On Saturday, March 18th, Professor Dov Waxman, Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, was invited onto BBC World News to speak about the current protests in Israel. Protestors have been gathering in Jerusalem every weekend en masse since Netanyahu's new government introduced its controversial Judicial Reform Bill. Click Here to watch the interview.
“‘King Bibi' and Israeli Illiberalism: Assessing Democratic Backsliding in Israel during the Second Netanyahu Era (2009–2021),” an article co-authored by UCLA Nazarian Center Director Prof. Dov Waxman and Dr. Neta Oren from George Mason University, was published in Vol. 76, Issue 3, of The Middle East Journal. Learn More Here.
An article published in the Beverly Hills Courier on March 9th, 2023, titled "Wide-Ranging UCLA-Haaretz Conference Examines Israel's Role on Global Stage" summarized the recent virtual conference "Israel and the New World (Dis)Order," which was jointly organized by the UCLA Nazarian Center and Israel's Haaretz Newspaper and featured the Center's Director Professor Dov Waxman. Click Here to read the article.
An article written by UCLA graduate student and UCLA Nazarian Center Scholar Sharon Zelnick was published by NECS (European Network for Cinema and Media Studies) on December 8th, 2022. The article, "Dani Gal's cinematic and activist engagements with Israel/Palestine in Germany," addresses the recent rise of and response to anti-Semitism in Germany. Click Here to read the article.
UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center Director Professor Dov Waxman was quoted in a recent article published by The Jerusalem Post, "Will a right-wing government in Israel further alienate US Jewry?" The article discusses how US Jewish organizations see the future of their relationship with Israel once Benjamin Netanyahu's new government comes to power. Click Here to read the article.
"The Palestinians, Israel, and BDS: Strategies and Struggles in Wars of Position"—an article co-authored by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center's 2022-23 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Nathaniel Shils, and Ian Lustick—was published in Israel Studies Review Volume 37: Issue 3. Click Here to read the article.
The UCLA Nazarian Center's 2022-23 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Nathaniel Shils, delivered his paper "Strategy Formation in Self-Determination Movements: Palestinian Predicaments in Comparative Perspective" at the 2022 Conference of the Middle East Studies Association in Denver, CO. The paper examined how different Palestinian actors in the West Bank and Gaza have adapted their strategies of contention with Israel since the collapse of the peace process. By situating the crises facing the Palestinian national movement in comparative perspective with those encountered by other liberation and self-determination movements, it suggested ways to think about how the current impasse might be broken. The Middle East Studies Association's 56th annual meeting took place from December 1st through the 4th and included over 250 sessions.
On October 26th, Professor Dov Waxman, Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, was interviewed by a local NPR affiliate in San Francisco for their segment, "Antisemitism on the Rise as Midterm Elections Near." Click Here to listen to the segment.
On October 21st, Professor Dov Waxman, Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, was quoted in a column in the Los Angeles Times column "Overt racism and antisemitism have become part of our political discourse. How did that happen?" Click Here to read the article.
In the past week, several antisemitic comments from public figures, including former President Trump and Ye, have sparked concern about the real-world implications of the statements. On October 18th, Professor Dov Waxman, Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, was interviewed by PBS NewsHour's John Yang to discuss the recent rhetoric. Click Here to watch the interview.
The Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies is pleased to announce the publication of the 6th issue of Currents: Briefs on Contemporary Israel, our bi-annual publication. The Fall 2022 issue features an article by the Center's former Visiting Scholar Dr. Gayil Talshir from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Populism in Power: Is the Leader Bound by the People? 'Illegal Infiltrators' and Netanyahu's Rule."Thursday, December 22, 2022
As the new coalition government in Israel enters its first week, UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies Research Fellow Liron Lavi offers a perspective on what is keeping this coalition together – and what could ultimately tear it apart.Tuesday, June 15, 2021
After a year of political deadlock and three elections, Israel is on the brink of finally getting a new government. Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies research fellow Liron Lavi explains what motivated Israelis to vote time and again and why, despite predictions, voter turnout actually increased, especially among Arab citizens of Israel.Monday, March 30, 2020
UCLA Law School student and study abroad scholarship recipient Amit Liran shares insights from his semester abroad at Tel Aviv University where he immersed himself in Israeli and international law in and outside of the classroom.Monday, March 18, 2019
Thanks to a scholarship from the Y&S Nazarian Center, transfer student Sebastian Feldman was able to study abroad in Israel - an experience he hoped for, but didn't expect would be possible.Thursday, February 28, 2019