (Ната́н Щара́нский), Israeli politician, human rights activist and author who, as a refusenik in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s, spent nine years in Soviet prisons. Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency since June 2009; in re:
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 3, Block C: Samuel TadrosMotherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity (Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order) (part I of II)
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 3, Block D: Samuel TadrosMotherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity (Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order) (part I of II)
 
Hour Four
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 4, Block A:  Max Boot, Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 4, Block B:  Max Boot, Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 4, Block C:  Ruth Cheshin, co-founder & president emerita at The Jerusalem Foundation; TEDx tak: http://www.tedxjerusalem.com/speaker/ruth-cheshin/ ; in re: Israeli tales,  Mrs. Cheshin headed the Jerusalem Foundation from its establishment over 45 years ago with the aim of strengthening Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, both spiritually and materially.  The Foundation raised over $1.5 billion, invested in thousands of programs and hundreds of sites and institutions for the enhancement of the quality of life of all the city’s residents, east and west, in the fields of education and culture, science and preservation, tolerance and coexistence, welfare and health. 
Thursday 25 May 2017 / Hour 4, Block D:  Menahem Ben-Sasson, thirteenth president of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; in re: the Israel trip