Nomi Bar-Yaacov: MIDDLE EAST 2024 - ALTERNATIVES TO ALL OUT WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN

Tessa Szyszkowitz in conversation with Nomi
Bar-Yaacov





MIDDLE EAST 2024: ALTERNATIVES TO ALL OUT WAR BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND IRAN


On the eve of the US-elections Nomi Bar-Yaacov will discuss the
implications of the current escalation of violence between Israel
and Iran on the region. She will discuss the plans on the table
for de-escalation in the context of geopolitical trends and
concerns.


Bar-Yaacov has many years of experience with Track-2-negotiations
in the Middle East. She is convinced that there is no military
solution to the conflicts in the region and the only solution is
to build on to what the 57 Islamic States and Arab States are
offering at the UN, a ceasefire in Gaza, return of all 101
hostages, return of all the displaced Gazans, a ceasefire in
Lebanon and an implementation of United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1701, return of all displaced Lebanese and Israelis,
and a recognition that there will only be security for Israel
with a Palestinian State. The alternative, she says is not in
Israel’s security interests.





Nomi Bar-Yaacov is a leading international
lawyer, negotiator, arbitrator and mediator with three decades of
experience in high stakes international negotiation and
international conflict management, including negotiations of
complex cease-fire agreements and peace agreements. She is a
highly sought after global keynote speaker and commentator at the
intersection of geopolitics, conflict prevention and conflict
resolution. She also covers technology for peace. She is an
Associate Fellow at the International Security Department at
Chatham House, The Royal Institute for International Affairs, in
London. She is a frequent commentator for BBC Radio 4, BBC World
TV, BBC Newsnight, SKY News, CNBC, CBC, Deutsche Welle TV,
France24, RAI TV, and Al-Jazeera (Arabic and English). She speaks
and works in six languages fluently. She is quoted often in
leading newspapers including The New York Times and Washington
Post.





Tessa Szyszkowitz is an Austrian journalist and
author. A UK correspondent for Austrian and German publications
such as Falter or Tagesspiegel, she curates Philoxenia at Kreisky
Forum and she is a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal United
Services Institute in London.