Special Briefing: Unpacking Palestinian Statehood with Alan Kessel

 

Click on the image above to watch a special briefing with Alan Kessel, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, senior Canadian diplomat and expert in international law.

Alan Kessel's Recommended Resources

• Dan Senor: an American political advisor, columnist and writer who co-authored the book, Israel, Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. He hosts the podcast, Call Me Back. 
• Casey Babb: Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's 'Promised Land' project. He is an Ottawa-based expert on terrorism, cyber-conflict and Israeli security whose writing has been featured in many news outlets worldwide. His substack is The Reckoning. 
• Adam Hummel: a Toronto-based lawyer, writer and community activist. His substack is Catch. His recent post, A Manifesto for Jewish Power in Canada, touches upon some of the webinar's key themes.
• Douglas Murray: a non-Jewish ally, journalist and writer whose recent book is called On Democracies and Death Cults - Israel and the Future of Civilization. 
• Natasha Hausdorff: a UK-based lawyer and member of the group, UK Lawyers for Israel. 
• Bari Weiss: a former staff editor for the New York Times, now running The Free Press and host of the podcast, Honestly. 
• Noa Tishby: Israeli-born actress and activist, formerly the Israeli Special Envoy for Combatting Anti-Semitism and the Delegitimization of Israel. Her latest book is entitled Israel - A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth. 
• Rawan Osman: a Syrian-born German activist who advocates for the normalization of relations between Middle East Arab states and Israel. She describes herself as an Arab Zionist. 
• Einat Wilf: former Israeli Knesset member, activist and author whose latest book is entitled The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream has Obstructed the Path to Peace. 
• Pat Johnston: a Canadian writer and ally who, in his own words, “smacks down Anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and general hypocrisy from a progressive, gay, Canadian perspective.” His substack is called Pat’s Substack. 
• Haviv Rettig Gur is a veteran Israeli journalist who is a senior analyst for The Times of Israel and has covered Israeli politics and foreign policy for many years. His podcast is called Ask Haviv Anything. 
• Erin Molan is one of Australia’s most popular broadcasters and journalists. She is a staunch Israeli ally and advocate. In her own words, she is “a passionate leader for change.”