Episode #106: An Interview with Daniel Reisner
The Lawfare Podcast
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4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2015
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
This week, Ben and Matt Waxman sat down with Daniel Reisner, former head of the International Law Branch of the Israeli Defense Forces and current partner with Herzog, Fox and Neeman. Reisner also served as a senior member of Israel’s peace delegations, participating in all negotiation sessions and summits including those at Camp David. He continues to advise senior members of the Israeli government on a variety of issues relating to Middle East peace process and security issues. Colonel Reisner was in New York on a visit sponsored by Academic Exchange for a series of events and discussions on contemporary national security challenges. His experiences set up a wide-ranging conversation touching on everything from Middle East peace to the ethics of targeted killing.
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| 0:29.0 | Is it a good idea in the question which is not always on? |
| 0:33.0 | I usually ask the question, wait a minute. |
| 0:35.0 | Explain to me the potential military strategic |
| 0:41.0 | tactical operational value of the family. |
| 0:43.0 | What will it actually do? |
| 0:45.0 | Before the last round in Gaza, I remember there were three young Israeli kids |
| 0:47.0 | who were kidnapped by a Hamas, though later we met. |
| 0:51.0 | And the Israeli government put under a lot of pressure |
| 0:53.0 | to respond forcibly to someone. |
| 0:55.0 | A lot of ideas were thrown in the road. |
| 0:57.0 | Now I don't work for the government. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm still a consultant to the government. |
| 1:01.0 | And the prime minister called me up with that. |
| 1:05.0 | And he said, Daniel, you know that we're thinking of doing something. |
| 1:09.0 | I won't mention that. |
| 1:11.0 | And I've heard from the senior government |
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