Conversations_Banners_Email_600x200 Register for the Webinar Register for the Webinar and Make a Donation JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 30:  Israeli Ami Ayalon listens as his peace partner Sari Nusseibeh (unseen) talks to the Foreign Press Association on March 30, 2004 in Jerusalem. Nusseibeh, a former Palestinian cabinet minister, and Ayalon, the former head of the Israeli General Security Services, formulated a petition for peace which has already been signed by more than 135,000 people on both sides.  (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Admiral Ami Ayalon

Join JCRC Director of Israel Engagement Eli Cohn-Postell for a conversation with Admiral Ami Ayalon on his book FRIENDLY FIRE: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy, and the Hope for Its Future. Admiral Ayalon is a former Flotilla 13 (Israel’s navy SEALs) commando, commander of the navy, director of the Shin Bet security agency, cabinet minister, Knesset member and a recipient of the Medal of Valor, Israel’s highest military decoration. With Sari Nusseibeh, he established the People’s Voice peace initiative. He is a member of Commanders for Israel’s Security, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Haifa Research Center for Maritime & Strategy and chairman of AKIM Israel (the National Association for children and adults with Intellectual Disabilities). He organized and was featured in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, The Gatekeepers. 

This event is in partnership with Israel Policy Forum.