IPS Strategic Insights | July 2023
The Palestinian Arena Faces Unprecedented Challenges
The series of events taking place in the West Bank is becoming a key threat to Israel’s national security as a whole. In the operational sphere, the defense establishment successfully thwarts most murderous terror attacks. However, in the political sphere, the Israeli government has embraced a dangerous policy vis-à-vis the Palestinian system that accelerates the Palestinian Authority’s ebbing, as well as Iran and Hamas’ entrenchment in the West Bank.
Are Israel and the Palestinians Headed for a Dramatic Change?
David Makovsky
Director, Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, U.S.
Issawi Frej
Former Minister of Regional Cooperation of Israel
Dr. Micah Goodman
Writer and Jewish Philosophy Scholar; Author of Catch 67
Moderator: Dr. Michael Milshtein
Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy & Strategy (IPS), Reichman University