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B’nai B’rith International co-sponsored an international conference in Israel focusing on strategic cooperation among like-minded nations in the Eastern Mediterranean. The conference was sponsored with the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies (JISS), in cooperation with the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) and American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA).
 
The conference examined the emerging regional security architecture. It also addressed energy issues and a range of other mutually beneficial projects, as well as specific regional military and geopolitical threats in the region.
 
Maj. Gen. (res.) Yair Golan, former Israel Defense Forces deputy chief of staff, addressed the opening session of the conference. Tsachi Hanegbi, Israel’s minister of regional cooperation and Ioannis Kasoulidis, former Cypriot foreign minister, addressed the closing session, chaired by B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman. B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel Mariaschin also spoke, opening the conference.
 
To watch a recording of the conference, click here.