As the US administration inches closer to reaching a new agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, join the JCRC of Greater Washington as we analyze the new deal and the implications on Israel and the region. JCRC’s Executive Director, Ron Halber will be joined by Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Helit Barel, Former Director of the Israeli National Security Council.
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Ambassador Dennis Ross Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Prior to returning to the Institute in 2011, he served two years as special assistant to President Obama and National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and a year as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process and dealing directly with the parties in negotiations. A highly skilled diplomat, Ambassador Ross was U.S. point man on the peace process in both the George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He was instrumental in assisting Israelis and Palestinians to reach the 1995 Interim Agreement; he also successfully brokered the 1997 Hebron Accord, facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and intensively worked to bring Israel and Syria together.
Read Amb. Ross's complete biography here.
Helit Barel Former Director of the Israeli National Security Council
Helit Barel is the former Executive Director of the Council for Peace and Security and a former director at the Israel National Security Council, heading the U.S.-Israeli bilateral desk. Prior to that she worked at the Congressional Research Service in Washington DC authoring several reports for Congress on issues related to weapons of mass destruction.Helit is a founding member and former executive board member of the Devorah Forum, for women in foreign policy and national security and of the Israel Nuclear Forum. Barel holds a B.A. in International Relations and Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Master’s in Public Policy (MPP) from Harvard University, and an MA in Cyber and Politics from Tel Aviv University.