The Media Line Staff
Thu, Jun 3, 2021 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
A panel of experts will discuss different dimensions of the recent Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and what may follow.
About this event
A panel of experts will discuss different dimensions of the recent Israeli-Palestinian crisis, including the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas and the sectarian violence within Israel, and what may follow. Presented by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.
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About the Speakers
Areej Sabbagh-Khoury is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research focuses on the political and historical sociology of Israeli and Palestinian societies. She co-edited two volumes of
Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year run as Israeli Prime Minister could be coming to an end, with his political rivals joining forces to form a coalition after the country’s fourth elections in two years ended in a hung parliament.
Each of the past four elections was seen as a referendum on Netanyahu – who has become a polarising figure as he stands trial on corruption charges – with each ending in deadlock.
The new fragile coalition has come into being after Israeli far-right politician Naftali Bennett joined hands with centrist leader Yair Lapid.
Bennete, 49, who was Netanyahu’s defence minister, defended his decision to join hands with Lapid to prevent the country from sliding into a fifth consecutive election in just more than two years.
McGill University Professor Yael Halevi-Wise talks about her recent book about one of Israel’s foremost contemporary authors, A.B. Yehoshua.
About this Event
Yael Halevi-Wise, author of the new book
The Retrospective Imagination of A.B. Yehoshua (2020), will explore the work and ethos of one of Israel’s foremost contemporary authors. The
New York Times has called Yehoshua the “Israeli Faulkner.”
Yael Halevi-Wise, McGill University associate professor of Literature and chair of Jewish Studies, will examine how Yehoshua has become a prominent public intellectual in the eye of the Zionist storm and yet his fame – the fact that anyone is even interested in hearing his opinions about Jewish identity – rests on his impressive literary abilities. She will show how his novels engage with the here and now – in light of the past and future – to elicit a deeper conversation about core aspects of Jewish history and thought. Exploring this dynamic, Halevi-Wise will illustra
Israeli parliament member Ofer Cassif of the Joint List, being beaten during demonstration against Sheikh Jarrah evictions, occupied Jerusalem, April 9, 2021. From Nitzan Waisberg’s twitter feed.
For those who follow Israeli politics, the news is continued stalemate. The fourth parliamentary election inside of two years on March 23 produced no clear result, and though Prime Minister Netanyahu got the nod from the Israeli president to try to form a governing coalition, it is quite an uphill climb for him. He has only 52 seats on his side, and his challenge is to pull over Naftali Bennett with seven seats and poach some defectors from the anti-Netanyahu bloc to get a majority.
Two live webinars (3/31 and 4/7) analyzing the Israeli elections and their meaning for Israel’s future.
About this Event
With Israelis facing the fourth national election in just two years, and amid a continuing coronavirus pandemic and uncertain economy, voters are fatigued and wondering where the country is headed. The UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies has two post-election events (
March 31 and
Background
Israel’s national “unity” government took office in May 2020, led by Prime Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Blue & White. The shaky alliance followed three inconclusive national elections and the most protracted political crisis in the country’s history. Yet, the government collapsed again after the Knesset – Israel’s parliament – failed to approve a national budget. Israelis go to the polls for the fourth time on March 23, 2021. Official results from that election will be published on the day of our first program,