On Monday, November 4, 2013 the Jerusalem Press Club hosted a briefing with Major General (ret.) Amos Yadlin discussing recent developments in the Middle East.
Major General (ret.) Yadlin served for over 40 years in the Israel Defense Forces, nine of which as a member of the IDF General Staff. He is a former deputy commander of the Israel Air Force, and has commanded two fighter squadrons and two airbases. He has also served as Head of IAF Planning Department (1990-1993). He accumulated about 5,000 flight hours and flew more than 250 combat missions behind enemy lines. He participated in the Yom Kippur War (1973), Operation Peace for Galilee (1982) and Operation Tamuz – the destruction of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq (1981)
In February 2002, he earned the rank of major general and was named commander of the IDF Military Colleges and the National Defense College. From 2004-2006, he served as the IDF attaché to the United States. From 2006-2010, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yadlin served as the IDF’s chief of Defense Intelligence.
Amos Yadlin has been the Director of Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), the leading strategic think tank in Israel, since November 2011. Yadlin holds a B.A. in economics and business administration from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (1985). He also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (1994).
