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Daniel Schueftan

Dan Schueftan is an Israeli academic who heads the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa and is known for advancing the idea of unilateral disengagement from the Palestinians.

born 1943The concept of unilateral disengagementHeading Haifa's National Security Studies CenterAdvising Rabin and Sharon

Occupation: lecturer
Education: University of Haifa, Tel Aviv University, Harry S. Truman Research Institute

Daniel Schueftan was born in 1943

Dan Schueftan was born in 1943. He earned a bachelor's degree from Tel Aviv University in 1970. He has said he gained his professional skills on his own at the Shiloah Institute and the Truman Institute.

In the early 1970s he began teaching at the Shiloah Institute of Tel Aviv University. In 1980 he moved to the University of Haifa, and later in the 1980s he moved to the Truman Institute of the Hebrew University. He also taught at the IDF's National Security College and its Command and Staff College.

He advised Israel's National Security Council and prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon. In 1978 he joined the Foreign Ministry's advisory committee on public diplomacy. He has also briefed European and American leaders and officers.

His work focuses on the modern political history of the Middle East, including Israeli-Arab relations. His 1999 book Disengagement argued that Israel should withdraw from most of the West Bank and separate from the Palestinians. He heads the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa and is a senior lecturer in political science there.