A webinar examining short- and long-term threats to the resolution of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Tuesday, November 24, 20269:30 AM - 10:30 AM (Pacific Time)Webinar
9:30 AM Pacific / 12:30 PM Eastern / 17:30 UK / 19:30 Israel
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Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Political Science and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.
This presentation will examine short- and long-term threats to a negotiated political resolution of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through an integrated analysis of spatial, demographic, security, legal, political, and social trends. Drawing on interactive dashboards, maps, and indicators, it will provide a data-based picture of current conditions and how they have evolved over time. Particular attention will be given to developments that reshape territorial realities and affect the prospects for a future agreement. Through concrete examples, participants will explore how combining data across multiple domains can reveal patterns, highlight connections, and inform research questions. The session will demonstrate how these analytical tools can support a deeper understanding of the conflict and a more informed assessment of possible political pathways.
Col. (Ret.) Dr. Shaul Arieli is a researcher of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and is one of Israel's leading experts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Previously, he served in various command positions in the IDF as well as the head of the negotiation administration with the Palestinians during the terms of four prime ministers. Currently, he serves as the head of the Tamrur Politography Research Group and lectures at Reichman University. Arieli holds a B.A. in Political Science and M.A., both from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. from Haifa University. His research focused on the development of Israel's borders. Arieli has published eight books about the conflict in several languages, three atlases, and hundreds of articles in journals and Israeli newspapers.
Prof. Gilad Hirschberger is a social and political psychologist at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology at Reichman University, and co-director of the Tamrur Politography Research Group. His research focuses on collective existential threats, collective trauma, and public opinion in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His work focuses on how threat perceptions shape political attitudes. This work is guided by a multi-dimensional model of existential threats that he recently developed. In his research, he focuses on threats that emanate from the past that cast a long shadow on the present, such as the memory of collective trauma, and on ideological differences in the perception of physical threats and symbolic-identity threats. He has published about 100 academic articles and book chapters, as well as opinion pieces in the Hebrew and English press.
Prof. Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler is Associate Professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), and co-director of the Tamrur Politography Research Group. Her work focuses on the processes underpinning right-wing extremism and political violence, with a particular emphasis on religious nationalism and the settler movement in Israel. She has published numerous papers on extremism, and Her recent book (with Cas Mudde), “The Israeli Settler Movement” published by Cambridge University Press, analyzes the settler movement in the West Bank and its past, present, and future impact on Israeli politics and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She has also published op-ed pieces in the Israeli and international press on these issues.
Gili Dekel serves as the Vice President of Operations and Data Manager of Tamrur Politography Research Group. She is a partner in managing the organization's activities and is responsible for the entire infrastructure that enables the research group's work. As part of her role as Data Manager, Gili is responsible for managing Tamrur's databases, for communicating with clients and users, and for training, implementing, and making Tamrur's dashboard accessible to various target audiences. Gili holds a master's degree in Public Policy and Administration from Reichman University.
Dr. Elizabeth Stein (moderator) is Deputy Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Dr. Stein's research examines Israel-diaspora relations, focusing on political attitudes and behaviors of American, French, and Canadian Jews with regard to Israel, and different patterns in how they organize politically on the topics of Israel, their government’s foreign policymaking toward Israel, and antisemitism. Her most recent research focuses on geographical patterns in American Jews’ donations to the PACs of Israel-focused political advocacy organizations across the political spectrum. Elizabeth is developing her dissertation—which was awarded Honorable Mention by the International Studies Association’s International Relations and Religion section—into a manuscript for NYU Press.
DISCLAIMER: The views or opinions of our guest speakers and the content of their presentations do not necessarily reflect the views of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Hosting speakers does not constitute an endorsement of the speaker's views or opinions.
Sponsor(s): Center for Middle East Development, Political Science