Israel: What Now?
The Series: The October 7, 2023, attacks in Israel precipitated devastation and desperation in Gaza and Israel, with profound and consequential effects in the region and beyond. To evaluate the dynamic developments in the Middle East, all within the complex context of the region, the Athenaeum’s 5-part spring 2025 series “The Middle East: What Now?” will focus on perspectives from each of the following: Iran (March 11), Israel (February 6), Lebanon (February 5), Palestine (March 24), and Syria (April 7).
Professor Amos N. Guiora is a professor of law at the University of Utah. In addition, Guiora is a Distinguished Fellow at the Consortium for the Research and Study of Holocaust and the Law (CRSHL) at Chicago-Kent College of Law and Distinguished Fellow and Counselor, International Center for Conflict Resolution, Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. Guiora is also the Inaugural Chair of the University of Utah Independent Review Committee.
Guiora has published extensively both in the U.S. and Europe and is the author of several books and book chapters. His most recent book is "Armies of Enablers: Survivor Stories of Complicity and Betrayal in Sexual Assaults."
Guiora has been an expert witness in civil and criminal cases both in the U.S. and the Netherlands. He has also been involved over a number of years in negotiation efforts regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Dutch House of Representatives, and the Judiciary Committee of the Utah House of Representatives.
He splits his time between the US and Israel.
Professor Guiora’s Athenaeum presentation is part of the “Middle East: What Now?” series, co-sponsored by the President’s Leadership Fund.
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