Do leaders matter? How does the personality and world view of leaders shape the course of war and peace? Yael Aronoff will examine the psychology and decision-making processes of key Israeli Prime Ministers of the last 30 years, to show how and why their views and decisions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shifted and developed over time, leading some to persist in hard-line positions, while others opted to become peacemakers.

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