This month, on September 14th, the The Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel will be hosting Yuval Benziman to come and speak about Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in the ‘Non-negotiations’ Era, 2000-2022. It will be held at Club Spartan, in Case Hall on the 3rd floor from 7:00-8:30pm. 

After the collapse of the Palestinian-Israeli Camp David peace negotiations in 2000, both sides accused each other of being a “non-partner.” In the 22 years that passed since, there were few official negotiations between the sides. While both sides have claimed at different times that official peace negotiations would be unsuccessful, the reality of the conflict forces them to talk to each other. This lecture will discuss seven methods to provide necessary communication. This event will be livestreamed on YouTube and in person.

Yuval Benziman was a fellow of the Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel in 2015-2016, taught three semesters at James Madison College, and is now returning to MSU to teach in the 2022 Fall semester. He is a Senior Faculty Lecturer in the Conflict Research, Management and Resolution Program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, and the holder of the Katia & Hans Guth-Dreyfus Lectureship for Conflict Resolution and the Law. He also teaches in the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy and in the School of Psychology in the Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

Co-sponsors: College of Arts and Letters, College of Social Science, James Madison College, Residential College of Arts and Humanities, Office of Inclusion and Intercultural, Asian Studies Center, Department of History, Muslim Studies Program, and International Studies and Programs.