Last updated on:
9/21/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Baruch Kimmerling, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former George S. Wise Professor of Sociology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“The only acceptable border for Palestinians, after they already gave up 78 percent of historic Palestine, is the pre-1967 border. This should be the trade-off deal with the original demand for return to a whole Palestine.”
“The ICJ ruling and Israel’s fence,” New York Times, July 10, 2004
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- “The original foci of my research and theoretical, as well intellectual, interests were mainly on the impact of the Jewish-Arab (and Israeli-Palestinian) conflict on the Israeli society, and later on the development of the Palestinian collective consciousness and emerging nationalism.”
- Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
- American Sociological Association
- International Sociological Association
- American Political Science Association
- Israel Sociological Society
- Inter-Universitary Seminar on Armed Forces and Society [elected]
- Middle Eastern Studies Association.
- Education:
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- PhD, Sociology, Hebrew University, 1975
- MA, Sociology, Hebrew University, 1969
- BA, Sociology and Political Science, Hebrew University, 1965
- Other:
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- Born: 1939
- Deceased: 2007
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