Israel and the Gulf: A realignment? With Dr. Asaf Romirowsky. A Middle East historian, author, Israel Defense officer and the Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Israel and Europe: Where are we going? with Benjamin Weinthal A Rochester born widely published journalist and investigative reporter based in Berlin. He has published about Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, The Islamic State, neo-Nazism and ngrowing anti-Semitism in Europe.