The 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections and Israel
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections and Israel
This panel discussion aims to explore the significant influence of U.S. presidential elections on the diplomatic, economic, and security relationship between the United States and Israel. As a pivotal ally in the Middle East, Israel's strategic importance to the U.S. has been a constant in American foreign policy, but the nuances of this relationship often shift with changes in presidential administrations. The panel will examine how the November 2024 electoral outcomes may shape policy decisions, addressing topics such as military aid, peace negotiations, and economic partnerships. By analyzing past elections and current trends, the diverse lineup of speakers will provide insights into potential future scenarios and the implications for both nations.
Prof. Yael S. Aronoff is the Michael and Elaine Serling and Friends Endowed Chair in Israel Studies, the director of Jewish Studies at Michigan State University, and an associate professor at James Madison College. Her primary research and work are focused on topics including Israeli politics and foreign policy, Israeli society and culture, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel’s asymmetric wars with Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah.
Aronoff earned a BA in international relations from Princeton University, and both an MIA in international affairs and a PhD in political science from Columbia University. Prior to coming to Michigan State University, she taught in the Government Department at Hamilton College, served as Assistant for Regional Humanitarian Programs in the Pentagon's Office of Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs, and on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a Jacob K. Javits Fellow.
Prof. Yael A. Sternhell is an associate professor of history and American studies at Tel Aviv University, specializing in the history of the long Civil War era. She received her PhD from Princeton in 2008, after which she returned to her native Israel and joined the faculty at Tel Aviv. She is the author of Routes of War: The World of Movement in the Confederate South (Harvard University Press, 2012) and War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War (Yale University Press, 2023) Her work has won awards from the Southern Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Society for Civil War Historians, and the Society for Authorship, Reading and Publication. Both of her books were shortlisted for the Lincoln Prize. In 2024-2025 she will be the Engel Visiting Associate Professor of History at Harvard.
This panel discussion aims to explore the significant influence of U.S. presidential elections on the diplomatic, economic, and security relationship between the United States and Israel. As a pivotal ally in the Middle East, Israel's strategic importance to the U.S. has been a constant in American foreign policy, but the nuances of this relationship often shift with changes in presidential administrations. The panel will examine how the November 2024 electoral outcomes may shape policy decisions, addressing topics such as military aid, peace negotiations, and economic partnerships. By analyzing past elections and current trends, the diverse lineup of speakers will provide insights into potential future scenarios and the implications for both nations.
Prof. Yael S. Aronoff is the Michael and Elaine Serling and Friends Endowed Chair in Israel Studies, the director of Jewish Studies at Michigan State University, and an associate professor at James Madison College. Her primary research and work are focused on topics including Israeli politics and foreign policy, Israeli society and culture, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel’s asymmetric wars with Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah.
Aronoff earned a BA in international relations from Princeton University, and both an MIA in international affairs and a PhD in political science from Columbia University. Prior to coming to Michigan State University, she taught in the Government Department at Hamilton College, served as Assistant for Regional Humanitarian Programs in the Pentagon's Office of Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs, and on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a Jacob K. Javits Fellow.
Prof. Yael A. Sternhell is an associate professor of history and American studies at Tel Aviv University, specializing in the history of the long Civil War era. She received her PhD from Princeton in 2008, after which she returned to her native Israel and joined the faculty at Tel Aviv. She is the author of Routes of War: The World of Movement in the Confederate South (Harvard University Press, 2012) and War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War (Yale University Press, 2023) Her work has won awards from the Southern Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Society for Civil War Historians, and the Society for Authorship, Reading and Publication. Both of her books were shortlisted for the Lincoln Prize. In 2024-2025 she will be the Engel Visiting Associate Professor of History at Harvard.
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