Join us for an expert webcast examining the repercussions of Hamas's unprecedented land and air offensive against Israel. Watch live starting at 12:00 noon EDT (1600 GMT) on Tuesday, October 10, 2023.

The Arab-Israeli arena entered a new era this weekend with a multi-pronged Hamas terrorist attack against Israel that left more than 500 dead, thousands wounded, and scores taken hostage back inside Gaza, a phenomenon never before seen in the history of this century-old conflict.

To provide early assessment of the repercussions of the Hamas attack, Israel’s likely response, regional reverberations and implications for US policy, you are invited to participate in the first of a series of special Washington Institute briefings with Robert Satloff, Ehud Yaari, Neomi Neumann, and Ghaith al-Omari.

Watch a live webcast of this event starting at 12:00 noon EDT (1600 GMT) on Tuesday, October 10, 2023.

Robert Satloff is the Segal Executive Director and Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy at The Washington Institute.

Ehud Yaari is an Israel-based Lafer International Fellow of The Washington Institute. Mr. Yaari has been a Middle East commentator for Israeli television since 1975 and his articles have appeared in respected newspapers and journals such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs.

Neomi Neumann is a visiting fellow at the Institute, recently retired after nearly three decades of Israeli government service, including as head of the research unit in the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and as a researcher for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ghaith al-Omari is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow in the Institute’s Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship. He formerly served as an advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during the 1999-2001 permanent-status talks.

The Policy Forum series is made possible through the generosity of the Florence and Robert Kaufman Family.