Lecture
Israel's Gaza war. What caused it? What are the consequences?
- Mouin Rabbani
- Date
- Wednesday 14 February 2024
- Time
- Address
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden - Room
- 0.05
Please note that this event is only open to staff and students.
Join us for the lecture 'Israel's Gaza war. What caused it? What are the consequences?' given by Mouin Rabbani on Wednesday 14 February 17:00 in Lipsius 0.05.
This presentation will examine the background and context of the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023 in southern Israel, and of Israel's ongoing war on the Gaza Strip. The implications of this conflict will also be assessed. The event will be chaired by Christian Henderson.
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About the speaker
Mouin Rabbani is a researcher, analyst, and commentator specialising in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He has among other positions previously served as Principal Political Affairs Officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Head of Middle East with the Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, Senior Middle East Analyst and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and Researcher with Al-Haq, West Bank affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists.
Rabbani is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, where he also hosts the Connections podcast and edits its Quick Thoughts feature, Managing Editor and Associate Editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, and a Contributing Editor of Middle East Report. He is Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) and at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN).
A graduate of Tufts University and Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), Rabbani has published, presented and commented widely on Middle East issues, including for most major print, television and digital media.