Former Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu and Nathan Sharansky during Adelson Institute's Dec. 2008 Counterinsurgency Conference


In this Picture the focus is On Mr. Netanyhu, and Mr. Sharansky is slightly Out-of-focus. For a similar picture with Sharansky in focus (and Netanyahu slightly out-of-focus) see Alamy ref. B6G0TC. Mr. Sharansky, former Dissident, Human Rights activist and Politician, is the chairman of the Adelson Institute of Strategic Studies in the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. He Chaired the Adelson Institute's December 2008 Conference: "“Twenty First Century Wars: Counterinsurgency and the Challenge of Global Terrorism.” During that conference, Mr. Netanyahu lectured about global terrorism, Iran and policy. More than two hundred members of the military, judiciary, media and political establishment attended the conference. Attendees included Lt. Col. John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security, co-author of the Army/USMC Counterinsurgency Field Manual, Middle East scholar Prof. Bernard Lewis, Renown Strategist Edward Luttwak. For extended coverage on the Conference see


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