Last updated on:
9/22/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Yitzhak Reiter, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Professor of Middle East, Israel, and Islamic Studies at the Ashkelon Academic College and Senior Researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and the 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 group’s [the Group on Models for Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel] members are of the opinion that internal majority-minority relations cannot be postponed until a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – based on the concept of two states for two peoples – is found. Ethno-national intergroup tensions in the context of a protracted violent conflict tend to hurt all citizens, members of the national majority and national minority as one.”
Yitzhak Reiter et al, “Towards Inclusive Israeli Citizenship: A New Conceptual Framework for Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel – Points for Public Discussion,” The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, www.jiis.org, 2011
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor, Middle East, Israel, and Islamic Studies, Ashkelon Academic College, 2009-present
- Chair, Department of Land-of-Israel Studies, Ashkelon Academic College
- Senior Researcher, The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
- Senior Researcher, The Harry S. Truman Institute for Peace Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Project Leader, Models for Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel, The Nauman Foundation via The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2009-2011
- Chair, Public Committee for the Integration of Arabs within the Civil Service, 1993-2005
- Deputy Advisor for Arab Affairs and Senior Research Officer, Prime Minister’s Office, 1978-1987
- Recipient, Chaikin Prize of the University of Haifa for Best Research, 2013
- Recipient, The Michael Landau Prize, 1990
- Education:
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- PhD, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1991
- MA, Islamic Civilization, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1986
- BA, Arabic Language and Literature, and Islamic Civilization, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1976
- Other:
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- Born on Sep. 5, 1952
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