Itamar Rabinovich


Itamar Rabinovich is the president of the Israel Institute. He was Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with Syria between 1993 and 1996, and the former president of Tel Aviv University. Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at New York University and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Biography

Rabinovich received a B.A. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an M.A. from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Rabinovich has been a member of Tel Aviv University's faculty since 1971, and served as Ettinger Professor of the Contemporary History of the Middle East, chairman of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, director of the , and Dean of Humanities and Rector.
He is the president of the Israel Institute. He was Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with Syria between 1993 and 1996, and the former president of Tel Aviv University . Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at New York University, and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution.
He received Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques from France.

Books

;Yitzhak Rabin : soldier, leader, statesman