Harel Chorev

Dr. Harel Chorev is a senior researcher at the MDC and a historian of the Middle East, specializing in the social and political history of the Palestinians. His research combines traditional historical inquiry with empirical tools drawn from Network Theory. Over the past two decades, Dr. Chorev’s academic work has focused particularly on the characteristics and roles of informal networks in shaping the interactions between social structures and political systems, as well as their influence on geopolitics and other spheres of engagement. Within this methodological framework, he also explores the impact of cyberspace on the Middle East, examining issues such as political protest, the formation of individual and collective identities, terrorism, and related phenomena.

During 2021 - 2022 (Bennett-Lapid government), Dr. Horev served as an advisor on Palestinian affairs to the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee.