On November 4th, the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and three weeks after the signing of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, the Middle East Institute will convene a public webinar to discuss current Israeli domestic dynamics and their effects on Israeli foreign policy.
Where do Israeli society and politics stand after two years of war? What are Israelis’ attitudes toward the war in Gaza and on the Lebanese and Iranian fronts? With national elections scheduled within a year, what are Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of staying in power and who might replace him?
Speakers
Ruth Margalit
Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine
Nadav Eyal
Recipient, Sokolov Award
Dr. Natan Sachs (Moderator)
Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute
Extended Speaker Biographies
Ruth Margalit is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. A Tel Aviv-based journalist, her writing also regularly appears in The New Yorker, and her book reviews and essays in the New York Review of Books. She is the author of a forthcoming book of profiles from Israeli society titled "In the Belly of the Whale" (2026, in English, Hebrew and German).
Nadav Eyal is one of Israel's most prominent journalists and a winner of the Sokolov Award, Israel's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. He writes columns for Yediot Ahronot and Ynet, Israel's most widely circulated newspaper and news website, respectively. Since 2024, Eyal has been a Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Dr. Natan Sachs (Moderator) is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute. His research and commentary on US foreign policy, Israeli foreign policy and domestic politics, and Middle East affairs is widely published and frequently quoted in major media outlets.