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This Monday will see a truly historic White House meeting.

After almost 14 years of barrel bombs, mass devastation and ISIS
takeovers, the Syrian civil war is over, Assad is gone and Syria’s new
president – Ahmed al-Sharaa – will walk into the Oval Office.

Behind the photo-op is a high-stakes negotiation over Syria’s future:
Reconstruction, fighting ISIS, sanctions relief, security guarantees, the
relationship with Israel and the path forward for millions displaced by a
catastrophic war.

[ [link removed] ]For a preview of this pivotal moment, register for the J Street Policy
Center briefing with two regional experts this Friday, November 7 at 12pm
Eastern / 9am Pacific >>

[ [link removed] ]Click here to register for the briefing

The collapse of the Assad regime has opened the door for a new course in
the Israel-Syria relationship. Despite continued provocations from the
Netanyahu government, the Trump Administration is rightly pressing for
both sides to make the most of this.

Just across the border, Lebanon stands at an inflection point of its own.
With Hezbollah seriously degraded, the new leadership in Lebanon has
renewed prospects for its disarmament and a better future for the Lebanese
people.

To discuss the current situation in Syria and Lebanon, Sharaa’s trip to
Washington, Hezbollah’s disarmament, and the potential for better
relations between Israel and its northern neighbors, join me on Friday for
a virtual briefing with regional experts Ibrahim Al-Assil and Jasmine
El-Gamal. [ [link removed] ]Register here >>

Ibrahim Al-Assil is the Syria Project lead for the Atlantic Council’s
Middle East programs. He was a founding member and president of the Syrian
Nonviolence Movement and has advised US, European and regional
policymakers.

Jasmine El-Gamal is a former Middle East policy advisor at the Pentagon
and the CEO of Mindwork Strategies. Jasmine served as the Acting Chief of
Staff for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East
Policy, and as the Special Assistant to three Under Secretaries of Defense
for Policy.

See you soon,

Ilan Goldenberg
J Street Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer


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