Operation Good Neighbor w/ Lt. Col. Eyal Dror (Res.)

This week I’m talking to retired Lt Col. in the Israeli Defence Forces, Eyal Dror. Eyal served in the IDF for 24 years, the majority of which in coordination units working with the Palestinian population. In 2016 he established and commanded the "Good Neighbor" Unit, which managed the humanitarian aid given to civilian victims of the Syrian Civil War. Operation Good Neighbor carried out ~700 humanitarian aid operations on a hostile border controlled by terrorist organizations such as ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. In collaboration with Christian and Muslim organisations, he helped shape a different reality across the border and created, for the first time, an independent collaboration with Syrian citizens who had spent their lives being taught to hate Israelis. This is a deep chat into a world most people know very little about, yet still take it upon themselves to voice an opinion. Eyal has an incredible outlook - that this never-ending conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is actually not a conflict between Israeli and Palestinian people, but between governments or political groups. Eyal’s message at its core is that dialogue is the most effective path to peace, and we should always strive to build dialogue whenever we can. Twitter - @LTCEyalDror LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/eyal-dror-722436183/ -- This episode is sponsored by MANSCAPED. MANSCAPED are the world’s champions in men’s below-the-waist grooming - get 20% off AND free shipping worldwide at manscaped.com using the promo code SODSPOD - Your balls will thank you! All episodes are now being released as video, exclusively on the SodsPod YouTube channel - subscribe here - youtube.com/c/TheSodsLawPodcast See podcast.co/privacy for privacy information.