What Future Have Israelis Chosen? - Germantown Jewish Centre

What Future Have Israelis Chosen? A Post-Election Analysis

with Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin

Wednesday, November 11
7:00-8:30 PM at GJC

Just two weeks after Israel’s election, which most Israelis view as the most important and consequential in the history of the country, what do we know about the results? What kind of government will Israel have, and who will be prime minister and why did Israelis make those choices? What was the electorate saying about democracy, Jewish pluralism, US-Israel relations, and the future of war and conflict? What kind of leadership, values and policies do the voters long to see? Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin, political analyst, public opinion expert, and campaign strategist on nine Israeli elections over 27 years, will analyze the detailed results of the elections, and the paths Israel is likely to take based on the results.

Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a political strategist and a public opinion researcher who has advised on nine national campaigns in Israel and worked on elections, referendums, and public affairs campaigns in 15 other countries for over 25 years. In addition to Israel, she has regional expertise in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Cyprus. Dahlia conducts extensive public opinion research for civil society organizations, including joint Israeli-Palestinian surveys. She holds a PhD in political science from Tel Aviv University and a master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School. Dahlia is a Senior Analyst and columnist for Haaretz (English) and a policy fellow at Century International. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian and The Observer, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Financial Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Statesman, The New York Post, among other publications. Her book, The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled was listed on Foreign Affairs’ Best Books of 2024. She is a board member of A Land for All. Dahlia has been an academic fellow in programs at Columbia University, Brandeis University, UCLA, and in the fall of 2025 was the Distinguished Middle East Fellow at University of Pennsylvania. Dahlia provides regular commentary for international and Israeli media, appearing regularly on CNN, BBC, NPR, CBC, and is quoted widely in leading print media.

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