A discussion of how American and Middle East states’ interests and behaviour affect the Israeli-Palestinian conflict historically and today.
Cristina Gallach, former UN Under-Secretary-General and Former Spanish State-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, is the session’s moderator.
The panelists are Elham Fakhro, Hussein Ibish, Daniel Kurtzer and Nimrod Novik.
Elham Fakhro is a Research Associate at the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa program and Research Fellow at Exeter University's Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.
Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
Daniel Kurtzer is the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs and is the former United States Ambassador to Israel and Egypt.
Dr. Nimrod Novik is the former Senior Policy Advisor to the late Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and served as Special Ambassador of the State of Israel and as an Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council.