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Twenty-five years after Oslo, prospects for a viable peace process remain low. With Palestinian leadership succession unknown and an increased campaign towards Israeli annexation of the West Bank, how can the two state vision be advanced?

Panel Conversation Featuring:
-Nimrod Novik: Israel Fellow, Israel Policy Forum; former Senior Advisor to Shimon Peres
-Michael Koplow: Policy Director, Israel Policy Forum; Editor, Israel Policy Exchange

Please RSVP using this link.

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Founded in 1993 to build support in the American Jewish community and in Washington for the diplomatic vision of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israel Policy Forum works to shape the discourse and mobilize support among American Jewish leaders and U.S. policymakers for the realization of a viable two-state solution.

This event is public and free to attend. Please bring a photo ID for security purposes. Event photographers will be documenting the program, including the audience. Opportunities for questions will take place at the close of the presentation. Attendees who purposefully disrupt the speakers or program will be removed from the space.

Join Israel Policy Forum and visiting experts from our partners, Commanders for Israel’s Security, for an in-depth presentation and conversation analyzing the security, economic, and political costs of an Israeli annexation of part or all of the West Bank.
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Featuring:
-Col. (Ret.) Shaul Arieli is a senior adviser at the Economic Cooperation Foundation and member of the steering committee of Commanders for Israel’s Security. He is one of Israel’s foremost experts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is considered a leading voice on the history and future demarcation of Israel’s borders, on the route of the security barrier in the West Bank, and on the history of negotiations between Israel and the P.L.O.

-Major General (Res.) Avi Mizrahi served as the head of IDF Central Command from 2009 to 2012. Mizrahi was drafted into the IDF in 1975, where he joined Sayeret Golani and later became brigade commander of the Israeli Armored Corps. Today, he is one of over 280 generals who make up Commanders for Israel’s Security.

-Shira Efron is a Special Advisor at the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation. She has extensive experience investigating geopolitical trends in the broader Middle East as well as domestic policies in Israel. In addition to her Middle East expertise, Efron’s research focuses on Africa, food security, and technology adoption in developing countries.

Join IPF Atid and visiting expert Col. Shaul Arieli for an informative and engaging evening. Our conversation will be accompanied by a new policy report that analyzes the security, economic, and political costs of an Israeli annexation of parts or all of the West Bank.

5:45PM – Rooftop cocktail reception
6:13PM – Candle lighting and light dinner served
6:30PM – Conversation with Col. (Ret.) Shaul Arieli

For exact address in Bed-Stuy, please RSVP to Shanie at sreichman@ipforum.org.

Join IPF Atid and visiting experts Michael Koplow and Col. Shaul Arieli for an informative and engaging evening. Our conversation will be accompanied by a new policy report that analyzes the security, economic, and political costs of an Israeli annexation of parts or all of the West Bank.

6:30PM – Doors Open
7:00PM – Program

For exact location address in downtown Chicago, please RSVP to Shanie at sreichman@ipforum.org. Light refreshments to be served. Program open only to young professionals in their 20s/30s.

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Col. (Ret.) Shaul Arieli, a Senior Advisor at the ECF and member of the Steering Committee of Commanders for Israel’s Security, is one of Israel’s foremost experts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is considered a leading voice on the history and future demarcation of Israel’s borders, on the route of the Security Barrier in the West Bank, and on the history of negotiations between Israel and the PLO.

Michael Koplow is the Policy Director of Israel Policy Forum. Before coming to IPF, he was the founding Program Director of the Israel Institute from 2012 to 2015. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University, where he specialized in political development and ideology, and the politics of Middle Eastern states. In 2012-13 he served as a Young Turkey Young America fellow through the Atlantic Council’s Young Atlanticist program. He writes Israel Policy Forum’s weekly Koplow Column and edits the Israel Policy Exchange, a leading source for commentary and analysis on Israel and American Jewry. His work has appeared in Security Studies, Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, Foreign Policy, The American Interest, and The Atlantic, among other publications. In addition to his Ph.D., he holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, a J.D. from New York University, and an A.M. in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.