Join us for a conversation with al-Omari and Makovsky, experts on Israel and Palestine at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a prominent DC think tank. Both Makovsky and al-Omari have advised Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for the US and Palestine, respectively. They will break down the current situation in the Israel-Hamas war and discuss realistic paths forward. Register here to attend.

David Makovsky (CC alum) is the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations. He is also an adjunct professor in Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and president of the board for the National Library of Israel’s U.S. affiliate (NLI-USA). In 2013-2014, he worked in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of State, serving as a senior advisor to the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations.

Ghaith al-Omari, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute’s Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship, is the former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine. He served as advisor to the negotiating team during the 1999–2001 permanent-status talks in addition to holding various other positions within the Palestinian Authority.