Thursday July 25, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT, Online
US- Israel Relations After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Visit
note: this event is listed for educational purposes and will like center Israeli & US interests, not justice for Palestine
The attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7 and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza have posed unprecedented challenges for the United States’ relationship with Israel. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington, DC, next week to meet President Joe Biden and address a joint session of Congress, there will be a long list of issues on the agenda: the Gaza war, tensions with Hezbollah in Lebanon, ongoing challenges posed by Iran, and the future prospects for a normalization accord between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Following Prime Minister Netanyahu’s remarks to Congress, MEI will convene an expert panel to assess the state of the US-Israeli bilateral relationship, its impact on the political situations in both countries, as well as progress on the US diplomatic efforts to end the Gaza war. What milestones must be reached to end the conflict in Gaza and build a diplomatic framework for post-war reconstruction? What would a post-conflict reconstruction and stabilization period look like, and how long will it last? Is a pathway toward a two-state solution, which the US and all of its Arab partners support, still possible? Please join us as our scholars address these and related questions.
Speakers:
Aaron David Miller
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
David Schenker
Taube Senior Fellow and Director of the Arab Politics Program, The Washington Institute
Shira Efron
Director of Research, Israeli Policy Forum
Brian Katulis (Moderator)
Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy, Middle East Institute