Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

Ehud Yaari is a renowned veteran Israeli journalist, arguably Israel's most authoritative and influential foreign affairs analyst. He is a Middle East commentator for Israel's Channel 2 news, has written eight books on the Israeli-Arab conflict and has won top prizes for journalism in Israel.

He addressed AIJAC supporters in Melbourne on the regional turmoil surrounding Israel - including Syria, al-Qaeda, Egypt and the Palestinians - on February 23, 2014. His talk has been broken into three distinct sections (below).

[Apologies for the audio quality in some sections]