The spectre of annexation: a conversation with Professor Avi Shlaim I July 2020

This webinar explores the roots and implications of Israel’s plans to annex up to a third of West Bank territory – a manoeuvre seen by many to represent a paradigmatic shift in the character of how the ‘Israel-Palestine’ conflict hereafter unfolds. Professor Shlaim - a leading scholar of Israel’s relations with the Arab world - will be interviewed by CBRL Kenyon Institute, Jerusalem Director Dr Toufic Haddad before opening up to questions from the audience. About the speaker: Professor Avi Shlaim is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, a former Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford, and an elected Fellow of the British Academy. Among his many books are “Collusion across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine” (1988); “The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World” (2000, second edition 2014); “Lion of Jordan: King Hussein’s Life in War and Peace (2007)”, and; “The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences” (2012). Professor Shlaim is a frequent contributor to the newspapers and commentator on radio and television on Middle Eastern affairs.