PASSIA Meetings (2007)

More photos 15 August 2007, PASSIA Office, Ramallah Topic: Symbols of Palestinian Identity: Emerging from 60 Years of Nakba (Novels, Events, Images, Dates, Personalities). Participants: Dr. Salim Tamari, Director, Institute of Jerusalem Studies, Ramallah; Adel Manna’, Madar, Ramallah; Varsen Aghabekian, President Office, Ramallah; Ibtisam Shamma, Announcer, Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, Ramallah; Dr. Adel Samara, Founder, Al-Mashriq Al-A’amal Center for Cultural and Development Studies; Loay Shabaneh, Head, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Bassam Al-Salhi, Legislative Council, Ramallah; Erin Woddewski, FES Fellow; Phil Leech, Student, Internship; Jerome Drevon, Student, Internship; Vicky Rossi, Public Information Assistant, UNRWA, Jerusalem; Areej Hazboun, Journalist; Michael Nev, Public Information Assistant, Jerusalem; Fadwa El-Sha’r, General Dir., Ministry of Interior, Ramallah; Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador, USA; Abbad El-Rayyes, FES Click here to download the summary of the Meeting - Arabic Symbols of Palestinian Identity, to download file Click here- English   More photos 23 July 2007, PASSIA Office, Ramallah Topic: Challenges of Internal Party Management Speakers:Christian Kroenin, Executive Director of the SPD in the state of Schleswig- Holstein; Sven Zylla, Chief of Staff of the State Minister for Education and Women Affairs in Schleswig- Holstein. Participants: Khalil Nakhleh, Director, Mu’assasat, Ramallah; Luay Shabaneh, Head, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Faisal Awartani, CEO, Alpha International for Polling, Research and Informatics; Mahmoud Abu Omar, Media Department, Foreign Relation Culture; Hiam Burbar, Public Relations, Foreign Relation Culture; Saleh Hakawati, Fateh FRC; Haitham Arar, Fateh Party; Roland Friedrich, Head of Deaf, Ramallah; Hazem Kawasmi, Economist; Fadwa Elsha’r, Ministry of Interior, Ramallah; Ahmad Badawi, Research Associate, SOAS; Tariq Jarrar, Executive Director, Institute of Public Policy; Abbad El-Rayyes, FES; Dr. Usama Antar, FES, Gaza; Elisabeth Peterson, Governmental Schleswig- Holstein, Germany; Ghadeer Dajani, NDI, Ramallah. More photos 25 June 2007, PASSIA Office, Ramallah Topic: Palestinian Internal and External Crisis Speaker(s): Dr. Rolf Mützenic, Chairman of the SPD Working Group on the Middle East in the German Parliament Participant(s): Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation, Jerusalem; Hubert Jaeges, Deputy, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Alexander Ebert, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Qais Abdul Karim, PLC Member for DFLP; Maria Cardoso, Portuguese Representative Office, Ramallah; Allam Jarrar, PNGO, Ramallah; Fadwa Shair, Ministry of Interior, Ramallah; Edger Motsisi, Diplomat, South African Representative Office, Ramallah; Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy Representative, Ramallah; Terry Bullata, Survival from Jerusalem; Hazem Kawasmi, Economist; Baker Abu Baker, Fateh; Saleh Ra’fat, FIDA; Abdallah Frangi, Fateh; Mutasem Al-Ashhab, Translator. 9 June 2007,Best Eastren, Ramallah More Photos Topic: 40 Years of Israeli Occupation PLO and Fateh Movement Where to?? Participants: Saleh Ra’fat, FIDA; Ahmed Soboh, MOFA; Qais Abdel Karim, DFLP; Baker Abu Baker, Fateh; Elias Sabbagh, Lawyer; Younis Al Khatib, Public Health PRCS; Haitham Al Hassan, PMC; Hammad Al Badarin, Fateh; Fadwa Barghouthi, Lawyer; Fadwa El-Shair, Ministry of Interior; Ayman Sbeih, Engineer; Saleh Hakawati; Tariq Jarrar, Executive Manager, Institute of Public Policy; Akram Musallam, Journalist; Haitham Yakhlef, Public Relations, Palestine Capital Market Authority Ramallah; Sameer Dwaikat, Lawyer; Jihad Alwazir, Deputy Government PMA; Majed Abdulfattah, Development; Abu Ala’ Mansour, Resistance of the Wall Committee; Firas Al Qawasmi; Khaled Mansour; Ruba Hilal; Abdel Jabar Barghouthi; Diana Buttu, Lawyer; Hadeel Qazzaz; Khadijeh Habashneh, Researcher; Omar Sulaiman, Fateh; Mohammad Kharise, Wasel Center; Sabri Saidam, Birzeit University; Loay Shabaneh, Head, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics; Muqbal Barghouti. Related article: ملخص نتائج الورشة , Overview   More Photos 2 May 2007, Best Eastern Hotel, Ramallah Topic: The Eu's Policy on the Middle East Participants: Ross Allen, Political Consul; David Hallam, Head DFID; Janet Rogan, DHM, British Embassy Tel Aviv; Nlgel Milverton, European Union, Border Assistance Mission, Rafah; Alexandre