Breaking Bad Deals
MEF Report Argues Israel must Break Palestinian Will to Win, not Bargain for Elusive Peace
What if everything Washington has been told about achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians has been fundamentally wrong? A sweeping new report from the Middle East Forum blows open that explosive question, and Gregg Roman, Alex Selsky, and Jonathan Spyer are available to dissect its findings, challenge conventional wisdom, and explain why the implications could upend the entire debate over Israel’s future.
The report’s author, Meir Ben-Shabbat, headed Israel’s National Security Council from 2017 to 2021, spent three decades in the Shin Bet—including senior counterterrorism and Gaza-related security roles—and played a key role in negotiating the Abraham Accords.
- Comprehensive report challenges decades of conventional Middle East peace strategies
- Meir Ben-Shabbat brings decades of Israeli national security and counterterrorism experience
- Explosive analysis examines why Israel’s enemies believe victory remains possible
- October 7 exposes catastrophic failures in understanding adversaries’ strategic objectives
- Gregg Roman, Alex Selsky, and Jonathan Spyer dissect implications for American policy
ABOUT GREGG ROMAN…Gregg Roman is the executive director of the Middle East Forum. In 2014, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency named him one of the “ten most inspiring global Jewish leaders,” and he previously served as the political advisor to Israel’s deputy foreign minister and worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
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