Date : 10/6/2019 6:36:17 PM
From : "Kenkel, John D"
To : "Benzi Zimerman"
Cc : "Grd-att@mod.gov.il" , "Lissolo, Kelly S"
Subject : Re: IDF Senior Leadership delegation to DC

MAJ Benzi,
RGR, I’ve passed the request with my concurrence to our OSD and JS POCs; I’ll discuss with them Monday.

COL Madanes,
Alon, I’m available to talk.

jk

John Kenkel
Colonel, US Army
Army Attache- Jerusalem

+972-50-528-8253
From: Benzi Zimerman <Benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il>
Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2019 9:25:36 PM
To: Kenkel, John D <KenkelJD@state.gov>
Cc: Grd-att@mod.gov.il <Grd-att@mod.gov.il>; Lissolo, Kelly S <LissoloKS@state.gov>
Subject: RE: IDF Senior Leadership delegation to DC
 

We had a rough plan, and the coordination was supposed to be done by JINSA, but since we asked for something a bit different then what they were planning they asked us to coordinate this (last week).

 

v/r

MAJ Benzi Zimmerman 
​Head, International Cooperation Desk

IDF Operations Directorate - Plans, Doctrine & Exercises (J3-5/7)

T: ​+972-3-740-7723 | M: ​+972-5-42074487 | E: benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il

 

From: Kenkel, John D <KenkelJD@state.gov>
Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2019 9:23 PM
To: Benzi Zimerman <Benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il>
Cc: Grd-att@mod.gov.il; Lissolo, Kelly S <LissoloKS@state.gov>
Subject: Re: IDF Senior Leadership delegation to DC

 

MAJ Benzi,

Really not sure what I can do this late, but I’ll ask.

 

I thought y’all had all these coordinated when this first came up.

 

colk

 

John Kenkel

Colonel, US Army

Army Attache- Jerusalem

 

+972-50-528-8253

From: Benzi Zimerman <Benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il>
Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2019 5:37:40 PM
To: Kenkel, John D <KenkelJD@state.gov>
Cc: Grd-att@mod.gov.il <Grd-att@mod.gov.il>; Lissolo, Kelly S <LissoloKS@state.gov>
Subject: IDF Senior Leadership delegation to DC

 

 

Colonel Kenkel,

 

Shana tova! I hope all is well by you, sir.

 

As you know, we are sending 14 IDF Senior officers (all active or designated GOs, handpicked by the CHOD) to a 2-week seminar in D.C. The program will in cooperation with JINSA and the ISRAELI EMBASSY in D.C.

 

The purpose of the seminar is to Enhance the understanding of the American “system”, Strategy and Interests, as an “Operational Compass” for decision making.

All participants are highly valued officers, hand-picked by the IDF’s senior leadership and “marked” as potential senior leadership.

 

The IDF and the Embassy is looking to coordinate "active duty" agenda items in the Pentagon and the NDU (We already reached out via the embassy in D.C).

 

I am asking for your assistance, since we got negative feedback to our request to visit the PENTAGON, due to sending the request less the 30-days prior to the visit.

 

Sir, this visit is crucial to the success of our delegation – it's very senior. We would appreciate any help and assistance the DATT office can provide to enable this half-day program in the Pentagon.

 

Details:

 

29 October - Half a day in the Pentagon. Talking to acting officials (Mr. Rood /Mr.  Mulroy / Mr. Jeffries/  Joint Staff CoS/J5/J3 /Vice Chairman…). 

The topics we would like to hear about are:

    1. Pentagon Tour and concept of operations.
    2. Role of the Joint Staff Vs. COCOMS
    3. “USA – WORLD SITREP”
    4. Mil-Gov relationship and processes of forming a defense policy.

 

 

 

 

v/r,

 

MAJ Benzi Zimmerman 
Head, International Cooperation Desk

IDF Operations Directorate - Plans, Doctrine & Exercises (J3-5/7)

T: +972-3-740-7723 | M: +972-5-42074487 | E: benzi_zimeraman@mail.gov.il

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