Diebolt, French Consulate of Jerusalem; Ramadan Battah, Fateh; Baker Abu Baker, Fateh; M. Beirute, Fateh; Mohammed Heniheh, Fateh; Nisreen El Aref, FES; Omar Fouad, Fateh; Ahmed Soboh, MOFA; Khalil Nakhleh, Mu'assasat; Samia Bamieh; Conor O'Riordan, Ireland; Francesco Mascini, Netherlands; Osama Al Basal, General Director; Amal Jadou, Director General International Department Office of the President; Abdel Jaber Barghouti, Fateh; Lucien Vermeir, Deputy Head of Mission EUCOPPS; Haitham Arar, MOI; Qais Abdul Karim, PLC Member; Sabri Saidam, Birzeit University, Jorge Torres Pereira, Representative of Portugal; Lance Domm, UK Representation to the EU; Awvus Lapsley, UK Representation to the EU; Knut Dethlefsen, FES; Hani Al Masri, Badael Center.     18 April 2007, Best Eastren, Ramallah Topic: Party Organization and Development التنظيمات الحزبية وتطورها Speakers:Visiting Delegation of German Party Professionals More Photos Participant(s): Diala Ghosheh, Student; Sameer Dwaikat, Lawyer; Naeem Salameh, Central Elections Committee; Jamela Awawdeh, Student; Dr. Jamal Muhaisen, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport; Wafa Awad Akel, Fatah Women; Haitham Arar, Head of Women Affair Unit Ministry of Interior; Iman Takroore, Fatah Women; Arafat Abu Alia, Fatah; Laila Abu Baker, Fatah Women; Baker Abu Baker, Fatah Training Committee; Omar Fouad, Fatah Training Committee, Hanan Jarrar, Fatah Refugee Committee; Suhad Zahran, Al Quds Open University; Heam Shamasna, Teacher; Feryal Salah Al Deen; Najwa Audeh, General Manager; Khawlah Asker, Teacher; Hala Helo, Teacher; Mohammad Abu Meshret, Student; Hanady Yousef Shukri, Student; Munther Masalma, Student; Manar Najht Hamaeel, Student; Fadi Ahmad Hammad, Student; Banan Mohammad Cealak, Student; Maisoon Mahmoud, Student; Jalal Azzam, Student; Saadi Al Wahid; Abdel Jaber Barghouthy, General Director; Dr. Ali Abu Samer, Professor University; Dr. Mahmoud N. Shanaaq, Professor University; Saleh Alziq; Raja Nawateet, Student; Jafar Hamayel, Ministry of Interior; Rawan Nawateet, Student; Wisal Abu Alia, Student; Azmi Tbaish; Mohammad M. Hroub, University Lecturer; Sami Rammal, Biology Teacher; Moneer Aljaghoub, Employer; Ayoob Al.Tanbour, Employer; Fatima Faroun, Chairperson Shorouq Society for Women, Azariya Jerusalem; Ghayda Abu Zayyad, Student; Firas Dwikat, Student; Amal A. Khalife, Director of the Journalist Office; Rowaida Rabaiah, Student; Nisreen Al Wazani, Student; Mays Razzaz, Student; Ala' Zoghier, Engineer; Jawad Yahya, Politician; Fadwa Elshaer, Politician; Khuloud Hassouneh, Hebron; Irfat Noor Jaber, Student; Izz Eldden Tamimi, Hebron; Aiman Al Sharawi, Hebron; Wafa Sliman, Public Relations, Police Center, Ramallah; Raed Al Saify, Police Center; Moujieb Karajeh, Political Guidance Commission. More Photos 06 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem Topic: Non-Violent Political & Social Activism: Application to the Palestinian Case within its Political, Economic, Social and Religious Context. Speaker: Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island, US. Participant(s): Stacy Barrios, Cultural Affairs Office; Amjad Shihab, Al-Quds University; Bishop Dr. Munib Younan, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan & the Holy Land; Dr. Avi Melech Ben Israel, Educator; Tarek Abu Ata, Director Love the Neighbor; Suzan Nammari, Senior Cultural Affairs Specialist, American Consul General; Mais Zuhaika, Project Officer, Youth Sector; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Representative, ANERA; Rev. Sharon Key, Certified Nonviolence Trainer; Lina Masrouji, Assistant DGM, Jepharm. More Photos 24 January 2007, PASSIA, Ramallah Topic: The German EU Presidency 2007 – Opportunities and Challenges for EU Policy in the Middle East. Speaker: Dr. Rolf Mützenich, Chairman of the SPD Working Group on the Middle East in the German Parliament, SPD Spokesperson for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Participant(s): Nazmi Al-Jubeh, Dir., Riwaq; Mazen Sinokrot, CEO Sinokrot Group; Sabri Saidam, Birzeit University; Fadwa El-Sha’er, Ministry of Interior; Hazem Kawasmi, GTZ; Saleh Rafat, FIDA; Nasser Al-Kidwa; Roland Friedrich; Ahmed Soboh, Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs; Qais Abdel Karim, PLC Member; Hubert Jäges, Deputy Representative, German Rep. Office; John Ashley, Mai Namiki, Max Zonnemann, FES; Usama Antar, FES, Gaza; Lily Habash; Palestinian Women’s Forum, Hiba Husseini, Lawyer, Al-Mustakbal Foundation for Strategic & Policy Studies. Paper by Dr. Rolf Mützenich

