Watch Webinar – Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal and the Northern Front’s Future
Israel and Lebanon have now finalized a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. As JINSA argued in its November 20 report, Suppressing Iran’s Ring of Fire in Lebanon, a strong deal, in addition to ending major hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, could allow Israel to capitalize on its extraordinary tactical successes by significantly constraining Hezbollah’s ability to reconstitute and enabling the return to their homes of tens of thousands of Israeli evacuees forced to uproot their lives over the past 13 months. However, a weak deal, or one that is feebly enforced, could allow Hezbollah to rebuild and once again threaten Israeli, and American, security.
JINSA hosted a webinar assessing the unfolding events, discussing what is known about the ceasefire deal, and analyzing its strategic implications with JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, JINSA Julian & Jenny Josephson Senior Vice President for Israeli Affairs IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish, JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin, and JINSA Visiting Fellow IDF BG Effie Defrin. JINSA President & CEO Michael Makovsky, PhD moderated this discussion.
|
IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy. MG Amidror was formerly the National Security Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the head of Israel’s National Security Council from 2011-13. MG Amidror served as Commander of IDF Military Colleges, Military Secretary for the Minister of Defense, Director of the Intelligence Analysis Division, and as Intelligence Officer for the Northern Command. |
|
IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish MG Ayish served in the IDF for 36 years and retired in 2016, concluding an accomplished career during which he attained the rank of Major General. Throughout his distinguished service, he served in core and operational command positions in the IDF ground forces and in senior command and managerial positions in the IDF General Staff. In his last position, General Ayish served for four years as Israel’s Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to the United States in Washington, D.C. MG Ayish was previously the Head of the IDF General Staff Operations Branch where he was responsible for planning and managing the operational activities of the Israeli Defense Forces according to political and strategic guidelines. He was also a member of the IDF General Staff forum, a position that was filled with sensitive and complex managerial challenges and which encompassed multidisciplinary systems and functional dynamism in an era of changes in the characteristics of all the arenas and the army’s activities. |
|
IDF BG Effie Defrin IDF BG Effie Defrin is a Visiting Fellow at JINSA and a former participant in JINSA’s 2019 Brigadier Generals Military Leadership Education Program. Prior to joining JINSA, BG Defrin served as the head of the IDF’s International Cooperation Division, and previously served as Israel’s Defense Attache to India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and Commander of the IDF’s 27th Armored Brigade. |
|
IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin Major General (ret.) Amikam Norkin joined JINSA as a Distinguished Fellow in February 2023. MG Norkin is the Former Commander of the Israeli Air Force and a former member of the Israel Defense Forces General Staff. As the IAF’s Commander, he was responsible for all of the IDF’s aviation operations, including all air and space defense and offense activities, turning the IAF to the IDF’s leading strategic arm and leading this critical organization in a rapidly changing environment with various multiple challenges. As a member of the IDF’s General Staff Forum, he was a central figure in advising Israel’s Cabinet, including the Prime Minister on the most sensitive issues of national security. Under MG Norkin’s command, the IAF entered into the era of fifth-generation fighter jets, and the collaboration with the IDF’s difference branches and the defense industries was strengthened. |