Prof. Mohammed Wattad is a full professor and president of Ramat Gan Academic College.

For 16 years, he was a member of the founding senior academic staff of the school of law at Zefat Academic College; there, he served as dean of law school from 2018 to 2024 and as deputy vice president for academic affairs from 2022 to 2023.

Prof. Wattad is also a Senior Researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel-Aviv University, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Israeli Thought, a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University, and a Research Fellow at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at Haifa University. Between 2018 and 2021, he served as a Research Fellow at the International Center for Health, Law, and Ethics at Haifa University.

In addition, he serves as an Adjunct Professor at several law schools in Israel and abroad. From 2014 to 2016, he served as a visiting associate professor at the University of California at Irvine, both at the Department of Political Science and the School of Law.

Between 2003 and 2004, he served as a legal clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel under the supervision of Justice Dalia Dorner.

Prof. Wattad is a legal scholar specializing in international and comparative criminal law, comparative constitutional law, international law, the laws of war, torture, and terrorism, conflict resolution, professional ethics, medical law, and the interaction between law and political science. Additionally, Prof. Wattad has expertise in the history of Israel and issues of self-image and identity in multicultural societies.  

Prof. Wattad is a Haifa University School of Law graduate from Israel, having studied as an exchange student at Oxford University. Additionally, he accomplished higher academic education in Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Columbia University, New York, in the USA, the Munk Center of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Toronto University in Canada, the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in Italy. Wattad graduated with distinction from all academic institutions he attended and was on the Dean’s List. During his studies, Prof. Wattad has received several prizes of excellence and other prestigious fellowships, including Fulbright, Halbert, Minerva, and Humboldt.

He is the 2020 winner of the prestigious Zeltner Young Scholar Award by the Faulty of Law at Tel-Aviv University; the 2015 winner of the prestigious Young Scholar Award on Israel Studies (the law field) by the Association for Israel Studies; and the 2007 and the 2008 winner of the Best Legal Oralist Award of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences. In 2014 and 2018, he was granted the “Excellent Lecturer Award” by Zefat Academic College.

Prof. Wattad serves on editorial boards at several prestigious academic journals. Between 2010 and 2015, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Medicine and Law. He is also a member of several professional associations and, among other things, a member of the board of governance at the Association for Public Law in Israel and the Association for Israel Studies.

Besides, Prof. Wattad serves in many important public and professional positions, leading, among others, as a member of the Public Committee for Recommending Nominees for the Position of the Knesset’s Legal Advisor, member of the Bar Examination Committee, co-chair (together with Deputy Chief Justice (ret.) Prof. Elyakim Rubinstein) of Kav-Mashve – Developing Employment Leadership in Israeli Arab Society, member of the Board of Governance at the Israeli Institute for Press and Media Board of Governance, and member of the Presidential Board of Israel Press Council.    

Prof. Wattad is highly involved in professional ethics; among other things, he serves as Vice President of the Bar Disciplinary Tribunal of the Northern District in Israel, Head of the Ethics Forum in Rotary Israel, and a member of the Ethics Tribunal of Israel Press Council.

In addition, between 2006 and 2016, Prof. Wattad engaged in diplomatic work related to Israel’s public affairs. In this capacity, he collaborated with Israel’s Foreign Ministry, including several of its embassies and consulates abroad, leading among them in the USA, Canada, and Germany.  

Besides, Prof. Wattad has been devoted to volunteering activities in the community and society. He led, among others, through the Rotary organization, where he was elected District Governor for Rotary Israel for 2025-2026. Prof. Wattad is the recipient of the prestigious Paul Harris Award by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance to further better understanding and friendly relations among people worldwide.