Bridging the Gulf – UAE Ambassador Abdulla Al Subousi
October 8, 2020
His Excellency Abdulla Al Subousi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates to Australia, addressed an AIJAC Live Online conversation on 7 October 2020. He has served as Ambassador to Australia and a number of Pacific Islands since May 2019…
20 years on from the Second Intifada – Herb Keinon
September 30, 2020
Herb Keinon, a Senior Contributing Editor and analyst for The Jerusalem Post, spoke to an AIJAC Live Online webinar on 29 September 2020, coinciding with the week, 20 years ago, when the Second Intifada began. Led by Yasser Arafat, the Palestinians unleashed a deadly wave of suicide bombings and terrorist attacks that killed more than 1000 Israelis, most of them civilians. Keinon discussed the implications of the Second Intifada and its ramifications still being felt today.
Israel, world Jewry and the fight against antisemitism – Michal Cotler-Wunsh
September 25, 2020
Michal Cotler-Wunsh is a Member of Knesset representing Blue and White. She spoke to an AIJAC Live Online webinar on 24 September 2020.
The Iranian nuclear crisis and the US election – Behnam Ben Taleblu
September 15, 2020
Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. He addressed an AIJAC Live Online webinar on September 15, 2020.
Jewish-Muslim Relations and Arab-Israeli Peace – Rabbi David Rosen
September 9, 2020
Rabbi David Rosen, the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Jerusalem-based Director of International Interreligious Affairs and director of AJC’s Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding, spoke to an AIJAC Live Online webinar on 8 September 2020.
US presidential elections and the Middle East – Clifford May
August 28, 2020
Clifford May is the founder and president of the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, a Washington DC-based nonpartisan policy institute focusing on national security. He spoke to an AIJAC Live Online webinar on 28 August 2020.
Mapping Hezbollah’s worldwide activities – Matthew Levitt
August 19, 2020
Counter-terrorism expert Dr Matthew Levitt addressed an AIJAC Live Online gathering on 19 August 2020.
The campaign to delegitimise Israel within international institutions – Prof. Gerald Steinberg
July 28, 2020
Professor Gerald Steinberg is founder and president of NGO Monitor and Professor Emeritus at Bar Ilan University. He spoke direct from Israel to an AIJAC webinar on July 27, 2020.
Power Struggles: Energy Wars in the Middle East – Simon Henderson
July 21, 2020
Simon Henderson is the Baker fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute, specialising in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He spoke direct from Washington to an AIJAC webinar on 21 July 2020.
