Visegrad24 presents an in-depth series covering the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. This comprehensive series features on-the-ground interviews, bringing firsthand insights from a diverse range of voices, including politicians, professors, journalists, experts and influencers.

Our guest today: Dr Michael Oren

Dr Oren is an American-Israeli diplomat, essayist, historian and politician who served as Israel's Ambassador to the USA between 2009 and 2013.

He was also a member of the Knesset for the Kulanu party.

Born in upstate New York in 1955, he moved to Israel in 1979 and joined the IDF. After seeing battle in Lebanon as a paratrooper in 1982, Dr Oren volunteered to work with the Zionist underground in the Soviet Union. Sent to make contact with Zionist groups in Ukraine, he was repeatedly arrested by the KGB.

During the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991, he served as the Israeli liaison officer to the U.S. Sixth Fleet.

Interview by Mathew Tyrmand: International Journalist and Visegrad24 contributor.

00:00 - Introduction
02:05 - Impact of the Six-Day War
03:50 - Renouncing US citizenship
05:22 - Obama and Israel
08:38 - Working as Ambassador in the US
09:48 - US-Israeli special relationship
10:58 - Democrats vs Republicans
14:10 - Trump and Israel
17:07 - Predicting the war with Hamas
19:50 - The Abraham Accords and Saudi Arabia
25:06 - Wokeism and marxism at universities
30:42 - International relations and the UN
34:08 - The EU and Israel
36:51 - International marxism and antisemitism
38:40 - What to do about Hezbollah
40:32 - Russia and October 7th
43:14 - Lessons from being a soldier in Lebanon in 1982
46:28 - Qatar and Islamism

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