The Netanyahu Visit, U.S.-Israel Ties, and the War on Hamas

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s upcoming U.S. visit—the first during his current term in office, slated to include an address before both houses of Congress and a likely White House meeting with President Biden—marks a critical moment in the Gaza war and the sometimes-strained alliance between Washington and Jerusalem. To discuss the context for the visit and the political implications in Israel and America, The Washington Institute is pleased to announce a virtual Policy Forum moderated by Ziegler Distinguished Fellow David Makovsky and featuring:

Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, former deputy secretary of the Treasury, advisor to three successive administrations on Holocaust issues, and author of the just-published book The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements That Changed the World;

Morgan Viña, formerly the vice president of government affairs at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), chief of staff for international security affairs at the Pentagon, and chief of staff to UN permanent representative Nikki Haley; currently a principal at Invariant; and

Ambassador Dennis Ross, the Institute’s counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, who formerly served as special assistant to President Obama and U.S. point man on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations during the Bush and Clinton administrations.