Jul 8, 2009

VIDEO: Moving Forward: Palestinian Political Parties & Reconciliation



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Nadia Bilbassy-Charters
Middle East Broadcasting Corporation.

Palestine Center
Washington, DC

This lecture discussed the current efforts by Fateh, Hamas and other Palestinian parties to reach a national reconciliation and possible unity government. She highlighted the major points of contention and disagreement and the prospects for success.

Nadia Bilbassy-Charters is the chief news correspondent for the Middle East Broadcasting Center in Washington, D.C. where she covers the White House and the State Department. On MBC, she has a weekly popular segment which deals with feature stories about America to the Arab world. For almost 20 years, Ms. Bilbassy covered regions of the world including Africa, Asia, Europe and the U.S. She has interviewed high profile world leaders including former President George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Yasser Arafat, Nelson Mandela, Queen Noor and others.

This is the first lecture in the Summer Intern Lecture Series.

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