CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS 1996

 

  The Fourth Arab Strategic Conference: Peace and Future Arab Choices
  26-28 May. Al-Ahram Center, Cairo
Organized by: Al-Ahram Center/Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan.

SUMMARY

This was the fourth annual conference of its kind. Arab intellectuals, academics and experts came from throughout the Arab world to discuss various elements of the peace process, the future of the Arab League, democracy and political systems in the Arab world, as well as military, cultural, economic and environmental issues facing the Arab world. Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi spoke on The Palestine Question and the Final Status Talks. After putting the current situation in the historical context of Arab/Palestinian strategies towards the Palestine Question, Dr. Abdul Hadi described the political situation in the Palestinian Territories as it has developed since the Oslo agreements. He outlined the positions of the two major camps in Israel and what these would mean in terms of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians.