Special Event: The Aftermath of the General Election in Israel
Special Event: The Aftermath of the General Election in Israel
Widely regarded by many observers as among the most consequential elections in Israel's history, the 2026 general elections have the potential to reshape the country's political landscape, governance, security priorities, and international relationships for years to come. Join a panel of leading scholars and policy analysts for a timely online discussion examining the outcomes of Israel's 2026 general elections. The speakers will explore the election results, coalition-building prospects, voter trends, and the implications for Israel's domestic politics, security policy, economy, and foreign relations. They will also examine how the results reflect shifts in Israeli public opinion, assess the priorities of the incoming governing coalition, and discuss what the outcome may mean for relations with neighboring states, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel's partnerships with the United States, Europe, and the broader Middle East.
Speakers:
Prof. Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, and the Director of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is an expert on U.S. policy in the Middle East, on Arab politics, and on shifting political identities in the Arab world. He regularly conducts public opinion polls in the Arab world, Israel, and the United States. In addition to his academic work, Prof. Telhami has also been active in the foreign policy arena, where he has advised every U.S. administration from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama.
Dr. Michael Koplow is the chief policy officer of Israel Policy Forum, and also serves as a senior research fellow of the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. Before coming to the Israel Policy Forum, he was the founding program director of the Israel Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University, where he specialized in political development and ideology, and the politics of Middle Eastern states. He writes Israel Policy Forum’s weekly Koplow Column, which is a leading source for commentary and analysis on Israel and American Jewry, and his work regularly appears in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Atlantic, and the Forward, among other publications. In addition to his Ph.D., he holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, a J.D. from New York University, and an A.M. in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.
Neria Kraus is an Israeli journalist and anchorwoman, and a US-based correspondent for the popular Israeli Channel 13 news - Reshet. She works as a White House senior correspondent and covers the Trump administration.
Widely regarded by many observers as among the most consequential elections in Israel's history, the 2026 general elections have the potential to reshape the country's political landscape, governance, security priorities, and international relationships for years to come. Join a panel of leading scholars and policy analysts for a timely online discussion examining the outcomes of Israel's 2026 general elections. The speakers will explore the election results, coalition-building prospects, voter trends, and the implications for Israel's domestic politics, security policy, economy, and foreign relations. They will also examine how the results reflect shifts in Israeli public opinion, assess the priorities of the incoming governing coalition, and discuss what the outcome may mean for relations with neighboring states, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel's partnerships with the United States, Europe, and the broader Middle East.
Speakers:
Prof. Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, and the Director of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is an expert on U.S. policy in the Middle East, on Arab politics, and on shifting political identities in the Arab world. He regularly conducts public opinion polls in the Arab world, Israel, and the United States. In addition to his academic work, Prof. Telhami has also been active in the foreign policy arena, where he has advised every U.S. administration from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama.
Dr. Michael Koplow is the chief policy officer of Israel Policy Forum, and also serves as a senior research fellow of the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. Before coming to the Israel Policy Forum, he was the founding program director of the Israel Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University, where he specialized in political development and ideology, and the politics of Middle Eastern states. He writes Israel Policy Forum’s weekly Koplow Column, which is a leading source for commentary and analysis on Israel and American Jewry, and his work regularly appears in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Atlantic, and the Forward, among other publications. In addition to his Ph.D., he holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, a J.D. from New York University, and an A.M. in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University.
Neria Kraus is an Israeli journalist and anchorwoman, and a US-based correspondent for the popular Israeli Channel 13 news - Reshet. She works as a White House senior correspondent and covers the Trump administration.