Podcasts
BICOM Podcast: David Makovsky and Michael Herzog on Obama’s visit
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Michael Herzog in Jerusalem and David Makovksy in Washington briefed journalists on a BICOM conference call on the agenda and goals of Obama’s visit to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. This podcast includes their opening remarks.
Michael Herzog is Senior Visiting Fellow at BICOM as well as being an international fellow of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He is a former head of the strategic planning division in the IDF, a former chief of staff to four former ministers of defence, and in 2009-10 served as special envoy on the peace process.
David Makovsky is the Ziegler distinguished fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at The Washington Institute. He is a widely published journalist and writer and is coauthor, with Dennis Ross, of the 2009 Washington Post bestseller Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East (Viking/Penguin).