From War to Peace: Forty Years later – the Legacy of the Six Day War

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Djanogly Hall, Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem

18:00 Reception

18:30 Greetings
Dr. Eran Lerman, Director, AJC Israel/Middle East Office Dr. Lars Hänsel, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Israel Office

18:45 Keynote Address
From War to Peace – Historical Perspective Professor Kenneth W. Stein, Director, Institute for the Study of Modern Israel, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

20:00 Dinner
Fostel Hall, Mishkenot Shaananim

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Djanogly Hall, Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem

09:00 The Role of Ideology

What happened in Israel
Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

What happened on the Arab Side
Dr. Martin Kramer, Senior Fellow, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center

The Impact of the War on Israeli Arabs
Dalia Fadila, Alqasemi Academic College of Education

11:15 Coffee Break

11:30 From 242 to present Peace Efforts

American Policy during the War and after
Amos Eiran, Former Director General of the Prime Minister's Office

The Impact of the War on American Jewry, then and now
Rabbi Edward Rettig, Associate Director, American Jewish Committee, Israel/Middle East Office

13:30 Light Lunch
Djanogly Hall, Mishkenot Shaananim

15:00 Military Government, Human Rights, and the Constitutional Dimension

An Israeli Perspective
Col (ret.) Daniel Reisner, International Legal Counsel

A Palestinian Perspective
Walid Salem, Director, Panorama Center

16:30 Coffee Break

16:45 Understanding the War – what happened on the Battlefields
Ron Ben Yishai, Special Assignment Correspondent for Yediot Aharonot

17:30 Keynote Address
From 242 to current Peace Efforts – a European Perspective Ambassador Marc Otte, European Union Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process

19:00 Dinner/Reception
Fostel Hall, Mishkenot Shaananim

- on invitation only -
40 years after the Six Day War – Israel and the Arab World – a New Vision for Peace

Farid Ghadry, founder and President, the Syrian Reform Party

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Beit Moses, Israel/Middle East Office, American Jewish Committee, 11 Mesilat Yesharim Street, Jerusalem

9:00 The Six Day War as a Watershed in the History of the Middle East
Dan Schueftan, Deputy Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa

11:00 The Soviet Role and the Impact on the Soviet Union

The Soviets and the War
Dr. Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, authors of: Foxbats over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six Day War

The Effect of the Six Day War on the Renaissance of Jewish Identity and the Fate of the Soviet Union
Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center

13:00 Lunch
Lessons of the War and Visions for the Future
Amira Dotan MK