Israel-Palestine: Analysing the implications of the 7 October attacks

This conference is open to the members of the Sciences Po community only (students, faculty, staff). Registration is compulsory. A Sciences Po ID card and a personal ticket will be required.

Sciences Po students are invited to join us for a first discussion about the 7 October attacks by Hamas on Israel.  A distinguished panel of experts will assess the situation in Israel and Palestine, the context, what may happen next and the wider geo-political implications.

Chaired by Arancha González, Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain

With:

• Gérard Araud, former French Ambassador to Israel, to the UN, and to the USA
• Alain Dieckhoff, CNRS Research Professor; Director Center for International Studies, Sciences Po
• Susana Malcorra, former chief of staff to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina
• Ghassan Salamé, Professor emeritus, former Minister of Culture of Lebanon, former UN Special Envoy to Libya

Please note that the preliminary discussions will be held in English. In the subsequent questions-and-answers session, questions in French and/or English will be welcomed.

This event is co-organized by the School of Public Affairs and the Paris School of International Affairs.

To learn more about the conflict (in French and English): 

• The resources of our Center for International Studies
• Israel-Hamas war: A political scientist explains why the very subject of peace is now unthinkable, The Conversation, Samy Cohen, 10 October 2023
• How Hamas weaponised Palestinians’ despair, The Conversation, Marie Durrieu, 10 October 2023
• Israël, la démocratie fracturée, Samy Cohen, avril 2023
• La question palestinienne est devenue périphérique dans le système régional, Emile Magazine, Alain Dieckhoff, octobre 2022
• La violence politique au Moyen-Orient, Erik Skare, novembre 2020