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ISRAEL SERIES: Discussion w/Dr. Jonathan Schanzer

May 21 @ 11:00 am 12:00 pm EDT

Join BENS for a Virtual Discussion with Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Dr. Schanzer will discuss Israel’s response to Iran’s attack and a Rafah offensive.

Jonathan previously worked as a terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he followed and froze the funding of Hamas and Al-Qaeda. Jonathan has held previous think tank research positions at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Middle East Forum. He has written hundreds of articles on the Middle East and U.S. national security.

His most recent book is Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War (FDD Press 2021). His other books are State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State (Palgrave Macmillan 2013), Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine (Palgrave Macmillan 2008), and Al-Qaeda’s Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror (Washington Institute for Near East Policy 2004). 

Free

Cost: $Free

Organizer:

JGiglio@bens.org

Registration


Israel Schanzer

Venue

Virtual – Microsoft Teams

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