Pathways to Peace in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Three international policy experts and scholars will discuss pathways to peace in the Israel-Palestine conflict and possible long term solutions for stability in the Middle East during a panel discussion on Jan. 31 at 5 p.m.  

The virtual event, open to the Virginia Tech community, is hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

The speakers will include Ambassador Dennis Ross, a counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mohammad Wattad, dean of law at Zefat Academic College in Israel; and Shira Efron, Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation senior director of policy research at the Israel Policy Forum. 

The discussion will be co-moderated by Farida Jalalzai, associate dean for global initiatives and engagement in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and Jim Hawdon, director of the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention at Virginia Tech.

The virtual discussion will be available for participants with a Virginia Tech email address. Registration details will be available in early January.