Wednesday, June 21, 7:30pm | Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle
(6800 35th Ave NE)

The past few months have raised numerous questions about the future of US leadership in the Middle East. Do we yet have a sense of the administration's approach to brokering peace between Israelis and Palestinians? What does a realistic and appropriate pro-Israel, pro-peace agenda look like in the era of Netanyahu and Trump? From a letter signed by almost 200 Members of Congress calling on President Trump to endorse the two-state solution to Middle East Envoy Jason Greenblatt's flurry of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials there's a lot to dig into.

We'll be discussing all this and more -- and we hope you can join us.

Alan Elsner has had a long career at the top ranks of American and international journalism prior to joining J Street. As State Department and later White House correspondent for Reuters News Agency, Elsner traveled the world with Secretaries of State and was on first name terms with presidents and vice presidents. His sharp questioning during the Rwanda genocide forced the United States to change its policy and was later highlighted in the Hollywood movie “Hotel Rwanda.” As Reuters National Correspondent, Elsner was the agency’s chief writer on 9/11/2001. Elsner is the author of two novels and two works of non-fiction.