6 Events

A Palestinian child stands outside a vandalized mosque in the West Bank town of Jabaa, June 19, 2012. Acts of vandalism against Palestinian property are perpetrated by radical settlers in retaliation for government settlement policy that they oppose.

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Seminar - Open to the Public

Playing with Fire: "Price-Tag" Violence in Israel and the West Bank

Thu., Mar. 21, 2013 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The burning of Palestinian mosques, intimidating graffiti on the homes of political activists, and the destruction of equipment at Israeli military bases: this is "price-tag"(tag mehir). But who are the perpetrators and what are their objectives? This presentation will explore the causes, effects, and implications of "price-tag."

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews peer at Israeli Antiquities Authority employees working at the walkway to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in east Jerusalem's Old City, Feb. 12, 2007. Jerusalem's Jewish mayor has ordered a review of construction work near the holy site.

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Seminar - Open to the Public

In Search of Lost Time: Can Temporality Provide Insight into the Conflict in the Middle East?

Thu., Mar. 22, 2012 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The renewed interest in temporality in the social sciences opens new avenues for framing and analyzing important questions in international relations. In his seminar, Dr. Ehud Eiran will explore the possible contribution of temporal ideas in understanding the Arab-Israeli and Iranian-Israeli conflicts.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to members of the foreign press in Jerusalem, Jan. 11, 2011. He insisted that Iran will not stop its nuclear program unless economic sanctions are backed with a "credible military option."

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Seminar - Open to the Public

The Sum of all Fears: Israeli Perceptions of the Iranian Nuclear Threat

Thu., Feb. 17, 2011 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

For at least two decades, Israel has been signaling that it is concerned with the prospect of a hostile Iran armed with nuclear weapons. The presentation explores the specific kinds of threats Israeli policymakers are worried about, analyzes how these threat perceptions have changed over time, and investigates what the internal political and strategic factors are that color and shape them.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

An Israeli woman in the West Bank settlement of Bruchin, which was never officially authorized by the Israeli government, Jan. 3, 2007. It is a community of nearly 400 people, girded by government supplied roads, electricity, & water.

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Seminar - Open to the Public

This Land is My Land? Territorial Expansion, the International Environment, and Settlement Projects in Post-colonial Times

Thu., May 28, 2009 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The presentation explores the conditions under which a small number of states (Indonesia, Morocco, Israel) launched and maintained settlement projects in disputed territories in order to secure territorial expansion. Counterintuitively, it demonstrates that settlement projects do not reflect the settling states' disregard to the international environment but rather their recognition that international interactions, norms, and institutions matter and could be manipulated.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.