Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | 3:00PM Eastern Time

Israel Insider with Alex Selsky

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

3:00P.M. Eastern Time

A pivotal week in Israel: Netanyahu meets Trump, a new IDF chief is appointed and will take over soon, the hostage deal reaches a crossroads.


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Alex Selsky
Knesset Liaison
Alex Selsky is a senior adviser to the Israel Victory Project and member of the board of directors of Middle East Forum-Israel. He is currently serving as Homefront Command reserve major in the Israel Defense Forces. He is a lecturer at the School of Politics and Journalism at Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College and a reserve major at the IDF Homefront Command emergency information unit. Selsky previously served as an advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spokesman of the Israeli National Economic Council, member of the board of governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel, member of the executive board of the Word Zionist Organization, and CEO of the International Israel Beytenu Movement. He holds a B.A .in Business and an Executive M.A. in Public Policy from Hebrew University. He often writes for and appears in Israeli and international media.

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