Prague

The Benjamin Gettler Annual Policy Trip visited Prague from September 14-20, 2024. The delegation was led by JINSA President & CEO Dr. Michael Makovsky and consisted of:

• Gen Tod Wolters, USAF (ret.) — Former Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander (SACEUR)
• Gen Stephen Wilson, USAF (ret.) — Former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
• Gen Charles “Chuck” Wald, USAF (ret.) — FormerDeputy Commander of United States European Command (EUCOM)
• IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror — JINSA Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy Distinguished Fellow, formerly the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, former head of Israel’s National Security Council
• IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish — Julian and Jenny Josephson Senior Vice President for Israeli Affairs at JINSA, Israel’s former Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to the United States in Washington, D.C., former Head of the IDF General Staff Operations Branch

Meetings included:

• President Petr Pavel
• National Security Advisor Tomáš Pojar
• Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Karel Řehka
• Director General of the Foreign Intelligence Service Brigadier General Vladimír Posolda
• U.S. Ambassador to Czechia Bijan Sabet
• Israel’s Ambassador to Czechia Anna Azari
• President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Czechia Petr Papoušek