While intractable conflict seems to dominate the relationship between Israel and Palestine, the 2023 attacks by Hamas and the ongoing Israeli occupation and war against the Palestinians has brought this relationship to a seemingly unavoidable brink. In the face of a genocidal conflict, is a path forward even imaginable? Join two regional experts, Dr. Shay Hazkani and Dr. Yousef Munayyer, who will share their understanding of current Palestinian and Israeli realities, how they have evolved from the recent past, and what they do and not promise for the future.

Yousef Munayyer is head of the Palestine/Israel Program and senior fellow at Arab Center Washington, D.C. He also serves as a member of the editorial committee of the Journal of Palestine Studies and was previously executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights. Some of his published articles can be found in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Nation, Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, Journal of Palestine Studies, Middle East Policy, and others. Dr. Munayyer holds a Ph.D. in international relations and comparative politics from the University of Maryland.

Shay Hazkani is Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. He specializes in the social and cultural history of Palestine/Israel. His first book, Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War (Stanford University Press, 2021), received the Korenblat and Azrieli-Concordia book awards and was longlisted for the Cundill History Prize. Before his academic career, he worked as a journalist in Israel, covering the occupied Palestinian territories and the Israeli military. He is currently the Penn Global Middle East Distinguished Visiting Scholar.