Dr. Ephraim Yuchtman-Ya'ar, a sociologist with a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, is currently a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In Israel, Dr. Yuchtman-Ya'ar is head of the Steinmetz Center for Peace Research at Tel Aviv University. A specialist in political behavior and public opinion, Dr. Yuchtman-Ya'ar is working on a project called "The Oslo Process and the Israeli Public: A Paradox?" He previously held a brief appointment at the Center in the summer of 2000.

The Peace Index project is conducted at the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research of Tel Aviv University, headed by Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Dr. Tamar Hermann. The telephone interviews for the Peace Index were conducted by the B. I. Cohen Institute of Tel Aviv University from May 4-6, 2004 and included 581 interviewees who represent the adult Jewish and Arab population of Israel (including the territories and the kibbutzim).

The Peace Index was prepared by By Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Dr. Tamar Hermann. The commentary expressed here in no way represent the views or opinions of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.