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Lawrence Rubin, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed about the role of Israel’s Islamic movement in the recent spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Read the full article in The Jerusalem Post.
More specifically, Rubin commented on the role of Sheikh Ra’id Salah role, the leader of the northern branch of Israel’s Islamic movement. Rubin wrote a paper for the Brookings Institutions on “Islamic Political Activism in Israel” that addresses this issue.