On May 4th, the Y&S Nazarian Center hosted leading Israeli scholars in a variety of fields, ranging from peace negotiations, Jewish-Arab relations, Palestinian politics, Jewish fundamentalism and Middle East economies. At the “Six Days/Five Decades: 1967 and Its Significance for Israeli Security, Politics and Society” panel discussion, these experts gathered fifty years after the Six-Day War to assess the conflict’s legacy in Israel.

These scholars included (in order of appearance):

• Gilead Sher, former Chief of Staff and Policy Coordinator to Israeli Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak
• Motti Inbari, renowned scholar and author of several works on Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, the US and Europe
• Elie Rekhess, one of Israel’s leading experts on the Arab minority in Israel, Jewish-Arab relations & Palestinian politics
• Paul Rivlin, senior economics researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies