My Brothers Keeper, Ari Harow
My Brothers Keeper, Ari Harow
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My Brother's Keeper
Netanyahu, Obama, & the Year of Terror & Conflict that Changed the Middle East Forever

Author: Ari Harow

Narrator: Josh Bloomberg

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Kalorama

Published: 05/21/2024


Synopsis

My Brother's Keeper tells the behind-the-scenes story of how the American president and the Israeli prime minister clashed about peace, war, and the future of the region.

Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu viewed the world—and especially the Middle East—differently. The US president wanted to end what he saw as America's perpetual war against the Muslim and Arab worlds, use diplomacy to bring about a Palestinian state coexisting peacefully with Israel, and apply his signature foreign policy vision to reward the Islamic Republic of Iran in exchange for the scaling back of their nuclear pursuits. The Israeli premier wanted his country to thrive without the senseless bloodshed of terror and violence, and he was determined to protect the Jewish state from threats of annihilation by a member of the axis of evil that would one day be armed with nuclear weapons. Netanyahu wanted peace for peace, as well as the acceptance of Israel as a full-fledged part of the Middle East. In 2014, during a pivotal summer of terrorist violence, a war in Gaza, and the advancement of a nuclear deal with Iran, the two men clashed, threatening the US-Israeli strategic alliance and the future of the region. The Middle East would never be the same.

About Ari Harow

Ari Harow is an American-born Israeli who served as an advisor, bureau chief, and chief of staff to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Harow's compulsory military service was spent in the elite Golani Infantry Brigade. He earned his BA in psychology from the City University of New York (CUNY), as well as an MA in political science from Tel Aviv University.

In 2007 Harow was appointed foreign affairs advisor to Netanyahu and his bureau chief in 2008, continuing in this position upon entering the Prime Minister's Office in 2009. He left government in 2010 to launch a consulting firm working with dozens of political and business leaders around the globe.

Harow returned to government in 2014 and served as Prime Minister Netanyahu's chief of staff during the pivotal events of that summer.

Ari is married to Talia Eckstein Harow and is a father of four and stepfather of two.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Adele on May 31, 2024

Doesn't really take this long to read. But ... I like to look things up and make notes as I go. I remember a lot of what happened, in particular the kidnapping and murder of the 3 teens, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaer, and Naftali Fraenkel, z"l and hy"d, in Gush Etzion on 12 June 2014. I constantly think......more

Goodreads review by Betty on September 01, 2024

The author is an Israeli who served at high levels of the Netanyahu government during the administration of Barak Obama. Decisions made during this time, based on an idealized worldviews, explains the current Arab Israeli conflict. The complexity of the current geopolitics, will defy what seems like......more