Category: Completed Projects

Gaza Marshall Plan Jesse R. Weinberg, Carl `Yonker, BMI Fellows Academic Advisor: Professor Eyal Zisser, Vice Rector of Tel-Aviv University Following the work of Mr. Loewenthal, BMI fellows were tasked with providing historical, geopolitical, and analytical perspectives on political violence, reconstruction, and post-conflict development. In addition, they have offered medium- and long-term policy recommendations for… Continue reading Gaza Marshall Plan

Resolving Intractable Conflicts Dr. Nimrod Rosler and Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal For the first time in the last 20 years support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has dropped below 50%. In tandem the alternative of a one-state solution is growing in popularity. It is clear that innovative approaches are needed in order to… Continue reading Resolving Intractable Conflicts

The Political Economy of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Amit Loewenthal, PhD, Graduated BMI Fellow Academic Advisors: Dr. Sami Miaari, Department of Labor Studies, and Prof. Itai Sened, Head of the School of Social and Policy Studies and Head of BMI This research provides insight into the role economic inequality and other economic conditions play in political… Continue reading The Political Economy of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Impact of Drought on Farmer Suicides Yoav Rothler, PhD, Graduated BMI Fellow Academic Advisor: Dr. Ram Fishman, Department of Public Policy In the past year Mr. Rothler studied the socio-economic impact of irrigation usage on farmers. In particular, he analyzed the connection between irrigation cover rates and farmer suicide rates. The results of his research… Continue reading Impact of Drought on Farmer Suicides

Removal of Micro-Pollutants from Hospital Wastewater Adi Zilberman, BMI Fellow Academic Advisors: Prof. Dror Avisar, Prof. Hadas Mamane and Yaal Lester, Environmental Engineering, Azrieli College, Jerusalem Hospital wastewater are one of the point sources of various micro-organic persistent and toxic contaminants, secreted by the hospitalized patients. Treated wastewater (effluent) become an alternative water resource under… Continue reading Removal of Micro-Pollutants from Hospital Wastewater

Breaking New Ground in Indo-Israeli Agricultural Technology Transfer Karel Finkelstein and David Shurman, MA, Graduated BMI Fellows Academic Advisor: Dr. Ram Fishman, Department of Public Policy Currently, the pilot program focuses on orchards and involves six farmers in the Anantapur district– one of the driest areas in India. Though it is too early to determine… Continue reading Breaking New Ground in Indo-Israeli Agricultural Technology Transfer

Combating the Mango Fruit Fly in Kenya – In Collaboration with ICIPE and the Matanel Foundation Opher Mendelsohn, PhD, Graduated BMI Fellow Academic Advisor: Dr. Ram Fishman, Department of Public Policy The project has several objectives: (1) Dissemination of a sustainable solution for the problem of the oriental fruit fly in mango orchards in Elgeyo… Continue reading Combating the Mango Fruit Fly in Kenya – In Collaboration with ICIPE and the Matanel Foundation

Intensified Off-Shore Production of Biomass (Macro-Algae) for Bio-Energy: Mixing and Nutrients Transport Studies Hadar Traugott, PhD, Graduated BMI Fellow Academic Advisors: Prof. Alexander Liberzon, School of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Alexander Golberg, Porter School of Environmental and Earth Science Cultivation of marine macro-algae is a potentially sustainable resource for fuel, food, and chemicals. This study… Continue reading Intensified Off-Shore Production of Biomass (Macro-Algae) for Bio-Energy: Mixing and Nutrients Transport Studies

Analysis of Large-Scale Climate Time-Series and their Downscaling over the Eastern Mediterranean Assaf Hochman, PhD, Graduated BMI Fellow Academic Advisors: Prof. Pinhas Alpert, Department of Earth Sciences, and Prof. Hadas Saaroni, Faculty of Exact Sciences Mr. Hochman’s research demonstrates that local dimension and persistence, derived from reanalysis and CMIP5 models’ daily sea-level pressure fields, can… Continue reading Analysis of Large-Scale Climate Time-Series and their Downscaling over the Eastern Mediterranean

The Institutional Political Economy of the Middle Class in Developed Countries Sagit Azari-Wiesel, PhD, Graduated BMI Fellow Academic Advisor: Prof. Itai Sened Following the financial crisis of 2007-8, the strength and vulnerabilities of the middle class have come to occupy a central role in the discussion of economic recovery. Despite the interest in the middle… Continue reading The Institutional Political Economy of the Middle Class in Developed Countries