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From October 7 to the 12 Day War: Two Years That Reshaped Israel and the Middle East
with Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh |
The Middle East has been transformed by the recent Israel-Iran war, with profound strategic, diplomatic, and military consequences. The war was the culmination of the contest which commenced with the Hamas massacres of October 7, 2023. How will this conflict reshape the Middle East’s power dynamics? What are the prospects for peace or for further escalation? |
Monday, July 7, 2025
1:00p.m. Eastern Time
(5:00p.m. UTC) |
Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh is the founder of GKM Global Consulting. She previously served as a Knesset member for the Blue and White party, making history as the first Druze woman elected to Israel’s parliament. During her tenure, she chaired caucuses on Druze women and regional planning and held key roles on committees addressing women’s rights, the environment, and crime in Arab communities. In 2021, she was appointed by then-Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog as the first non-Jewish Senior Envoy to Washington, D.C. She holds a degree in medical imaging and social sciences from Bar Ilan University and an M.A. in international relations from Haifa University. |
Israel Insider
with Alex Selsky |
PM Netanyahu to meet President Trump after striking Iran: signal of a diplomatic breakthrough, or merely a photo opportunity? |
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
3:00p.m. Eastern Time
(7:00p.m. UTC) |
| Alex Selsky is a senior adviser to MEF's Israel Victory Project, and lecturer at Hadassah Academic College. He is currently serving as Homefront Command reserve major in the Israel Defense Forces. Formerly, he served as advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu and as CEO of the International Israel Beytenu Movement. He holds a B.A. in Business and Executive M.A. in Public Policy from Hebrew University. |
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