Dana Stroul and Michael Singh with Warren Olney | Israel in Crisis Briefing #18

The featured speakers for this program, Dana Stroul and Michael Singh, both previously advised American presidents and secretaries of state on the Middle East. They are now on the faculty of The Washington Institute (TWI), for Near East Policy, a pro-Israel American think tank based in Washington, D.C., focused on the foreign policy of the United States in the Near East. Dana Stroul served under President Biden as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, the pentagon’s top civilian official with responsibility for the region. Currently, Stroul is Director of Research and Senior Fellow of TWI. Michael Singh was Senior Director for Middle East Affairs in the President George W. Bush White House; prior to that position Singh was a director on the National security Council staff and served as special assistant to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice. Currently, sing is a Managing Director and Senior Fellow at TWI. Stroul and Singh will discuss the current war in Gaza and the broader question of Israel-Palestinian relations and prospects for peace. They will be in conversation with award winning broadcast journalist Warren Olney.