Syracuse University

Why is Israel attacking and invading the Gaza Strip? Why is Hamas launching rockets into
Israel? How is this related to the broader struggle between Israel and Palestine? How might
peace and justice be achieved?

Four scholars with expertise on Israel and Palestine will attempt to answer these questions
and explain the current situation, its relationship with the broader historical geography of
the region, and possible ways forward. The event will be held on Friday, Jan. 16, beginning
at noon in Kittredge Auditorium, located in H.B. Crouse Hall.

The discussion provides opportunity to learn not only about the crisis in Gaza but also the
broader Israeli-Palestinian struggle of which it is a part.

The panelists:

• Maxwell School political science professor Miriam Elman has written on international
  and national security, the Israeli-Arab conflict and international relations theory. Her
  current research projects focus on the relationship between war, peace and
  democratic political development; the role of religious political parties in promoting
  and moderating violence; and the city of Jerusalem viewed from an interdisciplinary
  perspective.
  

  
  

• Louis Kriesberg is professor emeritus of sociology, Maxwell Professor Emeritus of
  Social Conflict Studies and founding director of the Program on the Analysis and
  Resolution of Conflicts, all at Syracuse University. Kriesberg has published
  extensively on conflict resolution and peace.
  

  
  

• Shaw J. Dallal, professor of Middle East studies and Islamic jurisprudence at Colgate
  University, teaches international law, comparative Middle East politics, the Arab
  Israeli conflict and the Middle East and the global political economy. Previously, he
  taught Islamic culture and civilization in SU's Renee Crown University Honors
  Program. An international lawyer and scholar, he has served as the chief legal
  advisor for the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries in Kuwait. He
  has authored numerous law publications, as well as articles in the field of political
  science pertaining to the Middle East.
  

  
  

• Daniel Bertrand Monk, the George R. and Myra T. Chair in Peace and Conflict
  Studies at Colgate University, is a professor of geography and director of the Peace
  and Conflict Studies Program. He has written on the Israel-Palestine conflict and won
  awards for his research on the history of Arab and Israeli strategic interaction.
  

The event, sponsored by the Maxwell School's Department of Geography and the People's
Geography Project, is free and open to the public. Paid parking is available in Irving
Garage, and lunch will be provided.