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TRI Talk by Hillel Cohen | The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Roots, Narratives and Justices
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Roots, Narratives and Justices
Hillel Cohen, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has served as chair of the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and head of the Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv, and the State of Israel. He is interested in Jewish-Arab and intra-Jewish relations and in the ways in which communities and individuals narrate their own and others’ histories. His books include Good Arabs: The Israeli Security Agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948–1967 (2008) and Year Zero of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1929 (2013). His latest book, Enemies, a Love Story: On Mizrahi Jews, Palestinian Arabs and Ashkenazim was published in Hebrew last summer and will be published next year by Penn State University Press.
n this lecture, Professor Hillel Cohen will delve into the roots of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict as narrated by both Israelis and Palestinians, examining the concepts of justice—national and religious—developed within each national movement. Building on this exploration, he will propose a distinction between 'a just solution' and 'a possible solution,' highlighting the implications of these differing perspectives.
Hillel Cohen, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has served as chair of the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and head of the Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv, and the State of Israel. He is interested in Jewish-Arab and intra-Jewish relations and in the ways in which communities and individuals narrate their own and others’ histories. His books include Good Arabs: The Israeli Security Agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948–1967 (2008) and Year Zero of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1929 (2013). His latest book, Enemies, a Love Story: On Mizrahi Jews, Palestinian Arabs and Ashkenazim was published in Hebrew last summer and will be published next year by Penn State University Press.
n this lecture, Professor Hillel Cohen will delve into the roots of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict as narrated by both Israelis and Palestinians, examining the concepts of justice—national and religious—developed within each national movement. Building on this exploration, he will propose a distinction between 'a just solution' and 'a possible solution,' highlighting the implications of these differing perspectives.
Speakers
Hillel Cohen, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Date
March 4, 2025Time
4:30 p.m.Location
Robertson Hall, 002Audience
University Sponsors
The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia