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Yoram Peri

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Professor Emeritus, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Professor Emeritus, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Research Expertise

Media Studies
Political Communication

Prof Emeritus (since 2020) Yoram Peri was the Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair in Israel Studies, and Director of the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, the University of Maryland at College Park.

A former political advisor to the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, founder and former head of Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society and professor of Political Sociology and Communication at Tel Aviv University, and former Editor-in-chief of the Israeli daily, Davar. Born in Jerusalem, he earned his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science and Sociology at the Hebrew University and his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. 
In 2002 he was a senior fellow at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC. A year before he was a Fulbright scholar at the American University’s School of International Service. Earlier he was a visiting professor at Harvard University and Dartmouth College.
In addition to his academic career, Prof. Peri was a journalist and is a political commentator. He published extensively in newspapers and magazines in and outside Israel, and also was an editor and host of TV and radio programs. In the 1970s he was the spokesperson for the Israel Labor Party and its special emissary to Europe. Among his various public positions, Prof. Peri was president of the Association of the editors of Israel’s Daily Newspapers and a member of the Press Council. 

Prof. Peri published extensively on Israeli society, media and politics. Among his publications are Generals in the Cabinet Room(U.S. Institute of Peace Press), The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin (Stanford University Press), and Between Battles and Ballots: Israel Military in Politics (Cambridge University Press). His book Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel was published by Stanford University Press in 2004, and in October 2005 he published (in Hebrew) Brothers at War: Rabin's Assassination and the Cultural war in Israel. For this book he was granted the 2006 award by the Presidents and Prime Ministers memorial council, as well as the Israel’s Political Science Association. 

His book, Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military Shapes Israeli Policy, was published in May 2006 by the United States Institute of Peace. The book has been selected as an outstanding book and as one of the best of the best by the Association of American University Press, in 2007. His latest book (in Hebrew) Mediatized Wars: The Power Paradox and Israel’s Strategic Dilemma,1977, was awarded by the Israeli Communication Association. 

Among his various public positions, Prof. Peri was president of the Association of the editors of Israel’s Daily Newspapers and a member of the Press Council. From 2011 to 2021 he was the editor of the academic journal Israel Study Review. Since 2017, he is also a senior visiting fellow at the INSS, Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv. 
 

Additional Publications

Publications

Party-Military Relations in a Pluralistic Society

Party-Military Relations in a Pluralistic Society

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Party-Military Relations in a Pluralistic Society

The Return of Engaged Journalism.

The Return of Engaged Journalism.

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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The Return of Engaged Journalism.

Ideological Portrait of the Israeli Military Elite.

Ideological Portrait of the Israeli Military Elite

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Ideological Portrait of the Israeli Military Elite

Intractable Conflict and the Media.

Intractable Conflict and the Media

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Intractable Conflict and the Media

With Tsfati, Y., Meyer, O., What is good Journalism? Comparing Israeli public and Journalists' Perceptions.

Comparing Israeli public and Journalists' Perceptions.

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Comparing Israeli public and Journalists' Perceptions.

With Tsfati, Y., Dor, D. Israeli Attitudes towards Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the Israeli Media. in Media trust index.

Israeli Attitudes towards Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the Israeli Media

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Israeli Attitudes towards Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the Israeli Media

With Wolfsfeld, G., Khouri: News About the Other in Jordan and Israel: Does Peace Make a Difference?.

News About the Other in Jordan and Israel:

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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News About the Other in Jordan and Israel:

Media, War and Citizenship.

Media, War, and Citizenship

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Media, War, and Citizenship

With Neubach, A. The Military-Industrial System in Israel. in International Center for Peace in the Middle East.

The Military-Industrial System in Israel

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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The Military-Industrial System in Israel