On July 1, 2015, Prof. Ami Pedahzur of the University of Texas at Austin, an expert on Israel's radical right, briefed APN on his recent research regarding the West Bank settlers' power and influence in Israeli public life.

Ami Pedahzur is a Professor of Government and the Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the Founding Director of the Institute for Israel Studies at UT Austin.

His books include: 'The Triumph of Israel’s Radical Right' (Oxford University Press, 2012); 'The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle against Terrorism' (Columbia University Press, 2009); 'Jewish Terrorism in Israel' (Columbia University Press, 2009, with Arie Perliger) and ‘Suicide Terrorism’ (Polity Press, 2005).

He is currently working on a new book manuscript entitled: Military Entrepreneurs and the Evolution of Israel’s Special Operations Forces.