Lecture
Hagai M. Segal
Monday 12.10.2026
Hagai M. Segal
Israel Election: The Poll For The Country’s Soul
Monday 12.10.2026
How to watch
This lecture starts on 12 October at 7:00pm (UK).
Summary
Please note this session will only be available to view live.
Israel’s political system has often been characterised as a mix of democracy and anarchy, with tens of factions competing for seats to be part of a multi-party coalition government the system makes inevitable. But rarely, if ever, have the stakes been higher than in 2026: It is no exaggeration to say that the very soul of the country is at stake in this election.
Hagai M. Segal
Hagai M. Segal is a multi award-winning academic, consultant, and analyst, specializing in geopolitics, terrorism, and the Middle East. A New York University London professor and Oxford University tutor, Hagai sits on the UK Steering Committee of OSAC (the Overseas Security Advisory Council, U.S. Department of State), served for a decade on the London First Security and Resilience Advisory Board, and has worked with and advised numerous government agencies and other public bodies across the globe, including the FBI, the Metropolitan Police and the British Armed Forces. Hagai also helped plan and facilitate a round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in 2004, and uses maps from these and other negotiations in his teaching/education sessions. (He is not to be confused with a commentator in Israel of the same name Hagai Segal/Haggai Segal!)