Modern History & Geopolitics
Israeli geopolitics are intricate and complex. It is one of the issues participants hear about most in the context of Israel, and it will be present during your Israel Trek.
Laying the foundation to this discussion prior to your arrival can be decisive for an informed discussion while on the ground, and an important factor for the success of your Israel Trek.
She teaches at IDC-Herzliya and is an associate at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. She served for over 20 years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Intelligence community. After retiring at the rank of full colonel, Eisin served as the Israeli government spokesperson in the Second Lebanon War.
He is a co-founder of the Gulf-Israel Policy Forum and a fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, a leading think-tank on issues of importance to Israel and the Jewish people. He is the Director of Communications and Global Affairs at Sharaka, an NGO that works to build people-to-people peace between Israel and the Arab world.
Eyal Dror served in the IDF for 24 years. In June 2016, he took command of the Golan Heights-based “Operation Good Neighbor”, after Israeli leaders decided to step up humanitarian assistance for Syrians living near the border. Under his leadership, the “Operation Good Neighbor” team led 700+ humanitarian operations on the Israeli-Syrian border, most of them providing medical treatment in Israeli hospitals to Syrians impacted by the civil war that raged across the border.
Principal Deputy Legal Adviser at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, Becker has been a senior member of the Israeli peace negotiation team in successive rounds of peace negotiations, playing an instrumental role in negotiating and drafting the recent agreements between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco.
Sarit Zehavi is the CEO and founder of Alma – a nonprofit, independent research and education center specializing in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. Zehavi has briefed hundreds of groups and forums, including US Senators, members of Congress, senior journalists, and visiting VIP groups in Israel and overseas. She has also written numerous policy papers and updates focusing on Lebanon, Syria, and Israel’s national security challenges.