Michael Bell Annual Lecture: Israel’s zero sum endgame for Palestinians – can Middle powers make a difference?
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- In-person event
- 270-274, Teraanga Commons, Carleton University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
- Contact
- Ann Morneau, annmorneau@cunet.carleton.ca, 8262
Please join us for this annual Michael Bell Lecture, where Daniel Levy will reflect on the current state of Israel-Palestine, tracing the political path that led here and scenarios going forward.
He situates this within a changing regional landscape and increasing Israeli extremism, and considers what it would mean to apply “value-based realism” to Israel-Palestine in practice.
This event will be recorded and will be made available on our YouTube channel at a later date.
Bio
Daniel Levy is a political commentator and President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP). He previously served as MENA Director for the European Council on Foreign Relations and Head of the Middle East Taskforce at the Washington DC New America Foundation.
Levy was a Senior Advisor in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and to Justice Minister Yossi Beilin during the Government of Ehud Barak (1999-2001). He was a member of the official Israeli delegation to the Israel/Palestine peace talks at Taba under Barak and at Oslo B under Yitzhak Rabin (1994-95).
Levy briefed the UN Security Council on four occasions in the past five years, the latest of which from February 2025 can be viewed here.