With more than 1,200 murdered and 250 kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7, the Middle East and other parts of the world continue to seethe with emotion and limitless uncertainties. Joining us for CIE’s fourth webinar to analyze the unfolding Hamas-Israel war are Dr. Meir Litvak, professor at the Department of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University; Dr. Doron Shultziner, the head of the Politics and Communications Department at Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem; and, from Washington, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. CIE President Dr. Ken Stein moderates the Nov. 1, 2023, webinar.
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