ts efforts to free hostages, and its thinking on post-conflict Gaza and the West Bank? Join us as Efraim Halevy, former director of the Mossad, and Ami Ayalon, former director of Shin Bet, engage in conversation with Aaron David Miller on these and other subjects. • AEI: Writing with AI: Seth Stephens-Da

s, while the other group wanted Israel to buy submarines instead. Israel was "a small island, where 97 percent of all goods arrive via water," said Ami Ayalon, the deputy commander of the navy at the time, who would later become head of the Israeli domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet. Strategic Depth

notables are each spending one hour in simulated solitary confinement. The national debate was summarized by the second notable to sit in solitary. Ami Ayalon, who formerly headed the Israeli navy and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service, explained that Shalit's continued captivity is harming the nat