Join us for a panel discussion featuring Sa’ed Atshan, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Anthropology at Swarthmore College; Peter Beinart, Professor of Journalism and Political Science at Newmark School of Journalism, CUNY; Lihi Ben Shitrit, Professor of Israel Studies at New York University; and Leila Farsakh, Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts-Boston.
We seem to be living through an inflection point in the history of Israel/Palestine. While it is still too soon to predict the long-term consequences of Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and the ensuing Israeli invasion of Gaza, observers of Middle East politics suggest that the ongoing war has ushered in a new phase of the protracted Israel-Palestine struggle. What are the effects of the war on Israeli and Palestinian politics and civil society? How will the war end, and what are the prospects for a more lasting resolution to the conflict? What can the future look like for Israelis and Palestinians? In this panel, four leading experts on different dimensions of Israeli and Palestinian history, politics, and society will join in discussion to help us think through some of these questions.