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04-06 November, Budapest, HUNGARY
‘The Israeli-Palestinian Track after the US Presidential Elections. Closer to Peace?’
Organized by: The Bertelsmann Foundation & the Friedrich - Ebert - Foundation
Thursday, November 4, 2004
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19.30 hrs
Room Kazinczy |
DINNER |
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Welcoming |
The Israeli-Palestinian Track after the US Presidential Elections |
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Christian-Peter Hanelt
Director Project “Europe and the Middle East ”, International Relations Program, Bertelsmann Foundation, Guetersloh |
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Dr. Michael Ehrke
Director of the Budapest Office, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
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Keynote Address |
The European Union's Wider Europe Initiative and the Implications for the Middle East
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András Bársony
Political Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary , Budapest |
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Friday, November 5, 2004
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09.00 hrs
Room Kazinczy |
Chair: Christian-Peter Hanelt and Dr. Michael Ehrke |
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The Middle East Conflict after the US Presidential Elections |
Presenting her paper: |
Prof. Michele Durocher Dunne
Visiting Professor of Arabic Language & Linguistics, Georgetown University |
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Discussion |
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10.30 hrs |
COFFEE BREAK |
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11.00 hrs |
Review of the EU Strategies in the Israeli-Arab Arena |
Presenting her paper: |
Sophie Pommier
Country-Risk Analyst Middle East, BD-Consultants, Paris |
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Comment: Ghassan Al-Khatib
Minister of Labour, The Palestinian Authority, Ramallah; Co-Founder/Co-Editor, Bitterlemons.org |
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Comment: NN
Israeli Expert |
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Discussion
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12.30 hrs
Restaurant |
LUNCH BUFFET |
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14.00 hrs |
Operationalizing the Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza Strip |
Presenting his paper: |
Yossi Alpher
Co-Editor, bitterlemons.org; Former Director, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University |
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Comment: Maen Rashid Areikat
Director, Negotiation Support Unit, The Palestinian Authority, Ramallah |
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Discussion |
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15.30 hrs |
COFFEE BREAK |
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16.00 hrs |
The Impact of Domestic Politics in Israel on the Unilateral Withdrawal Plan |
Presenting his paper: |
Prof. Ephraim Yuchtmann-Yaar
Head, The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv |
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Discussion |
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The Debate on Reform and National Consensus in Palestinian Society |
Presenting his paper: |
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi
Chairman, Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), East-Jerusalem |
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Discussion |
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18.30 hrs |
End of Session |
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20.00 hrs |
DINNER |
Saturday, November 6, 2004
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09.00 hrs
Room Kazinczy |
Monitoring and Evaluation on the Ground – Which Potential has the European Union? |
Presenting her paper: |
Dr. Muriel Asseburg
Senior Research Associate, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs), Berlin |
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Comment: Prof. Pál Tamás
Director, Institute of Sociology , Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest |
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Discussion |
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11.45 hrs |
COFFEE BREAK |
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12.00 hrs |
Possible Contributions to Conflict Management from Jordan and Egypt |
Presenting their short papers: |
Abdel-Elah M. Khatib
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Amman |
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Dr. Gamal Abdel Gawad Soltan
Head, International Relation Research Program, Centre for Political and Strategic Studies, Al Ahram Foundation, Cairo |
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Discussion |
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13.30 hrs
Restaurant |
LUNCH BUFFETT
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End of Conference |
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15.00 hrs –
17.00 hrs |
Optional: City tour Budapest |
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19.30 hrs |
Optional: Dinner |
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