19 December 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society Issues
Participants: Larry Garber, Executive Director, New Israel Fund, Washington D.C.

18 December 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Jerusalem
Participants: Jean-Paul Ghoneim, Cooperation Advisor for Cultural Affairs, French Consulate, Jerusalem

18 December 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:EuroMesco: What Lies Ahead; Partnership
Participants:
Goncalo Santa Clara Gomes, Senior Project Manager, EuroMesco.
Dr. Tobias Schumacher, Deputy Project Manager, EuroMesco.

17 December 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Paris Conference
Participants: Barbara Szerer, French TV

13 December 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Future of Fateh Movement in Palestine
Participants:
Christian Kroning, Executive Director of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the State of Schleswig-Holstein.

12 December 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Islamic and Interfaith Religious Ethics in World Crises
Participants: Cecelia Lynch, Associate Professor, Political Science Director, CGPACS, Center of Global Peace and Conflict Studies,University of California, IRVINE, USA.

5 December 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Annapolis the Day After
Participants: Ms. Katharina Ritz, Head of ICRC Mission in the Occupied and Autonomous Palestinian Territories; Mr. Christoph Harnisch, Head of ICRC Delegation in Israel and Occupied and Autonomous Territories.

26 November 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: The role of Slovenia as President of the Council of the European Union from January 2008.

Participants: Igor Pogacar, Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the Palestinian Authority.

24 November 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Paris Donors' Conference and Prospects after the November 2007 Annapolis meeting

Participants: Serge Michailof, National Political Science Foundation at Sorbonne University; Philippe Lecrinier, director of the French Development Agency at the French Consulate-General, Jerusalem; Guillaume Le Bris, regional coordinator for the Palestinian Territories and Yemen at the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Department of the French Development Agency, Paris.

Topic: Research Studies on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

19 November 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Jerusalem Issues
Participants: Matt Gutman, Middle East Correspondent, ABC News Radio, Jerusalem

19 November 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Palestinian Economy
Participants: Michael J. Schreuder, Economic Officer, Consulate General of the United States of America, Jerusalem.

17 November 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Annapolis Conference November 2007
Participants: Muna Mitsowi, Head, The Japanese Newspaper “Yomiuri Shimbun” in Jerusalem

13 November 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Discussion on the Jerusalem Document and on archaeological digs in the Old City.
Participants:
Philip Buschard and Janne Andersen from the Danish Representative Office, Ramallah

12 November 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Van Leer Academic Agenda
Participants:
Gabriel Motzkin, Director, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute;
Amit Lechem, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem.

