Update on March 5th meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu

Gil Elan, President & CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress, will be presenting a briefing online tonight about the Obama-Netanyahu Meeting. Gil will provide updates, background and an analysis of the intense March 5th meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu. Though they discussed several issues, the main topic was preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. According to leaks and comments made by the participants, there was agreement on the probable need for military action, but deep disagreement as to how and when. We'll look at statements made both before and after the meeting, as well as comments by various analysts.

Gil is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the IDF, and is a widely regarded expert on Israel and the Middle East. In the US he has years of pro-Israel advocacy experience, having served as Special Emissary of the Jewish National Fund to the USA, Washington State Director for AIPAC, Northwest Region Director of the Middle East Forum and Executive director of American Friends of the IDF in Ohio and Southwest Region Executive Director of AJCongress.

The time of tonight’s briefing will be:

7:30 pm CST

8:30 pm EST

3:30 am Israel

Join Gil online tonight. Be sure to login a few minutes before the briefing begins to sign in.

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