Israel is now home to a sizable group of residents who are neither Jewish nor Palestinian. Many of these people are labor migrants who occupy a precarious position within Israeli society and a relatively invisible position within the often binary discourse on Israel/Palestine. In order to get at some of the specific political dynamics associated with these realities, I recently interviewed Haim Yacobi (left), a lecturer in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben Gurion University in Israel. An architect and planner by training, Yacobi does research on the geopolitics of cities. In 1999 he formulated the idea of establishing "Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights," an NGO that deals with spatial planning, human rights and disadvantaged communities in Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories, and currently he serves as the Chairperson of Bimkom.
As the scandals of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi continue to dominate news out of Italy, I recently got some valuable perspective from Andrea Teti (left), Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland). A native of Naples, Italy, he has a longstanding interest in both Italian and Egyptian politics. His current research focuses on Western democracy promotion in the Middle East and on Foucault's analytics of power. He received his MA (Hons.) and PhD from the University of St. Andrews.
I recently interviewed Dr. Ronnie Olesker about the results of the national elections held in Israel and their implications both for the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for US policy in the region. Dr. Olesker is an Assistant Professor of Government at St. Lawrence University and has done extensive research on Israeli politics and majority-minority relations in Israel. On March 30 she will deliver a lecture titled "One Land - Three Peoples? Future Prospects for Jewish-Arab-Palestinian Relations in Israel" as part of St. Lawrence's Contemporary Issues Forum.
Israel is now home to a sizable group of residents who are neither Jewish nor Palestinian. Many of these people are labor migrants who occupy a precarious position within Israeli society and a relatively invisible position within the often binary discourse on Israel/Palestine. In order to get at some of the specific political dynamics associated with these realities, I recently interviewed Haim Yacobi (left), a lecturer in the 
As the scandals of Italian Prime Minister