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Hebrew Language Table in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel Presents
After the War in Gaza: Prospects for Peace Dr. Yoram Peri
(The lecture will be in English) Monday, February 23, 2009 12:00 Noon
Dining Room A, 6th floor Madison Building, Library of Congress |
 Professor Yoram Peri is the Head of the Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society, and a professor of Political Sociology at Tel Aviv University. He is a former political advisor to the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and former Editor-in-chief of the Israeli daily, Davar. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science and Sociology at the Hebrew University and his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. Prof. Peri is currently the Dollye and Wolford Berman visiting Professor at the Center for Israel Studies at the American University in Washington D.C. Prof. Peri is a distinguished political commentator and has published extensively in newspapers and magazines in and outside Israel. Among his books are: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin; Between Battles and Ballots: Israel Military in Politics; Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel; and Brothers at War: Rabin’s Assassination and the Cultural war in Israel (in Hebrew), which was granted the 2006 award by the Presidents and Prime Ministers Memorial Council.His latest book, Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military Shapes Israeli Policy, was published in May 2006 by the United States Institute of Peace. The book has been selected as an outstanding book and as one of the best of the best by the Association of American University Press and Public Libraries, in 2007. |
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ADA accommodations 5 days in advance
(202) 707-6362 TTY or ADA@loc.gov For more information call Gail Shirazi gshi@loc.gov The program is free and open to the public   |
| Monika Lev-Cohen | Embassy of Israel Director of Academic Affairs and Speakers’ Bureau Phone (202) 364-5577 | fax (202) 364-5423 | academic@washington.mfa.gov.il | www.israelemb.org |
