Middle East analyst Ilan Goldenberg offers opinions on Israel

Ilan Goldenberg is hoping to bring back insight about Israel’s recent military success countering Iran, to delve into the Palestinian conflict and to get a pulse of the nation on the eve of elections in a weeklong visit to his native land.

The senior fellow and director of the Middle East security program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C. will then share his observations during a Sept. 25 talk at the City Club of Cleveland.

“I think Israel has done a pretty remarkable job of finding ways to push back without escalating to the point of a major conflict,” Goldenberg said of the country’s recent military strategy in the north.

“There’s a lot of hesitancy from the U.S. military to do anything in Syria, for example,” he said.

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