Symposium
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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
20:00Dinner
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
13:30Light Lunch
Djanogly Hall, Mishkenot Shaananim
15:00Military 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
17:30Keynote 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
11:00The 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
13:00Lunch
Lessons of the War and Visions for the Future
Amira Dotan MK