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| office = Ambassador of Israel to the United States
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| birth_place = [[Jerusalem]], [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]]
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'''Itamar Rabinovich''' ({{lang-he|איתמר רבינוביץ}}; born 1942) is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He was [[List of Israeli ambassadors to the United States|Israel's Ambassador to the United States]] in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with [[Syria]] between 1993 and 1996, and the former president of [[Tel Aviv University]] (1999–2007). Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at [[New York University]] and a distinguished fellow at the [[Brookings Institution]].
 
==Biography==
Prof. Rabinovich has been a member of Tel 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 the [http://www.dayan.org/ Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies], and Dean of Humanities and Rector.
 
Itamar Rabinovich received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] from Tel Aviv University, and a [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. He received [[Ordre des Palmes Académiques|Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques]] from [[France]].
==Academic career==
Rabinovich has been a member of [[Tel 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 the [http://www.dayan.org/ Moshe 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) (following [[Yoram Dinstein]], and succeeded by [[Zvi Galil]]).<ref>{{cite web |author=Basch_Interactive |url=https://english.tau.ac.il/list_of_presidents |title=Presidents of Tel Aviv University &#124; Tel Aviv University &#124; Tel Aviv University |publisher=English.tau.ac.il |date=1980-01-01 |access-date=2020-02-18 |archive-date=2020-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218232028/https://english.tau.ac.il/list_of_presidents |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Currently he is professor emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University, distinguished global professor at [[New York University]], and a distinguished fellow at the [[Brookings Institution]].
==Bibliography==
==Diplomatic career==
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He was [[List of Israeli ambassadors to the United States|Israel's Ambassador to the United States]] in the 1990s and former chief negotiator with [[Syria]] between 1993 and 1996.
 
==Published works==
=== Books ===
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| publisher = Transaction Books
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| url = https://archive.org/details/fromjunetooctobe0000unse
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* {{cite book
| isbn = 978-0-87-451962-4
| author = With Jehuda Reinharz
| title = Israel in the Middle East: Documents and Readings on Society, Politics, and Foreign Relations, Pre-1948 to the Present
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* {{cite book
| isbn = 978-0-85-303800-79
| title = The View from Damascus: State, Political Community and Foreign Relations in Twentieth-Century Syria
| year = 2008
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* {{cite book |author=Rabinovitch, Itamar |title=Yitzhak Rabin : soldier, leader, statesman | publisher = Yale University Press |year=2017 <!--|isbn = 978-0-30-021229-7-->}}
 
===Critical studies and reviews of Rabinovitch'shis work===
* {{cite journal |author=Shindler, Colin |authormask= |date=September 2017 |title=Israel's independent introvert |department=Reviews |journal=History Today |volume=67 |issue=9 |pages=104–105}}
;''Yitzhak Rabin : soldier, leader, statesman''
* {{cite journal |author=Shindler, Colin |authormask= |date=September 2017 |title=Israel's independent introvert |department=Reviews |journal=History Today |volume=67 |issue=9 |pages=104–105}}
 
== Awards and recognition==
*In 1992:, he won the [[National Jewish Book Award]] in the Israel category for ''The Road Not Taken: Early Arab-Israeli Negotiations''<ref>{{Citecite web|url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners?category=30759|title=Past Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=Jewish Book Council|language=en|urlaccess-statusdate=live|archive2020-url=01-22|archive-date=2020-06-05|accessarchive-dateurl=2020https://web.archive.org/web/20200605121916/https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-01jewish-22book-awards/past-winners?category=30759|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
He received [[Ordre des Palmes Académiques|Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques]] from [[France]].
* 1992: [[National Jewish Book Award]] in the Israel category for ''The Road Not Taken: Early Arab-Israeli Negotiations''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners?category=30759|title=Past Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=Jewish Book Council|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref>
 
Rabinovitch is a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Itamar+Rabinovich&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-08-20|website=search.amphilsoc.org|archive-date=2021-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016141842/https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Itamar+Rabinovich&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Itamar Rabinovich|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/itamar-rabinovich|access-date=2021-08-20|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en|archive-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327043629/https://www.amacad.org/person/itamar-rabinovich|url-status=live}}</ref> He has been awarded the Honorary Grand Golden Cross of the [[Austria|Austrian Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-22|title=Itamar Rabinovich|url=https://www.brookings.edu/experts/itamar-rabinovich/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=Brookings|language=en-US|archive-date=2016-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929142730/https://www.brookings.edu/experts/itamar-rabinovich/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.israelinstitute.org/leadership |publisher=Israel Institute |title=Leadership}} Includes bio of Itamar Rabinovich.
* {{cite web |url=http://www.brookings.edu/experts/rabinovichi |publisher=Brookings |title=Itamar Rabinovich|date=22 July 2015 }} Bio, papers, events.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705055204/http://www.israelemb.org/bios/rabinovich/rabinovich_speeches.html Rabinovich speeches]- an official page on the Israeli Embassy website.
* [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Rabinovich.html Itamar Rabinovich], Jewish Virtual Library.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080308084628/http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/itamar-rabinovich Itamar Rabinovich] Kennedy School of Government.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090719221833/http://as.nyu.edu/object/aboutas.globalprofessor.ItamarRabinovich Itamar Rabinovich], NYU Arts & Science.
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* {{cite news |author=Guy Leshem |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/1.1454645 |script-title=he:מחטף אקדמי |trans-title=Academic grab |newspaper=Haaretz |language=Hebrewhe |date=November 2, 2007}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080622065848/http://www.kensteintribute.com/Rabinovich.htm Itamar Rabinovich], another mini-bio.
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| date = 2007-11-15
| url = http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/what-will-happen-after-bush-1.232107
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| title = Arab Peace Initiative – clarifications needed
| work = The Jerusalem Post
| accessdateaccess-date = 2014-08-21
| date = 2010-12-16
| url = http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/Arab-Peace-Initiative-clarifications-needed
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| title = A conversation with Itamar Rabinovich
| work = Haaretz
| accessdateaccess-date = 2009-03-20
| date = 2008-12-09
| url = http://www.haaretz.com/news/a-conversation-with-itamar-rabinovich-1.259170
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