Nathan will discuss Gaza and its context in the present war with Israel. He will talk about the political parties in Palestine and their role in Palestinian governance. He has a wealth of personal experience from his time living and working in Gaza during the second intifada.

Nathan Stock is a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute. Prior to joining MEI he spent nine years working for former President Carter’s organization, The Carter Center. He then moved to Jerusalem to run the Center’s Israel-Palestine Field Office. Stock led Carter Center efforts to facilitate the reunification of the Palestinian political system and designed and managed projects targeting the Fatah-Hamas conflict. During the Al-Aqsa Intifada, he lived in the Gaza Strip, working with a Palestinian NGO to design and fundraise for conflict resolution programs targeting the Palestinian community.