The Biden Administration and the Middle East
Dr. Itamar Rabinovich
Former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S.
Itamar Rabinovich earned acclaim for his penetrating knowledge of the Arab world as a scholar at Tel Aviv University and as director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Thanks to his in-depth understanding of Syria, Dr. Rabinovich was appointed by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to be Israel’s chief negotiator with Syria in 1992 and as ambassador to the United States the following year. He served as Israel’s envoy in Washington until 1996 when he returned to academia. The president of Tel Aviv University from 1999-2007, he currently serves as professor emeritus of Middle Eastern history at Tel Aviv University and distinguished global professor at New York University. He is the founding president of the Israel Institute, which works in partnership with leading academic, research and cultural institutions to enhance knowledge and study of modern Israel in the United States and around the world.
Professor Rabinovich received his BA from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, his MA from Tel Aviv University, and his Ph.D. from UCLA. Syrian Requiem: The Civil War and its Aftermath, published last month by Princeton University Press, is is his 12th book, following on his much-admired 2017 biography of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.