Dr Yohanan Manor, one of CMIP(RA)'s founders in 1998, has
been chairman since 2005. He is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale
d'Administration (E.N.A.) and received his Ph.D. at the Fondation
Nationale des Sciences Politiques for his thesis on "Palestine
in the Foreign Policy of Gamal Abd El Nasser." He was a lecturer
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Political Science
Department (1970-1984) and coordinator of the campaign (1984-1991)
that brought about the revocation of the UN General Assembly resolution
equating Zionism with racism.
Director of Research: Dr Arnon Groiss
Dr Arnon Groiss is CMIP's director of research.
He is a graduate of Princeton University's Department of
Near Eastern Studies, from which he received his M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees. He also has an M.P.A. degree from Harvard University's
J.F. Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Groiss' career includes
more than 30 years as an Arabic-language journalist and he presently
holds the position of deputy director at IBA's Arabic Radio.
