Israel’s Existential Election: A Conversation with Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin

On October 27th, Israeli citizens went to the polls for the first time since the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack and the years of war that have followed in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin, Israel's foremost public opinion expert, will analyze the complex results of this fateful election and their implications for Israel, conflict with the Palestinians, relations with the US and regional politics. The Elliott School's Ned Lazarus will moderate. Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion expert and political strategist who has advised national campaigns in Israel and fifteen other countries. Dahlia is a Senior Analyst and columnist for Haaretz. Her book, The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled was listed on Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2024. Dahlia conducts extensive public opinion research for civil society organizations, including joint Israeli-Palestinian surveys. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Observer, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Financial Times, Time Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Statesman, and The New York Post. Dr. Ned Lazarus is Teaching Associate Professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School and an Israel Institute Teaching Fellow. A Conflict Resolution scholar, practitioner and evaluator, Ned has conducted evaluative studies of peacebuilding initiatives on behalf of USAID, USIP, the European Union and the US Department of State. His research has been published in Peace and Change, International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Palestine-Israel Journal, and Israel Studies Review. Before entering the academic field, Ned served as Middle East Program Director for Seeds of Peace, based in Jerusalem, from 1996-2004.