Americans and the Israeli Settlement Movement
Jun 26 2017
Monday
– EST
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20036
Please join the Foundation for Middle East Peace and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for a lunch discussion of a new book by Sara Yael Hirschhorn, “City on a Hilltop: American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement.”
Monday June 26, 2017
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Discussion
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
This month marked 50 years of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Dr. Hirschhorn will present her book’s main findings, exploring the contrasting motivations and gripping history of American Jews in the advancement of Israel’s settlement enterprise in the West Bank. Lara Friedman will offer commentary and Michele Dunne will moderate the discussion.
Please RSVP to John Polcari at jpolcari@ceip.org by Thursday, June 22, 2017.
Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn is a Research Lecturer at the University of Oxford and the author of “City on a Hilltop: American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement”.
Lara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.
Michele Dunne is the Director and a Senior Fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program.