International Lecture: A Short History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

International Speaker Series
Presented by NCMC's Global Studies Program & the International Committee

A Short History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Beginning with the UN partition resolution of 1947, this lecture will describe the evolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, focusing on the most significant events and critical junctures. It will give serious attention to both Israeli positions and narratives, and Palestinian positions and narratives.

This is a free event sponsored by NCMC's International Committee. 

Mark Tessler
MARK TESSLER is Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Politics at the University of Michigan, where he also served for nine years as Vice-Provost for International Affairs. He attended university and/or has conducted field research in Tunisia, Israel, Morocco, Egypt, Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), and Qatar. Professor Tessler is co-founder and co-director of the Arab Barometer, which he co-founded in 2006 and which, since that time, has carried out scores of political attitude surveys in MENA countries. He has also written extensively on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His 1,000-page book, A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, has won national awards. Among his fifteen other books are Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinians: From Camp David to Intifada, Religious Minorities in Non-Secular Middle Eastern and North African States, Public Opinion in the Middle East: Survey Research and the Political Orientations of OrdinaryCitizens, and Islam and Politics in the Middle East: Explaining the Views of Ordinary Citizens.

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