On April 22nd, within the country studies course «Modern Israel», which is a MGIMO/Israel Institute in Washington joint project, President of the Israel Institute Itamar Rabinovich delivered a lecture to the students of the University.

Itamar Rabinovich is an Israeli diplomat, the president of the Israel Institute, is Israel’s former ambassador to the United States and former chief negotiator with Syria in the mid 1990’s as well as the former president of Tel Aviv University (1999-2007). Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern history at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at New York University, and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution.

The guest was introduced to the audience by the Ambassador of Israel to Russia Harry Koren, who also announced an event to be held at MGIMO on April 23rd dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s visit to Moscow. Guests will be able to visit an exhibition dedicated to the Prime Minister, watch an autobiographical film and meet with Yitzhak Rabin’s son Yuval Rabin and Press Secretary Oded Ben-Ami.

— See the MGIMO web-site for russian version