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Join us for a panel discussion marking 17 years of the innovative course, “Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East,” teamtaught by Shai Feldman, Abdel Monem Said Aly, and Khalil Shikaki and the second edition of their corresponding textbook Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East (one of the top 5 books on the topic recommended by Harper's Bazaar).
The three authors come together to discuss how the unique approach suggested by the course and the textbook can also help explain the recent dramatic developments in the conflict and the possible ramifications of these developments on peacemaking efforts. What caused this recent horrific eruption of violence? What may affect where the conflict might go from here on? And finally, might these developments lead to renewed efforts to resolve the conflict and what might these efforts look like?

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 the chairman, CEO, and director of the Regional Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo, chairman of the Egyptian daily newspaper AlMasry AlYoum, 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
Michal BenJosef Hirsch is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Legal Studies at Suffolk University and a former senior fellow at the Crown Center.

OPENING REMARKS
Marilyn Diamond is the Honorary Consul General for Morocco in Illinois and chair of the Crown Center's advisory board.

Gary Samore is the Crown Family Director and professor of the practice of politics at Brandeis University.

This event was recorded on October 18, 2023.