One year after Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7 and the ensuing war in Gaza, over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed, dozens of Israelis are still being held hostage, and a ceasefire agreement remains unrealized. Meanwhile, the conflict’s expansion to Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran has further destabilized the region, raising the threat of a full-scale war in the Middle East. To help us understand the short and long term implications of these developments and paths to peace, the Crown Center is hosting a panel discussion with three distinguished scholars with different perspectives, Shai Feldman, Abdel Monem Said Aly, and Khalil Shikaki, co-authors of the innovative textbook, Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East.
Panelists
Shai Feldman is the Raymond Frankel Professor in Israeli Politics and Society and the founding director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies.
Abdel Monem Said Aly is a senator in the Egyptian Senate, the chairman of the Council of Advisors for the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo, a writer and columnist for Al-Ahram and Al-Masry Al-Youm in Cairo and for Asharq Al-Awsat in London, and a founding senior fellow at the Crown Center.
Khalil Shikaki is the director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah and a founding senior fellow at the Crown Center.
Moderator
Gary Samore is the Crown Family Director and professor of the practice of politics at Brandeis University.
