- Bernard Bachrach
- Andrea M. Berlin
- Bruno Chaouat
- Michael Cherlin
- Gary B. Cohen
- Maria Damon
- Michelle Hamilton
- Benjamin M. Jacobs
- Alex Jassen
- Amy Kaminsky
- Ruth Mazo Karras
- Judith Katz
- Ronald R. Krebs
- Bernard M. Levinson
- Michael Lower
- Alex Lubet
- Leslie Morris
- Rick McCormick
- Karen Painter
- Riv-Ellen Prell
- Calvin Roetzel
- Andrew Scheil
- Renana Schneller
- Philip Sellew
- Eric D. Weitz
Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Schusterman Visiting Scholar 2008-2009 Academic year
Email address: msreit@mscc.huji.ac.il
Dr. Yitzhak Reiter is a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota (Center for Jewish Studies and Department of Political Science). He teaches at the Conflict Studies Program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and he is a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science of Ashkelon Academic College. Reiter served between 1978 and 1986 as the Deputy Advisor on Arab Affairs to three Israeli Prime Ministers and he is very active in projects of Jewish-Arab dialogue inside Israel. His expertise on the Islam and Middle Eastern affairs is often featured in the media. He is a senior fellow of think-tanks impacting the Israeli policy on prospects for the future of Jerusalem and on Arab-Jewish relations.
Research Interests
- Modern Middle East politics and history
- Political history of Palestine, Jordan, and Israel
- Holy places and conflict resolution at sacred sites
- Islamic law and religious institutions
- Minority-majority conflicts: Israel in a comparative perspective
Selected Publications
Books
Jerusalem and its Role in Islamic Solidarity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
National Minority, Regional Majority: Palestinian Arabs versus Jews in Israel. Syracuse University Press, forthcoming in 2009.
Islam and Peace Accords with Israel in Contemporary Fatwas. Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2008. [Hebrew, forthcoming in English]
Islamic Institutions in Jerusalem: Palestinian Muslim Administration under Jordanian and Israeli Rule. The Hague, London and Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1997.
Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem under British Mandate. London and Portland OR: Frank Cass, 1996.
Articles
“’All of Palestine is Holy Muslim Waqf Land” – A Myth and Its Roots’”, in Ron Shaham (ed.). Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World, Studies in Honor of Professor Aharon Layish. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2007, pp. 172-197.
“Nakba and Revival: A Zionist-Jewish Perspective on the Vision Documents of the Arabs in Israel” in Sarah Ozacky-Lazar and Mustafa Kabha (eds.), Between Vision and Reality: The Vision Papers of the Arabs in Israel 2006-2007. Jerusalem: The Citizens’ Accord Forum, 2008. [Hebrew]
“Parallel Narratives and Adverse Strategies: The Arab Minority in the Jewish State”, The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies. XIX 2005, pp. 162-187.
“The Palestinian-Transjordanian Rift: Economic Might and Political Power in Jordan” Middle East Journal, 58:1(Winter 2004), pp. 72-92.
“Higher Education and Sociopolitical Transformation in Jordan”, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 29:2 (Nov. 2002), pp. 153-180
“Qadis and the Implementation of Islamic Law in Present Day Israel” in Robert Gleave and U. Kermeli (eds.) Islamic Law in Theory and Practice. London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 1997. pp. 205-231
Courses
- Middle Eastern Politics: Role of Islam
- Israel and its Arab Minority
- Holy Places and Conflict in Israel and Palestine