Background
Ben-Dor moved to Israel in 1957.
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book
- The Druzes in Israel: A Political Study, State and Conflict in the Middle East
- The Palestinians and the Middle East Conflict (edited and is a co-author)
- Political Participation in Turkey, Conflict Management in the Middle East (edited and is a co-author)
Gabriel Ben-Dor
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Gabriel Ben-Dor is Professor of Political Science at the University of Haifa in Israel. He served in the past as the Rector of the University, as well as Chairman of the Department of Political Science, Director of the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies and Dean of Research. He is also a past President of the Israel Political Science Association. In the past, he served as senior adviser on strategic affairs to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Professor Ben-Dor has also advised major institutions of higher education in Israel and abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom, on academic programs and appointments.
Professor Ben-Dor has been the director of the graduate study program at the National Defense College, the highest course of the studies in the Israeli Defense Forces. He is also the founder of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa, which is one of the leading research institutes on matters related to defense, security and strategy in Israel. He recently completed a six year term as a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Middle East Studies-one of the most prestigious publications in the field.
Professor Ben-Dor has been a visiting lecturer at a number of universities in Western Europe, Canada and the United States. He holds a doctorate in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from Princeton University in the United States.
Professor Ben-Dor has commented on political and strategic affairs to audiences around the world, including appearances on radio and television programs from Israel, Sweden, Norway, Germany, China, Brazil, Canada, Russia and the United States.
1962-1965 he was Professional academy officer at the Israel Defense Forces.
Since 1972 he is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Haifa, Israel.
1979-1981 he was a National Columnist at the Canadian Jewish News.
1984—1986 he was a President of Israel Political Science Association, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Founder and director of the school for political science at the University Haifa, Israel.
He worked as a director of national security studies at the school political science in Israel.
He worked as a Visiting Professor at the Carleton University, Ottawa.
He was a Chairman in the Government Advisory Committee on Druze Affairs and a Consultant on Middle East Affairs, also Minister of Defence.
Works
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Membership
He is a member of a number of high-level public commissions and forums dealing with academic development and policy in Israel and abroad.
Member of the board directors Municipal Theater, Haifa, Israel, 1987—1991. Member Reali High School, 1990—1999. Fellow of the International Journal Middle East Studies (reviewer 1999).
Member of the Armed Forces Study Society (reviewer, official journal 1999—2008).
Member of the Israeli and International Political Scientists Association.
Member of the Diaspora Group of Jewish Academicians.
Fellow of the Osgood fellowship at the Princeton University in 1970.
Within 1968-1972 he was an Exchange Fellow at the Canada-Israel Academy Exchange Foundation.
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Married Sarah Tetenboim. Children: Ofir, Shoham, Rachel.
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Education
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1968
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Awards
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Named Annual Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College for Defense Studies in London, England in1998-2009. 1969-1972-Osgood and Proctor Prizes of the Princeton University. London Prize (for the Best Book of the Year in Middle East Politics), 1979; Ph.D. Honoris causa, Hamline University, 1986.Named Annual Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College for Defense Studies in London, England in1998-2009.
1969-1972-Osgood and Proctor Prizes of the Princeton University.
London Prize (for the Best Book of the Year in Middle East Politics), 1979;
Ph.D. Honoris causa, Hamline University, 1986.