Bio
Professor, President of Ramat Gan Academic College, and past Dean of the School of Law at Zefat Academic College, senior researcher at the Tel Aviv University-affiliated Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Israeli Thought, Research Fellow at Reichman University’s International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Research Fellow at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at Haifa University, and a lecturer at law schools in Israel and abroad. Prof. Wattad serves in many public and professional positions, among others, as a member of the public committee that recommends candidates for the position of Legal Adviser to the Knesset, member of the Israel Bar Association’s Examining Committee, Co-Chair of Kav Mashve – Developing Employment Leadership in Israeli Arab Society, a Founding Executive Member of the Israel Institute of Journalism and Communications, Presidential Member of the Press Council of Israel, and Governor designate of Rotary Israel.