Itamar Rabinovich
איתמר רבינוביץ‎
Ambassador of Israel to the United States
In office 1993–1996
Preceded by	Zalman Shoval
Succeeded by	Eliahu Ben-Elissar
Personal details
Born	(1942-10-08)8 October 1942 (age 83) Jerusalem,British Mandate of Palestine
Alma mater	Tel Aviv University
Occupation	Professor
Website	www.itamarrabinovich.tau.ac.il

Itamar Rabinovich (Hebrew:איתמר רבינוביץ; born 8 October 1942) is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He wasIsrael's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator withSyria between 1993 and 1996, and the former president ofTel Aviv University (1999–2007). Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor atNew York University and a distinguished fellow at theBrookings Institution.

Itamar Rabinovich received aB.A. degree from theHebrew University of Jerusalem, anM.A. from Tel Aviv University, and aPh.D. from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles.

Rabinovich has been a member ofTel Aviv University's faculty since 1971, and served as Ettinger Professor of the Contemporary History of the Middle East, chairman of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, director of theMoshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, and Dean of Humanities and Rector. He is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He was president of Tel Aviv University (1999–2007) (followingYoram Dinstein, and succeeded byZvi Galil).^[1]

Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor atNew York University, and a distinguished fellow at theBrookings Institution.

He wasIsrael's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former chief negotiator withSyria between 1993 and 1996.

• Syria under the Baʻth, 1963–66. Israel Universities Press. 1972.ISBN 0-70-651266-9.
• With Haim Shaked (1978).From June to October: The Middle East between 1967 and 1973. Transaction Books.ISBN 0-87-855230-8.
• With Haim Shaked (1980).The Middle East and the United States: Perceptions and Policies. Transaction Books.ISBN 0-87-855752-0.
• The War for Lebanon, 1970–1985. Cornell University Press. 1985.ISBN 0-80-149313-7.
• The Road Not Taken: Early Arab–Israeli Negotiations. Oxford University Press. 1991.ISBN 978-0-19-506066-9.
• The Brink of Peace: The Israeli–Syrian Negotiations. Princeton University Press. 1999.ISBN 0-69-101023-4.
• Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948–2003. Princeton University Press. 2004.ISBN 0-69-111982-1.
• With Jehuda Reinharz (2008).Israel in the Middle East: Documents and Readings on Society, Politics, and Foreign Relations, Pre-1948 to the Present. Brandeis University Press.ISBN 978-0-87-451962-4.
• The View from Damascus: State, Political Community and Foreign Relations in Twentieth-Century Syria. Vallentine Mitchell. 2008.ISBN 978-0-85-303800-9.
• The Lingering Conflict: Israel, The Arabs, and the Middle East, 1948–2012 (revised ed.). Brookings Institution Press. 2013.ISBN 978-0-81-572437-7.
• Rabinovitch, Itamar (2017).Yitzhak Rabin : soldier, leader, statesman. Yale University Press.
• Middle Eastern Maze : Israel, the Arabs, and the Region, 1948-2022. Brookings Institution Press. 2022.

• Shindler, Colin (September 2017). "Israel's independent introvert". Reviews.History Today.67 (9):104–105.

In 1992, he won theNational Jewish Book Award in the Israel category forThe Road Not Taken: Early Arab-Israeli Negotiations^[2]

He receivedCommandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques fromFrance.

Rabinovitch is a member of theAmerican Philosophical Society^[3] and theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[4] He has been awarded the Honorary Grand Golden Cross of theAustrian Republic.^[5]

• "Leadership". Israel Institute. Includes bio of Itamar Rabinovich.
• "Itamar Rabinovich". Brookings. 22 July 2015. Bio, papers, events.
• Rabinovich speeches- an official page on the Israeli Embassy website.
• Itamar Rabinovich, Jewish Virtual Library.
• Itamar Rabinovich Kennedy School of Government.
• Itamar Rabinovich, NYU Arts & Science.
• Appearances onC-SPAN
• Guy Leshem (November 2, 2007).מחטף אקדמי [Academic grab].Haaretz (in Hebrew).
• Itamar Rabinovich, another mini-bio.
• Rabinovich, Itamar (2007-11-15)."What will happen after Bush?".Haaretz. Retrieved2009-03-20.
• Rabinovich, Itamar (2010-12-16)."Arab Peace Initiative – clarifications needed".The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved2014-08-21.
• Green, David B. (2008-12-09)."A conversation with Itamar Rabinovich".Haaretz. Retrieved2009-03-20.

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