Background
On May 10th, ORF America hosted Zohar Palti, former head of the Political-Military Bureau at the Ministry of Defense of Israel, for an in-person lunch discussion. Palti discussed changing regional and global dynamics from Israel’s perspective and provided context for its partnerships with India and the U.S. The roundtable was co-organized by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). The discussion was under the Chatham House Rule and was attended by think tank scholars, corporate leaders, journalists, diplomats, and U.S. government officials.
Featuring
Zohar Palti
Zohar Palti recently retired as the head of the Political-Military Bureau at Israel's Ministry of Defense. He previously served as the head of Mossad's intelligence directorate and deputy head of Research in the Israel Defense Force (IDF) Intelligence Corps. In 1982, he joined the IDF Intelligence Corps as an intelligence officer. In 2006, Palti began working at Mossad and headed various divisions including counterterrorism, strategic research, and intelligence. He has held fellowships at the Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Palti has BA and Executive MA in Middle-Eastern studies from Tel Aviv University and is a graduate of the National Defense University's Advanced Management program.
Dhruva Jaishankar (Moderator)
Dhruva Jaishankar is Executive Director of the Observer Research Foundation America (ORF America). He is also a Non-Resident Fellow with the Lowy Institute. Jaishankar was previously a Fellow with Brookings India in New Delhi and a Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund.
