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Program

8:30- 9:00 Coffee / Registration

9:00- 11:00Session One: Legal and Economic Dimensions of the Israeli plan

Legal Dimensions of the Israeli Plan

Speaker: Lamia Matta, NSU, Ramallah

Economic/Planning Dimension of the Israeli Plan

Speaker: Khalil Najm, Country Director, World Bank, Jerusalem

11:00- 11:30 Coffee

11:30- 13:30 Session Two: Security and Political Consequences

Palestinian Security Capacity and the Fears of Anarchy, Internal In-fighting, and the Continuation of Confrontations

Speaker: Mamdouh Nofal, Writer and Advisor, Palestinian Presidency

The Future of the Political Process: the State, the Roadmap, Settlements, etc.

Speaker: Hanan Ashrawi, Member of the PLC

13:30-14:30 Light Lunch

14:30-16:30 Session Three: Palestinian Strategy to Deal with the Israeli Plan

The Future of the Gaza Strip: Sovereignty and a State or Continuation of the Status Quo?

Speaker: Ziad Abu Amr, Member of the PLC

The Future of Palestinian Economic Relations with Israel: The Paris Economic Protocols after the Israeli Withdrawal from the Gaza Strip

Speaker: Mohammad Samhouri, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Al Azhar University