Concerns About Gaza & Israeli Leadership
with
Maj. Gen. (Rt.) Amnon Reshef
Maj. Gen. (Rt.), IDF Armored Corps & Founder of Commanders for Israel’s Security
and
Rula Jebreal
Award-Winning Journalist & Foreign Policy Analyst
moderated by
Richard Salomon
harvard-trained lawyer and ceo
Thursday, April 25th, 3 - 4:00 pm ET, On Zoom
Two important and fresh voices join us to discuss the pressing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leadership in Israel, and the prospect of a two-state solution.
We are honored to welcome Maj. Gen. (Rt.) Amnon Reshef, revered in Israel as a national hero of the Yom Kippur War and founder of Commanders for Israel’s Security, followed by Rula Jebreal, Israeli-Palestinian journalist and foreign policy analyst in a moderated conversation. Despite their disparate backgrounds, these voices are anchored in a shared conviction that a two-state solution stands as the only viable option.
Tune in to The Common Good as each guest offers their unique insights in a moderated conversation with Harvard-trained lawyer and CEO Richard Salomon, culminating in a collaborative exchange at the session's conclusion.
About Our Speakers
Rula Jebreal is an award-winning journalist, author and foreign policy analyst, She has received accolades such as the International Ischia Award for Best Journalist of the Year, the highest European journalist award, and the Media Watch Award for her coverage of the Iraq war.
Rula was the first foreign anchor-person in the history of television news in Italy, where she went on to host multiple political talk shows. When Rula moved to the U.S. in 2008 she joined MSNBC where she was an on-air foreign policy analyst as well as a contributor to the Daily Beast, Newsweek and Salon.com. Rula has appeared frequently on News Nation, CNN and Bloomberg, and she has written op-eds for the New York Times and the San Jose Mercury News, among other media outlets. Currently, Rula has taken on the role of Professor of Propoganada and Genocide at the University of Miami.
She is the author of the autobiographical novel Miral, a worldwide bestseller, translated into 15 languages and made into a film. Her 2005 book, The Bride of Aswan, obtained the International Fenice Europe Prize, and was followed by Permission to Survive but not to Thrive. These books address how the marginalization of immigrants in Europe plays into the hands of extremist elements.
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amnon Reshef, is former commander of the IDF armored corps, a veteran of several Middle East military campaigns and a hero of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Following his service, he founded Commanders for Israel’s Security, which he currently chairs the steering committee of. The origins of the movement go back to 2014, when a number of senior, retired officers called upon the Prime Minister to adopt the Saudi Peace Initiative as a basis for negotiations and to set in motion a peace process with the Palestinians. Their call, entitled A Letter to the Prime Minister was signed by 103 senior officers with the IDF rank of Brigadier General and above – or with parallel ranks in the Israel Security Agency, Mossad and Israel Police. an organization that tallies 85 percent of the highest ranking retired officers in the Israel Defence Forces, Shin Bet, Mossad and the national police force – 270 members in all.
Richard A. Salomon is a graduate of Carleton College and Harvard Law School and the founder and CEO of Vantage Point Consultants. Vantage Point advises corporations on ways to optimize the expenditure of legal dollars and has worked with over 400 of the Fortune 500 throughout the world. Mr. Salomon is a frequent keynote speaker to groups, including the GC100 (the Chief Legal Officers of the FTSE 100 in London) and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as well as an occasional lecturer at Harvard Law School. Mr. Salomon is a member of the Advisory Board of the Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Law Department Management and Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Litigation Management. Mr. Salomon is also a co-author of Managing the Corporate Legal Function (2nd ed. 1995, Matthew Bender).
Mr. Salomon is involved in numerous philanthropic and social service-related activities. He is a co-founder, member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center; and a member of the Advisory Board for the Visas for Life Foundation (relating to Consul General Chiune Sugihara, who rescued his father and uncle during the Holocaust).
