Nomi Bar-Yaacov: MIDDLE EAST 2024 - ALTERNATIVES TO ALL OUT WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN

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Tessa Szyszkowitz in conversation with Nomi Bar-Yaacov

MIDDLE EAST 2024: ALTERNATIVES TO ALL OUT WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN

On the eve of the US-elections Nomi Bar-Yaacov will discuss the implications of the current escalation of violence between Israel and Iran on the region. She will discuss the plans on the table for de-escalation in the context of geopolitical trends and concerns.

Bar-Yaacov has many years of experience with Track-2-negotiations in the Middle East. She is convinced that there is no military solution to the conflicts in the region and the only solution is to build on to what the 57 Islamic States and Arab States are offering at the UN, a ceasefire in Gaza, return of all 101 hostages, return of all the displaced Gazans, a ceasefire in Lebanon and an implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, return of all displaced Lebanese and Israelis, and a recognition that there will only be security for Israel with a Palestinian State. The alternative, she says is not in Israel’s security interests.

Nomi Bar-Yaacov is a leading international lawyer, negotiator, arbitrator and mediator with three decades of experience in high stakes international negotiation and international conflict management, including negotiations of complex cease-fire agreements and peace agreements. She is a highly sought after global keynote speaker and commentator at the intersection of geopolitics, conflict prevention and conflict resolution. She also covers technology for peace. She is an Associate Fellow at the International Security Department at Chatham House, The Royal Institute for International Affairs, in London. She is a frequent commentator for BBC Radio 4, BBC World TV, BBC Newsnight, SKY News, CNBC, CBC, Deutsche Welle TV, France24, RAI TV, and Al-Jazeera (Arabic and English). She speaks and works in six languages fluently. She is quoted often in leading newspapers including The New York Times and Washington Post.

Tessa Szyszkowitz is an Austrian journalist and author. A UK correspondent for Austrian and German publications such as Falter or Tagesspiegel, she curates Philoxenia at Kreisky Forum and she is a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute in London.