Amb. Yoram Ettinger

Amb. YORAM ETTINGER, formerly the Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel's Embassy in Washington, DC:

PART ONE:

• Israel's role as America's "unsinkable aircraft carrier"
• Why the American-Israeli alliance is at an all time high despite poor relations between leaders
• American-Israeli ties as seen in the halls of Congress

PART TWO

• Israel’s place at the center of the Iran nuclear debate
• Nuclear-armed Iran is sure to test deterrence of Western powers
• Iran’s “Death to America Day” in glorification of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran

PART THREE:

• Yemen in the context of the Sunni-Shia conflict: a historic invasion route to Saudi Arabia
• How Iran plans to topple all pro-U.S. regimes in the Persian Gulf
• Hezbollah and Hamas' roles as Iranian proxies
• Historical precedents for stopping the nuclear ambitions of rouge regimes

PART FOUR:

• The Iran, Hamas, and Islamic terrorism threats to Egypt and Israel
• Israeli-Jordanian cooperation in aiding Syrian refugees
• Is Israel a "life insurance policy" to Saudi Arabia?
• Turkey’s posture towards the West since the rise of Erdoğan