Speakers

Ron Schleifer

Ariel University

 

Ron Schleifer is a senior lecturer at the School of Communication at Ariel University of Samaria. He is head of the Ariel Research Center for Defence and Communication, his forthcoming book on the foreign media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict, together with Danny Seman, is scheduled for publishing by Rowman and Littlefield.

 

Deconstructing Gaza—Why the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism Has Failed to Rebuild Gaza

 

Six years after the implementation of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) the agreement to rebuild properties damaged on the Gaza Strip during conflict of 2014, has completely failed. It was intended to create new housing, and construction of vast infrastructure. Gazans are calling for the mechanism to be scrapped. Paper will examine where GRM broke down and if—the mechanism can be salvaged.

Sessions

Israel, the Palestinians, and the World