Jonathan Schanzer is an American author and senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). He oversees the work of the organization's experts and scholars.

Early life and education

Schanzer graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree and from

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...

with a master's in Middle Eastern history. In 2001, he studied

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at the

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. He received his doctorate from Kings College London, and wrote his dissertation on

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efforts of the

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Career

After graduating, Schanzer returned to the U.S. and worked at the Middle East Forum in

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and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He then worked at the U.S. Treasury Department as a counterterrorist analyst. In 2007, Schanzer was appointed Director of Policy of the Jewish Policy Center (JPC), a think tank tied to the Republican Jewish Coalition. He was also editor of inFOCUS Quarterly, a JPC journal. Schanzer is senior vice president at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He joined the FDD in February 2010 and is a member of its Centre on Sanctions and Illicit Finance.

Publications

* ''Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine'', Palgrave Macmillan (November 11, 2008) . * ''Al-Qaeda's Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups & The Next Generation of Terror'', Washington Institute for Near East Policy (October 1, 2004) . * S''tate of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State'', (October 29, 2013) * ''Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War'', Foundation for Defense of Democracies Press (November 10, 2021) .

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External links

Jonathan Schanzer's web site
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