The US-based Conservative Political Action Conference announced that it plans to host its inaugural CPAC Israel conference in Tel Aviv on July 20, with The Daily Wire's editor emeritus Ben Shapiro – a political commentator, media host and columnist – tapped as the keynote speaker.
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The conference is scheduled to take place shortly after US President Joe Biden's planned visit to Israel. According to CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp, CPAC speakers will address similar topics as Biden during his trip: gas costs and shortages due to Russia's war on Ukraine; terrorism; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and the push for a new Iran nuclear deal.
CPAC, held since 1974 by the American Conservative Union, has brought its conference to several different countries in recent years, including Brazil, Japan, Australia and Hungary. Its first CPAC Mexico is scheduled for September.
In addition to Schlapp, other featured speakers include his wife and CPAC senior fellow Mercedes Schlapp, former acting director of national intelligence and US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, and former acting US Attorney General Matt Whitaker.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
