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The Richard Nixon Foundation and the Truman Institute at Hebrew University in Jerusalem will jointly host a symposium: America in the Middle East in the 1970s: From the Yom Kippur war to the Camp David Accords.

The Richard Nixon Foundation and the Truman Institute at Hebrew University in Jerusalem will jointly host a symposium exploring the consequential impacts and effects of the 1973 Yom Kippur War on the implementation of the Nixon administration’s foreign policy grand strategy, specifically how the U.S. airlift to Israel and subsequent diplomatic overtures to Egypt, Syria and Jordan helped diminish the influence of the Soviet Union in the Middle East, setting the stage for a peace process that led to the 1978 Camp David Accords.

Participants Include:

Norm Coleman, Chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition and former U.S. Senator from Minnesota

Yossi Gal, Hebrew University Vice President for University Advancement and External Relations, former Ambassador of Israel, and former Director General of the Foreign Ministry of Israel.

Frank Gannon (Moderator), former Special Assistant to President Richard Nixon

Ifat Maoz, Head of The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace

Dan Meridor, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence, of Justice and of Finance for Israel

Or Rabinowitz, Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University Department of International Relations

The event will take place at The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA, 92886 US and will be livestreamed

Register here for in-person attendance (free admission)

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