Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth took part in a flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza in 2018 and served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East in the National Intelligence Council before retiring in August 2010 after a 27-year career in the US government. She specialized in Middle Eastern political and media analysis. She has served as Member-in-Residence of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action (www.gzcenter.org), a nuclear resistance organization in Poulsbo, Washington. She is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) and Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (samadamsaward.ch). She is conversant in Arabic, German, and Spanish.

Articles by Elizabeth Murray:

Posted on: 16 Nov 2012

Gershon Baskin claims that Ahmed al-Jabari, the senior leader and second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, was killed hours after he received the draft of a permanent truce agreement with Israel, which included mechanisms for maintaining the ceasefire.

Posted on: 16 Nov 2012

Gershon Baskin, who helped mediate talks between Israel and Hamas for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit claims that Jabari was killed hours after he received the draft of a permanent truce agreement with Israel, which included mechanisms for maintaining the ceasefire.