US–Israel Relations: Whereto?
An International Conference at the BESA Center
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 2-7 pm
Senate Hall, Feldman Building (301), Bar-Ilan University
2:00 pm Domestic Foundations of the US-Israel Relationship
Chair: Prof. Efraim Inbar, BESA Center
Dr. Jonathan Rynhold, BESA Center and The Argov Center, Bipartisanship and Israel
Mr. Avinoam Bar-Yosef, Jewish People Policy Institute, American Jewry
Prof. Eytan Gilboa, BESA Center, Public Opinion
Dr. Faydra Shapiro, Jezreel Valley College, American Christians and Israel
3:45 pm US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Chair: Prof. Joseph Deutsch, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences
Prof. Shmuel Sandler, BESA Center, Linkage Politics in Obama’s Policy towards Israel
Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaacov Amidror, Rosshandler Fellow at the BESA Center, Strategic Relations
Dr. Amnon Cavari, IDC, The Role of Congress
Mr. David Makovsky, Washington Institute of Near East Policy, Peace Process Politics
5:30 pm The US-Israel Future
Chair: Dr. Jonathan Rynhold, BESA Center and The Argov Center
Mr. Elliott Abrams, Former US Deputy National Security Advisor
Ambassador Danny Ayalon, Former Israeli Ambassador to the US
Prof. Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Ambassador Sallai Meridor, Former Israeli Ambassador to the US
Prof. Efraim Inbar, BESA Center
The conference marks the publication of Dr. Jonathan Rynhold's book
The Arab-Israel Conflict in American Political Culture (Cambridge U. Press).
In English, with simultaneous Hebrew translation
This conference in open to the public. No registration is required.
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