Phone Seminar: The Truth from Jerusalem 

Featuring Ambassador Yoram Ettinger

Thursday, December 29, 2016
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ET)

Call-In Number: (712) 432-0075
Participant Code: 397784

Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a scathing attack on the State of Israel in a speech he delivered Wednesday, during which he defended the United States’ decision not to veto the anti-Israel United Nations resolution condemning the “settlements,” and blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Kerry’s speech, which lasted more than an hour, was filled with false accusations against the Jewish State, including his remark that “If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic, it cannot be both, and it won’t ever really be at peace.” His words come on the heels of the US reversing decades-long policy of vetoing diplomatic moves against Israel at the United Nations.

To what extent has Kerry’s speech, and last Friday’s anti-Israel UN resolution, impacted US-Israel relations? What are the political and legal ramifications of the UN resolution? Should we expect the United States to make another move at the UN before Obama leaves office?

Please join us as we explore these questions and more during a phone seminar featuring Ambassador Yoram Ettinger.

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer at jdekel@emetonline.org

About Yoram Ettinger

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger is an insider on US-Israel relations, Mideast politics and overseas investments in Israel’s high tech. He is a member of the American-Israel Demographic Research Group (AIDRG), which has documented dramatic flaws behind demographic fatalism on one hand and a Jewish demographic momentum on the other hand. He served as Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel’s Embassy in Washington (with a rank of an ambassador), Israel’s Consul General in Houston and Director of Israel’s Government Press Office. Since leaving the embassy, Mr. Ettinger has served as a consultant to Israeli Cabinet Members, legislators and to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. He serves as a consultant to members of Israel’s Cabinet and Knesset, and regularly briefs US legislators and their staff on Israel’s contribution to vital US interests, on the root causes of international terrorism and on other issues of bilateral concern. He is often interviewed on Israeli TV and radio and is a frequent contributor to most of Israel’s newspapers including Israel HaYom, Yediot Achronot, Ma’ariv, Ynet, News First Class, Jerusalem Post as well as to many American radio stations and newspapers. Yoram has served in various positions for the Government of Israel, is President of “US-Israel Opportunities Ltd.” and has been a lecturer at Hebrew University in both US and Middle East Politics.