2 November 2007, Working Dinner at the Residence of Mr. Nils Eliasson, Consul General, Jerusalem
Topic:  Sweden and the Palestinian Israeli Conflict
Participants: Carin Jamtin, Former Swedish Minister of Development Cooperation; Ann Linde, International Secretary of the Swedish Social Democratic Party; Espen Bart Eide, State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense of Norway; Luciano Vecci, International Secretary of the Italian Democratic Party; Yonnec Pollet, External Relations, Party of European Socialists; Rafiq Al- Husseini, Chief of Staff, President Office, Ramallah; Tahani Abu Dakkah, Minister of Youth, PA; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA.

1 November 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Annapolis Conference
Participants: Fredrik Krist, Political Consul, Swedish Consulate, Jerusalem; Mr. Nils Eliasson, The Consul General of Sweden in Jerusalem.

31 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Jerusalem Old City Initiative
Participants: Arthur Hughes, Senior Advisor, The Jerusalem Old City Initiative, University of Windsor, Canada; Michael Dumper, Exeter University; Jodi White, Public Policy Forum, Ottawa, Canada; David Cameron, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Adnan Husseini, Advisor for Jerusalem Affairs to President.

30 October 2007, Working Lunch, Darna Restaurant, Ramallah
Topic: EU and Annapolis Conference
Participants: Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy; John Kjaer, Head of EU Commission in the OPT; Dr. Hasan Abu Libdeh; Samir Huleileh; Dr. George Al-Abed; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi; Jihad Al-Wazir; Basem Khoury  

29 October 2007
Topic: Annapolis Conference and Gaza Strip
Participants: Al-Jazeera TV

27 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Islam and Politics
Participants: Katerina Dalacoura, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

25 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Annapolis Conference in November 2007
Participants:
Ralph Joseph Tarraf, Deputy Head of Policy Planning Department; Susanne Riegraf, Desk Officer Middle East Policy Planning Department; Gudrun Isphording, Deputy Head, Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

25 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Annapolis Conference in November 2007
Participants:
Arien Spitzen; Alon Eviatar; Ofer Saar; Palestinian Affairs Department, Ministry of Defense, Tel-Aviv

25 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Europe and the Middle East
Participants: 
Christian-Peter Hanelt, Senior Expert Project “Europe and the Middle East”, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin;
Almut Moller, Europe and the Middle East, Center for Applied Policy Research, Munich, Germany.

25 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: American Seminar at PASSIA.
Participants:
Dr. Thomas Ricks, Independent Scholar, Havertown, PA USA;
Michael D. Monahan, Director, International Center, Macalester College.

23 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Agenda and November 2007 International Meeting in Washington DC.
Participants: Masashi Matsumoto, Reporter, Cairo Bureau Chief, Newspapers of the Japanese Communist Party.

18 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EU and the Palestinian Internal Agenda
Participants: Marie Cross, Ambassador, Representative of Ireland to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union; David Bruck, First Secretary (Middle East and Mediterranean), Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU; Conor O’Riordan, Head, Ireland Representative.

17 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: US November International Meeting and the Palestinian Agenda
Participants: Wilhelm Martin Sudhoff, First Counselor, Political Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Tel Aviv; Dennis Strecker, Third Secretary, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Tel Aviv.

16 October 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: US November International Meeting and the Palestinian Agenda
Participants: Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy, South Africa Representative, Ramallah

16 October 2007, Jerusalem
Topic: "Swimming Against the Tide"
Participants: Oakland Ross / Middle East Bureau, Toronto Star newspaper, Canada.

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29 September 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: E-Democracy Program  
Participants: Keith Cooper, NDI, Jerusalem; Tomislav Perica, Resident Senior Party Officer, NDI, Jerusalem.

27 September 2007, PASSIA, Ramallah
Topic: Palestinian Human Rights Issues.
Participants: John Dugard, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, UNOG-OHCHR, Geneva; Darka Topali, Human Rights Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,   UNOG-OHCHR, Geneva.

17 September 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Current Situation
Participant: Victoria Billing, Deputy Consul General, British Consulate, Jerusalem

13 September 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Jerusalem Issues.
Participants:
Nadr Asr, Egyptian Consul General;
Sameh Nabil Said, Consul General, Egyptian Embassy / Tel Aviv;
Adnan Hussaini, Advisor for Jerusalem Affairs to President Mahmoud Abbas.

