Penn Middle East Center hosts public opinion expert to discuss attitudes around Israel and Palestine

Penn’s Middle East Center hosted a talk led by Middle East distinguished visiting scholar Dahlia Scheindlin on the role of data in understanding Israeli and Palestinian attitudes surrounding the Israel-Hamas war.

The Oct. 28 event — held at the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics — focused on the Palestinian and Israeli public opinions. The presentation consisted of data collected by the Palestinian-Israeli Pulse Survey on both Palestinian and Israeli opinions on topics such as the Oct. 7 attack.