steven plaut (1951 – january 17, 2017) was an american-born israeli economist, academic and writer. he was an associate professor of business administration at haifa university as well as a member of the editorial board of the "middle east quarterly". plaut was an outspoken critic of the israeli-arab peace process and israel's unilateral withdrawal policy. he taught at oberlin college, the technion, uc berkeley, uc irvine, central european university, tel aviv university, university of nantes, and athens laboratory for business administration.