11 September 2007, Portuguese Representative Office, Ramallah
Topic: EU and the Palestinian Israeli Conflict
Participants: Luis Amado, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal; Almeida Sampaio, Portuguese Ambassador for Middle East Issues; Jorge Pereira, Portugal Representative; Ghassan Khatib, Birzeit University; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head, PASSIA; Lili Feidy, Director, Miftah; Zakariya Al-Qaq, Al Quds University.

9 September 2007, Working Dinner, American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Topic: Open Discussion on Palestinian Israeli Conflict
Participants: Joshka Fischer, German Former Foreign Minister; Samir Huleileh, Portland Trust; Ghassan Khatib, Birzeit University; Azmi Shu’aibi, General Coordinator, Aman; Basim Khoury, Business man; Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head, PASSIA.

6 September 2007, American Colony Hotel, East Jerusalem
Topic: A Briefing by Palestinian NGOs / Think Tanks.
Participants:
Mr. Tony Blair, Quartet Representative;
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi;
Dr. Khalil Shikaki.

6 September 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society and Palestinian Political System.
Participants:
Dr. Andrea Gurber, FES, Berlin;
Dr. Roland Schmidt, Secretary General of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin;
Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation, Jerusalem.

6 September 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Reconciling Israel's Core Requirements For Peace with the Arab Initiative.
Participants:
Alon Ben-Meir, Ph.D, Professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Global Affairs, NUY-New York.
Lise A.Skorge, Chief Political Analyst, Office of Alon Ben-Meir, Ph.D, New York.

6 September 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EU and the Palestinian Internal Crisis
Participants:
John Kjaer, European Commission Representative; John Lynch, Political Officer, European Commission.

3 September 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Jordan Valley Project
Participants: Daisuke Lijima, Bureau Chief, NHK Jerusalem Bureau; Nobuhisa Degawa, Senior Commentator, News Commentators Division, General Broadcasting Administration, Japan; Loay khoury, Correspondence

30 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Understanding Palestine
Participants: Dr. Friedemann Buettner, Berlin, Germany

30 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Political Situation in Gaza Strip and Projects for the Future
Participants: Rene’ Aquarone, Director of External Relations, UNRWA.

28 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Hamas Role in Social and Political Processes and Structures in Palestine in 1992-2003.
Participants: Minna Saarnivaara, Assistant in Arabic and Islamic Studies M.A, Institute for Asian and African Studies, University of Helsinki

28 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Jerusalem
Participants: Sarah Kreimer, Associate Director, Ir Amim , Jerusalem; Amos Gil, Executive Director, Ir Amim, Jerusalem.

28 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Islamic Issues
Participants: Sherifa Zuhur, Research Professor of Islamic and Regional Studies, Strategic Studies Institute, USA

27 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society
Participants: Hannu Juusola, PHD, Coordinator, Israel and Palestinian Authority, The Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME), University of Helsinki

23 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Christian Theology of Liberation
Participants: Samuel Kuruvilla, PHD Student, Exeter University, UK

23 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society Issues
Participants: Lotte Buch, PHD Candidate Anthropology, Denmark

23 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: UN Conference and Israel Requesting to Change the Names of OPT Citizen and Towns.
Participants:
Arabia TV

23 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Dispatches Show
Participants:
Peter Armstrong, CBC News

22 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Israeli Settlements at Karm Al-Mufti in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem
Participants:
Ramatan and Palestine TV, Ramallah.

22 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Internal Palestinian Issues
Participants:
Bill Docherty, Director, Human Rights Legal Center, Society of St. Yves, Jerusalem

22 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Internal Palestinian Issues
Participants:
Mr. Won Sup Park, Korean Representative

21 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Future of the West Bank and Gaza.
Participants:
Paola Caridi, Letterazz News Agency, Italy.

21 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Commemorating Al-Aqsa Mosque Arsenals (August 21, 1969)
Participants:
Shireen Abu Aqleh,
Ma’moun Othman,
Majdi Banora, Al –Jazeera TV Team

20 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Political Transformation of Hamas Movement; the Impact of International Boycott.
Participants:
Are Hovdenak, Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway

20 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EuroMesco and the Palestinian Israel Conflict
Participants:
Mr. Piotr Puchta, Poland Representative;
Prof. Lena Kolarsk-Bobinska, President of the Board Director, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland;
Andrzej Bobinski, Program Coordinator, Center for International Relations, Poland.

