On the campaign trail, President Trump repeatedly claimed he would end the war in Gaza—and he’s taken a victory lap for the recent ceasefire and hostage releases. But, given the current state of affairs, what are the actual prospects for peace and stability under Trump 2.0? Are Trump policies more likely to reduce violence or exacerbate conflict in the region? 

On Tuesday, February 18 at 12:00 PM ET, join The Century Foundation’s Century International as we hear from some of the world’s leading experts on Israel–Palestine about the realities unfolding in society and politics in Israel and Palestine. How is Israel’s rightwing nationalist government consolidating control over the West Bank and seeking to create a new regional order? And how is U.S. policy emboldening Israel’s plans and eroding the already slim prospects of a Palestinian state? 

Live CART and ASL interpretation will be provided.

Featuring:

  • Moderator: Thanassis Cambanis, director, Century International
  • Khaled Elgindy, visiting scholar, Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
  • Dahlia Scheindlin, fellow, Century International; author of The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled

Presented by The Century Foundation’s Century International. 

Speaker Bios

Thanassis Cambanis is an author, journalist, and director of Century International. His work focuses on U.S. foreign policy, Arab politics, and social movements in the Middle East. He is currently working on a book about the impact of the 2003 Iraq invasion on the international system. He is the author of Once Upon A Revolution: An Egyptian Story (Simon and Schuster: 2015); A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah’s Legions and Their Endless War Against Israel (Free Press: 2010); and editor of Hybrid Actors: Armed Groups and State Fragmentation in the Middle East (TCF press: 2019), Citizenship and Its Discontents: The Struggle for Rights, Inclusion and Pluralism in the Middle East (TCF press: 2019), Order from Ashes: New Foundations for Security in the Middle East (TCF press: 2018), and Arab Politics Beyond The Uprisings: Experiments in an Era of Resurgent Authoritarianism (TCF press: 2017). He regularly contributes to Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, World Policy Review, and other publications.He is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Khaled Elgindy is a Middle East analyst and author as well as an adjunct professor in Arab Studies at Georgetown University. He is the author of the 2019 book, Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump (Brookings Institution Press). Elgindy previously served as a senior fellow and director of the Middle East Institute’s Program on Palestine and Palestinian–Israeli Affairs from Jan. 2020 until Jan. 2025. From 2010 through 2018, he served as a resident scholar in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Prior to arriving at Brookings, he served as an adviser to the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah on permanent status negotiations with Israel from 2004 to 2009, and was a key participant in the Annapolis negotiations of 2007–08.

Dahlia Scheindlin is a fellow at Century International, based in Tel Aviv. She is a public opinion expert and an international political and strategic consultant, as well as a scholar and a writer. She is the author of The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel, published in September 2023. She has advised and conducted research on eight national campaigns in Israel over twenty years, and has provided research and advising for elections, referendums, and civil society campaigns in fifteen different countries and regions (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, the United States, and Zanzibar).