Event

US-Israel war on Iran: What will Netanyahu do next?

This event hosted by UK think tank Chatham House discusses how the Israeli state and society have responded to the war and examines possible trajectories for the country.

Nearly two months into Israel’s multi-front military campaign against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s social and security landscape is marked by contradiction. Recent opinion polls indicate opposition to the ceasefire, despite a broader national mood of strategic fatigue and pessimism about the state of the war.

Polling also indicates that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gained no political leverage during the war and lacks a coalition. With elections likely in October, significant questions remain as to how Israel’s wars in Iran and Lebanon have, and will continue, to shape the domestic political sphere.

In this webinar, speakers examine possible political, military and security trajectories for Israel, and the implications of Israel’s shifting relationships with the United States, Europe, and Gulf Arab states.

Speakers

Event chaired by Ksenia Svetlova.

Ksenia Svetlova – Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme

Eran Etzion – Former Deputy Head of the National Security Council, Israel; Head of the Iran Project, Mitvim Institute

Ido Dembin – Director of the Two-State Coalition, The Geneva Initiative; Independent Writer and Analyst

Dr Shira Efron – Distinguished Chair for Israel Policy, RAND