Elie Friedman is a research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and a PhD candidate at the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His dissertation engages in a discourse analysis of Israeli political leaders’ presentation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in various political, geo-strategic, and ideological contexts and in changing media environments. In addition, Mr. Friedman’s research maps various typologies for the presentation of gaps between various types of messages with respect to the core issues of the conflict. Mr. Friedman is a lecturer at Netanya Academic College’s School of Communication, giving courses on discourse analysis and language use in media environments. Mr. Friedman has years of project management experience in various Middle Eastern regional dialogue initiatives with Palestinian and Jordanian partners through his work as Project Manager at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue and School of Communication, Netanya Academic College. Mr. Friedman has received numerous grants and scholarships, including the Rabin Scholarship for the Advancement of Peace and Tolerance. He has published widely in the Israeli media on issues related to the political discourse in Israel with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He was born in Toronto and immigrated to Israel in 2000.
This talk was given on November 25, 2013 at the Munk School of Global Affairs. A recording of the lecture is unavailable for viewing.