Frontline Club examines Israel’s contested elections and regional upheaval
Three distinguished foreign correspondents and researchers convene at the Paddington members' club to scrutinise the political deadlock reshaping the Middle East and its consequences for Palestinian territories.
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Frontline Club in Paddington welcomes three of journalism’s most accomplished voices for a panel discussion on 23 November, examining the seismic political shifts that have redrawn Israel’s electoral landscape and their implications across the broader Middle East.
The evening brings together Leila Molana Allen, the PBS Newshour’s roving Special Correspondent whose reporting from conflict zones earned her the Shifa Gardi Conflict Journalist of the Year award in 2025 and the Kathy Gannon Legacy Award for her Gaza coverage; Secunder Kermani, Channel 4 News’ Foreign Affairs Correspondent, whose dispatches from Myanmar, Brazil, Israel, Palestine and Japan have established him as one of Britain’s most seasoned conflict reporters; and Dr Ayala Panievsky, whose research into media under attack and democratic backsliding at the City University of London and University of Cambridge brings scholarly rigour to the moment’s complexities.
Their conversation will dissect what Israel’s deeply contested general election means for the country’s democratic institutions now that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s right wing bloc has lost its parliamentary majority amid a surge by Arab led parties. The panel will examine the immediate ramifications for Gaza and the West Bank, and consider how a shifting leadership in Jerusalem might reshape the geopolitical architecture of the wider region.
Doors open at 6pm, with the discussion commencing at 7pm. Tickets are available through the club’s Linktree link.
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