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WATCH: JNS International Policy Summit—Day 2, afternoon session

JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem.

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2025
3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Afternoon Plenary Session

  • Social-Media Policy: Jordana Cutler, public policy director, Israel & the Jewish Diaspora at META
  • Israel’s Energy: Challenges & Opportunities: Eli Cohen, Energy and Infrastructure Minister
  • The Day After in Gaza Panel:
    Panel Chair: Dan Diker
    Senior Fellow, Arab and Palestinian Affairs, JCFA, Khaled Abu Toameh
    Former head of the Counter-Terrorism Division in the Mossad, researcher at JCFA, Oded Ailam
    Expert in International Law and International Relations, Yifa Segal

  • Judea and Samaria: Israel Ganz, Binyamin Regional Council head and Yesha Council chair
  • JNS TV Presents “The Quad”: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, Emily Schrader
  • Combating Antisemitism: Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, in conversation with JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin
  • The War on Jewish Students: JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin in conversation with Lori Lowenthal Marcus, lawyer and legal director of the Deborah Project
  • Israel’s Economy: JNS CEO Alex Traiman in conversation with Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat
  • Changing Europe Panel:
    Panel Chair: Italy | Fiamma Nirenstein
    Belgium | Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, Sam van Rooy
    Hungary | Director General of the Center for Fundamental Rights, Miklos Szánthó
    United Kingdom | CBE, former British Army Commander, Col. (ret.) Richard Kemp

  • The U.S.-China Rivalry: Time for an Israeli Indo-Pacific Strategy? Carice Witte, founder and executive director of SIGNAL Group (Sino-Israel Global Network and Academic Leadership)
  • The Abraham Accords 2.0 Panel:
    Panel Chair: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
    Journalist, columnist, influencer and pro-Israel activist Luai Ahmed,
    chairman of Sharaka, Middle East & Jewish World Affairs researcher and lecturer Dan Feferman
    Partner at 972Hub & BSC Defense, Kareem Yehya

  • Israel and the War for Global Influence: Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA)
  • Coaching up Israel: Bruce Pearl, 2025 AP National Coach of the Year, head coach at Auburn University, chairman of the board at USIEA, and board member of Athletes for Israel
With Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez suspending her campaign, state Rep. Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialists of America member with a record of anti-Israel activism, and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes have emerged as the Democratic Party’s leading candidates ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
Rep. Jake Auchincloss accused President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu of breaking the compact underlying U.S. military assistance to Israel by launching the war against Iran.
“I want to maintain the dialogue and the conversation, because I think they need to work harder to try to figure out how to get more friends instead of creating more enemies,” the Washington Democrat said.
“The rules that they’ve been using to build these data centers were not intended for these kinds of data centers,” David Greenfield, of Met Council, told JNS. “Now they’re happening very frequently, and they’re having unintended consequences.”
She helped turn JINSA into the “very significant face of the American Jewish community to the US military,” the JNS publisher said.
The 15 still appear on the AIPAC website in a section about candidates it supports, but users are no longer offered links with which to donate to the candidates.