On Sunday October 27th, Johns Hopkins University will host a conference on the impact of the Israel-Hamas war on Israeli domestic politics and foreign policy. Among the speakers will be Yael Aronoff, Ilan Peleg, Chuck Freilich, David Makovsky, Alex Valenta, Motti Inbari, Elli Rekhess, Hussein Ibish, Steven David, PJ Kumaraswamy, and  Robert Freedman. For further information on the conference, please contact Robert O. Freedman at rofreedman@comcast.net.

REVISED PRELIMINARY LIST OF PANELS

CONFERENCE ON THE IMPACT OF THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR ON ISRAELI DOMESTIC POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY  

OCTOBER 27, 2024

9:45-10  AM   …………WELCOME

PANEL ONE: WHY OCTOBER 7TH HAPPENED AND HOW SUCH A CRISIS CAN BE AVOIDED IN THE FUTURE [10AM-11AM]

  1. Elli Lieberman (University of Maryland) “Why Deterrence Failed on October 7th”
  2. Chuck Freilich (Institute for National Security Studies—Israel) Future Israeli Security Planning in Light of October 7th

                         COFFEE BREAK   11 am—11:15 am

PANEL TWO: ISRAELI DOMESTIC POLITICS [11:15 AM –12:45 PM]

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  1. Ilan Peleg (Lafayette College)” The Likud Party”
  2. Yael Aronoff(Michigan State University), “The Opposition Parties”
  3. Motti Inbari(University of North Carolina)” Israel’s Religious Parties”
  4. Elli Rekhess (Northwestern University) “Israel’s Arab Parties”

  LUNCH BREAK:  12:45-1:45pm

PANEL THREE: ISRAELI FOREIGN POLICY– PART ONE [1:45 PM –3:15 PM

  1. David Makovsky(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) “The United States and Israel”
  2. Hussein Ibish, (US Gulf Institute in Washington) “The Arab States and Israel”
  3. Alex Valenta(Middle East Institute), “Iran and Israel”
  4. Steven David(Johns Hopkins University) “China and Israel”
  5. Peter Rutland and Galia Lahav(Wesleyan University)

Europe and Israel

Coffee Break 3:15-3:30 pm

                                 
PANEL FOUR: ISRAELI FOREIGN POLICY– PART TWO

   3:30-5:30 PM

  1. Neil Rubin (Independent Scholar) “The US Jewish Community and Israel”
  2. Glenn Robinson (Monterrey Institute for International Studies) “Israel and the Palestinians”
  3. P.J. Kumaraswamy (Nehru University, India) “India and Israel”
  4. Mark Haas (Duquesne University),”Turkey and Israel”
  5. Robert Freedman (Johns Hopkins University) “Russia and Israel”