The Palestine Center is pleased to announce the lineup for the 2009 Summer Intern Lecture Series The Quest for Peace within Shifting Dynamics. In its 10th year, the lecture series provides interns, young professionals and D.C. area residents with the opportunity to hear from leading scholars, journalists and practitioners about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The lectures seek to assess the continuing challenges of Palestinian national reconciliation, the effects of the war on Gaza on public opinion, and the influence of political leadership on the current prospects for peace. This lecture series gives participants the opportunity to critically analyze both positive developments and sobering realities inherent to resolving the conflict while evaluating the chances for a bold, new approach to peace in the Middle East.
Lectures and speakers include:
“Moving Forward: Palestinian Political Parties and Reconciliation”
Ms. Nadia Bilbassy-Charters
Senior News Correspondent, Middle East Broadcasting Corporation
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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This lecture is designed to discuss the current efforts by Fateh, Hamas and other Palestinian parties to reach a national reconciliation and possible unity government by highlighting the major points of contention and disagreement and the prospects for success.
Nadia Bilbassy-Charters is the chief news correspondent for Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) in Washington, D.C. She is the former Washington Bureau senior diplomatic correspondent for Al Arabiya Satellite TV Channel where she covered the White House and the State Department.
“The War on Gaza and Public Opinion”
Ms. Nadia Hijab
Senior Fellow, Institute of Palestine Studies
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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This lecture will focus on the impact of Israel’s war on Gaza, analyzing it in terms of its effect on international public opinion and state policy. It will seek to trace what factors influence public opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and address issues of media biases.
Nadia Hijab is senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies, an independent non-profit research organization and a leading resource on the Arab-Israeli conflict. She is a frequent public speaker and media commentator on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Clashing Visions and Competing Interests:
American, Israeli and Arab Approaches to Peace”
Mr. Amjad Atallah (American Approach)
Co-Director, Middle East Task Force at the New American Foundation
Mr. Daniel Levy (Israeli approach)
Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation
Dr. Michael C. Hudson (Arab approach)
Director, Contemporary Center for Arab Studies at Georgetown University
Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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This panel will address similarities and differences in the approaches of the United States, Israel and the Arabs to an end of conflict, whether coordination is possible, and what distinct roles each nation or group of nations should have in the peace process.
Amjad Atallah is the Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation. Mr. Atallah advised the Palestinian negotiating team in peace negotiations with Israel on the issues of international borders, security, and constitutional issues. He was also responsible for liaising with U.S. government officials in Washington, D.C. on these issues.
Daniel Levy is a senior fellow and co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation and a senior fellow and director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation. Mr. Levy was a member of the official Israeli delegation to the Taba negotiations with the Palestinians in January 2001 and previously served on the Israeli negotiating team to the "Oslo B" Agreement from May to September 1995, under the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Michael C. Hudson is the Seif Ghobash Professor of Arab Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is regularly interviewed about Middle East issues in the news media, including the BBC, Arabic satellite channels and major newspapers.
Lectures begin at 1:00 P.M. with lunch provided starting at 12:30 P.M.
All of the lectures are held at:
The Palestine Center
2425 Virginia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 338-1290
The lecture series is open to the public, but RSVPs are required. Please click here to RSVP for the individual lectures or send us an email.
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