Centre for International Relations and ELNET-Poland, invite you to an expert debate „Israeli elections”, next episode of our series “4 TAKES ON THE MIDDLE EAST”. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Malgorzata Bonikowska, CIR president and Marta Kubica, Executive Director, ELNET-Poland. The event will be held in English. The debate will be available on facebook.
Our guests will be:
Shai Bazak
CEO of European Leadership Network (ELNET)-Israel. He is an experienced Israeli diplomat and public diplomacy expert, who held a variety of positions in the government and private sectors. He served as Israel’s Consul General in Miami, to Florida and Puerto Rico and another term in Boston to the north east US.
Lahav Harkov
Senior Contributing Editor and Diplomatic Correspondent of The Jerusalem Post. Her responsibilities include reporting on and analyzing Israeli politics and foreign relations. She has interviewed major figures across the Israeli political spectrum and is well-connected to the country’s top lawmakers. She is often invited to lecture on Israeli government and politics, and international news outlets.
Ambassador Maciej Kozłowski
Writer, journalist and diplomat. Between 1999- 2003 ambassador of Poland in Israel and 2003- 2013 Director of Department and ambassador at large for the Polish-Jewish relations in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Professor at the Collegium Civitas in Warsaw and lecturer in many Polish and foreign universities.
Dr. Artur Skorek
Assistant professor at the Institute of the Middle and Far East of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (UJ), a political scientist specializing in Israel and international relations and executive secretary at European Association of Israel Studies – an independent, scholarly association devoted to the academic study of Israel.
We will discuss:
– what is the current political landscape of Israel?
– who will run the country after the elections?
– what is the future of Benjamin Netanyahu?
– how does pandemic influence the situation in the region?
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