Monday April 5th, 12:30pm ET
As physical separation between Israel and a future Palestinian state seems increasingly difficult to accomplish, the confederation model is gaining momentum among scholars, analysts, and activists, sometimes from opposing ideological camps. To discuss the possible benefits of such a model, please join the co-authors of a recent New York times article on the topic [2/12/21], Bernard Avishai and Sam Bahour. They will be joined by Avrum Burg and Dahlia Scheindlin to discuss various federal ideas in the context of current Israeli and Palestinian politics, and a more progressive U.S. Biden Administration.
Panelists:
Bernard Avishai teaches political economy at Dartmouth and the Hebrew University and is the author of “The Tragedy of Zionism,” “The Hebrew Republic,” and “Promiscuous,” among other books. He writes regularly for “The New Yorker.” He was selected as a Guggenheim Fellow in 1987.
Sam Bahour is a PalestinianAmerican business consultant from Ramallah/Al-Bireh in Occupied Palestine. He is a frequent independent political
commentator and is co-editor of “Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians”
(1994). He blogs at ePalestine.ps.
Avraham (Avrum) Burg is an author, public intellectual, political activist, and professorial lecturer. He is a former Speaker of the Knesset, and former Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion expert and strategic consultant who has advised eight national campaigns in Israel. A co-founder and columnist at +972 Magazine, she is a fellow at The Century Foundation. She co-hosts The Tel Aviv Review podcast and "Election Overdose," a podcast at Haaretz newspaper.
The conversation will be moderated by Sherman Teichman, the Founding President of The Trebuchet.