Our 2021-22 series, "Rethinking Israel’s Future" brings leading scholars together to discuss some of the most burning and difficult issues Israel is facing over the coming years and decades. In the tradition of over two decades of academic excellence at CIS we aim to explore different points of view by providing in-depth analyses in a climate of mutual respect. Please join us in November for our first discussion, “Two States or One?”

The idea of the partition of Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state began with the Peel Plan in 1937, continued with the UN resolution 181 in 1947 and constituted the basis for all peace negotiations ever since. But in recent years more voices can be heard both on the right and the left who believe that the two-state solution is no longer viable. Our panelists will discuss the viability of the two state solution, as well as the alternatives, including how one bi-national state might look.

Speakers: Omri Boehm (New School for Social Research), Yael Aronoff (Michigan State University), Saliba Sarsar (Monmouth University). Moderated by Professor Michael Brenner