An award-winning Israeli journalist and author will share her experiences covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at 6 p.m. Monday at UF's Pugh Hall.
Amira Hass, known for her work as a reporter for the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz while living in the Gaza Strip, will present her speech "Israel and Palestine: Fear of the Future" in the Bob Graham Center for Public Service. She will discuss the Israeli presence in the West Bank and its political effect on the local population.
Shelby Taylor, digital and communications director for the center, said she hopes Hass's speech will help inform the public of the issues facing the Middle East, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"We thought it would be interesting to bring someone of that caliber who creates that much excitement to the center," she said. "I'm hoping that she can shed some light on those issues for our students."
The event is co-sponsored by the Bob Graham Center, the UF International Center and The Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica Endowment Fund. It will be free and open to the public, Taylor said.
Jordan Indermuehle, a 20-year-old political science sophomore, said attending Hass's speech would provide him with another perspective of the conflict from someone who experienced it firsthand.
"Hass's speech would be interesting because she's an Israeli living behind enemy lines," he said. "It's important to get information from a wide variety of sources in order to better understand a conflict of this magnitude."
