Israel Invades Lebanon and Iran Strikes Back: U.S. Policy Options in the Israel Hamas War

As the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks approaches, panelists discuss U.S. policy options regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict, including the administration’s proposed peace deal and the ramifications of the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Presider
Ethan Bronner
Israel Bureau Chief and Senior Editor, Bloomberg; CFR Member

Speakers
Elliott Abrams
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Deputy National Security Advisor

Aaron David Miller
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former Senior Advisor, Arab-Israeli Negotiations, U.S. Department of State; CFR Member

Mara E. Rudman
James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia; Director, Ripples of Hope Project; Former Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor; CFR Member

Dana L. Stroul
Director of Research and Shelly and Michael Kassen Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.

[marcgrant]

ms. stroud, i don’t understand the paradigm of going to war without the mess.

[marcgrant]

i think its not just hamas its the palestinians, its not just hezbollah its the palestinians, its not iran or yemen its the palestinians. just as it wasn’t just the nazis, it was the europeans.

[marcgrant]

ms. stroud, i don’t think there is any chance of a two state solution. israel has known this since 1948 and can no longer act as though it is an option in order to appease the united states. that is in a way what the west has done to ukraine. you are either in or you’re not. and if in act like it and if not say so.

[CashSache]

How is Elliott Abrams allowed in public live? Tells us everything about American foreign policy that the opinion of an organizer, funder, and apologist for mass murder in central America is taken seriously.

[jasonargonaut]

NETANYAHU IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE INTO A DEAD END.

RIGHTEOUSNESS CHOOSES PEACE. HOPE CHOOSES PEACE. GOOD FAITH CHOOSES PEACE.

[PlaydoughPlato]

Maybe cfr would’ve included your perspective if you were capable of analyzing the situation objectively hahahahaha

[khubza]

Oh, its a neocon conference. Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, and IRAN ALL have a right to defend themselves.