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Professor Hatzor has been involved in major [[geotechnical engineering]] projects in Israel and abroad. He has consulted to [[Israel Nature and Parks Authority]] on the stability and reinforcement of historic [[World Heritage Site|world heritage sites]] including [[Tel Be'er Sheva|Tel Beer-Sheva]], [[Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park|Beit Guvrin]], [[Masada]], and construction of the hanging bridge in [[Banias]] National Park.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-11-16 |title=Israeli, Jordanian archeologists discuss risks to historical sites in Acre workshop |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israeli-jordanian-archeologists-discuss-risks-to-historical-sites-in-acre-workshop |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He has consulted the city of [[Jerusalem]] on the stabilization of [[Zedekiah's Cave|Zedekiah's cave]] and the exposed rock slopes of the [[Cardo]]. He has been involved in rock mechanics investigations of two of the world’s largest [[Hydropower|hydro-power]] projects in [[China]]: Jinping and Baihetan. In the US he was involved with tunnel and rock slope stability analyses applied in [[Glenwood Canyon]] tunnels (CO) and [[Pacoima Dam]] (CA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Engineering and Design - Tunnels and Shafts in Rock |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA402864.pdf |website=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hatzor |first=Y. H. |last2=Goodman |first2=R. E. |date=1997-09-01 |title=Three-dimensional back-analysis of saturated rock slopes in discontinuous rock—a case study |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997Getq...47..817H |journal=Geotechnique |volume=47 |pages=817–839 |doi=10.1680/geot.1997.47.4.817}}</ref>
 
Hatzor is the founding president of the Israel Rock Mechanics Association (IRMA), an [[International Society for Rock Mechanics|ISRM]] national group, and served as IRMA president between 2003 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ROCK MECHANICS - News Journal |url=https://isrm.net/download/media.file.82197738f299f70c.313333323130333234376973726d5f6e6577736a6f75726e616c5f2d5f323030342c5f766f6c756d655f382c5f6e756d.pdf |website=Internation Society For Rock Mechanics}}</ref> He served as President of Israel Geological Society between 2004 – 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=נשיאי החברה {{!}} Israel Geological Society |url=https://en.igs.org.il/presidents |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=IsraelGeoSociety |language=en}}</ref> He is the founding president of ISRM commission on Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) and served as the commission president between 2011 – 2019. He serves on the editorial boards of [[International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences]], and Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, where he held the role of associate editor between 2020 – 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Editorial board - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences {{!}} ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-rock-mechanics-and-mining-sciences/about/editorial-board |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering |url=https://link.springer.com/journal/603/editors |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=SpringerLink |language=en}}</ref>  
 
== Publications ==
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=== Books ===
 
* Yossef H. Hatzor (Editor), 2002. Stability of Rock Structures. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation. Balkema Publishers , Lisse, The Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stability of Rock Structures: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference ICADD-5, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 6-10 October 2002 |url=https://www.routledge.com/Stability-of-Rock-Structures-Proceedings-of-the-5th-International-Conference/Hatzor/p/book/9789058095190 |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}</ref>
* Yossef H. Hatzor, Jean Sulem, Ioannis Vardoulakis (Editors), 2009. Shear Physics at the Meso-Scale in Earthquake and Landslide Mechanics. Proceedings of Israel Academy of Science Bat Sheva de Rothschild Seminar. CRC Press / Balkema, Leiden, The Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meso-scale Shear Physics in Earthquake and Landslide Mechanics: Batsheva Seminar, 25-30 January 2009, Ein Gedi, the Dead Sea Valley, Israel by Hatzor, Yossef H. (Editor)/ Sulem, Jean (Editor)/ Vardoulakis, Ioannis (Editor): Brand New Hardcover (2009) {{!}} Revaluation Books |url=https://www.abebooks.com/Meso-scale-Shear-Physics-Earthquake-Landslide-Mechanics/19794939816/bd |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.abebooks.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Yossef H. Hatzor, Gouwei Ma, Gen-hua Shi, 2017. Discontinuous Deformation Analysis in Rock Mechanics Practice. ISRM Book Series, Vol. 5. CRC Press / Balkema. Leiden, The Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shi |first=Yossef H. Hatzor, Guowei Ma, Gen-hua |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315687032/discontinuous-deformation-analysis-rock-mechanics-practice-yossef-hatzor-guowei-ma-gen-hua-shi |title=Discontinuous Deformation Analysis in Rock Mechanics Practice |date=2017-07-18 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-315-68703-2 |location=London |doi=10.4324/9781315687032/discontinuous-deformation-analysis-rock-mechanics-practice-yossef-hatzor-guowei-ma-gen-hua-shi}}</ref>
 
=== Selected articles ===
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== Personal life ==
Hatzor holds the rank of [[Dan (rank)|6th Dan]] in the Japanese martial art of [[Aikido]], awarded to him in 2013 by master teacher I. Shibata Shihan through the Aikikai world headquarters in Japan. In 1993 he founded [http://aikido-beersheva.net Beer Sheva Aikikai] at the sports center of Ben-Gurion University and served as chief instructor until 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beer Sheva Aikikai |url=https://aikido-beersheva.net/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=aikido-beersheva.net}}</ref>
 
He is married to Orna Hodara Hatzor (ne’e Portugali), an Eco Artist, they live in Jerusalem and parent 5 children.