Lihi Ben Shitrit is the Henry and Marilyn Taub Associate Professor of Israel studies at New York University’s department of Hebrew and Judaic studies and the director of NYU’s Taub Center for Israel Studies. She is the editor of The Gates of Gaza: Critical Voices from Israel on October 7 and the War with Hamas.
Lihi Ben Shitrit
By Lihi Ben Shitrit
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