SMC - Ep. 7 - Philippe Nassif - American Task Force on Lebanon - The US/Lebanon Relationship

In this episode we interview Philippe Nassif, the Chief Operations Officer of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL). We talk to Philippe about the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, how to frame discussions of the war in ways that center the Lebanese people, the impact of the war on the people of southern Lebanon, what a responsible U.S. foreign policy towards Lebanon looks like, misunderstandings and misrepresentations of Lebanon in American media, the strength of the Lebanese diaspora in America, the ATFL mission and NextGen leadership program, and much more. To visit the ATFL website and reach out to them directly, click here or visit - https://atfl.org/To learn more about the ATFL’s NextGen leadership program, click here or visit - https://atfl.org/nextgen/To follow the ATFL on X, click here or visit - https://x.com/ATFLebanonTo follow the ATFL on Instagram, click here or visit - https://www.instagram.com/americantaskforceonlebanon/To support Ahla Fawda’s grassroots humanitarian aid efforts in Lebanon, click here or visit - https://gogetfunding.com/ahla-fawdas-lebanon-war-relief-mission-2026/To reach out to Ahla Fawda directly, click here or visit - https://ahlafawda.org/To reach out to the Saint Martin’s Cloak Podcast, follow and DM us on Instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod or email us at [email protected]