16 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Working on the Future of Palestine
Participant:
Manuela Borraccino, Journalist, Rome reports Tv News Agency, Roma

16 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Peace Process and Oslo Accords
Participant:
Shimon Karmi M.A, Terrorism Research, T-Search, Haifa University, Israel

16 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Politics
Participant:
Dr. Oskar Wustinger, Austrian Representative, Ramallah

Jerome Seagle, Professor, Mareland University - US.
Ofer Zalzberg, Israeli Representative, Jerusalem - Israel.

14 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Prospective
Participants:Canada-Israel Committee, Lyle Dunkley, Independent Businessmen; Sara Freedman, Canada Israel Committee; Paul Schneidereit, Journalist; Charles Adler, Journalist;  Stephan Taylor, Political Analyst; Loren Gunter, Journalist; Andrew Coyne, Journalist; Ezra Levont, Publisher; Rob Breakenridge, Radio Host; David Weinberg, Director, Israel Office , Canada Israel Committee.

13 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Interfaith Dialogue
Participants:
Ms. Pamela Scholey, Secretary Dev. Group in Ottawa, Canada;
Mr. Teije Hidde Donker, Conflict Research Unit Clingendael in the Hague.

13 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Diplomacy in EU and US.
Participants:
Ambassador Afif Safieh
Christ’l Safieh, Washington DC
Ambassador Hind Khouri, Paris

9 August 2007, Working Dinner, American Colony Hotel
Topic: Palestinian Internal Impasse and the Peace Process.
Participants:
Andreas Michaelis, Ambassador, Director General for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs and the Maghreb, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin.

8 August 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Views on Norway’s Middle East Policy and Internal Analyses
Participants:
Karsten Tveit, Middle East Correspondent, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

6 August 2007, PASSIA Office, Jerusalem
Topic: "ILO Regional Mission and the Palestinian Internal Crisis "
Participants:
Nada Al-Nashif, Regional Director, ILO - Lebanon;
Alfredo Lazarte-Hoyle, Director,International Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction (ILO/ CRISIS);
Jeannette Shalabi, Regional Programme Manager, Programme Development and Regional Cooperation Service;
Abdelaziz Boutaleb, Senior Specialist, Skills and Employability Department.

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31 July 2007 6 p.m. PASSIA Office in Jerusalem
Topic: "Palestinian Perspective"
Participants:  
Jeff Mendelsohn, AIPAC; Henry Casa, Deputy Chief of Staff Los Angeles City; Art Ruiz, Federal Affairs Director for State Farm Insurance; Rebecca Rios, State Senator; Jose Huizar, Councilman for the City of Los Angeles; Andres Islando, Telecommunications Executive; Lydia Aranda, Financial/Banking Executive; Ruben Smith, Attorney; Marco Lopez, Senior Advisor to the Governor, AZ; Miguel Santana, Chief of Staff; Andrew Pacheco, Attorney; Jessica Pacheco, Arizona Chamber of Commerce; Gabriela Macias, State of Arizona; Art Macias, Arizona Lottery; Ed P. Reyes, Councilmember for the City of Los Angeles, 1st District

30 July 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: "Hamas Tour for Foreign Journalists in Gaza"
Participants: Audrey Horowitz, Freelance Producer; Udi Kivity, Cameraman for CBC

28 July 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Jerusalem
Participants:
Robert Blecher, Analyst, International Crisis Group, Working to Prevent Conflict Worldwide.

17 July 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:Palestinian Internal Crisis .
Participants:
James Watt, Ambassador, British Embassy (Amman).
Richard Edward Makepeace, C.G, British Consulate (Jerusalem).

Participant:
Atika Shubert, Correspondent, CNN.

Participant:
Tony Walker, Reporter for the Australian Financial Review

10 July 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Settlement Issue.
Participants:
Ann M. Lesch, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The American University in Cairo.
Christine Seisun (PASSIA Intern).

10 July 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Crisis.
Participants:
HE. Jorge Pereira, Portugal Representative, Ramallah

10 July 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Crisis .
Participants:
Wilhelm Martin Sudhoff, First Counsellor, Political Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Tel Aviv; Matthias Finken, Political Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Tel Aviv.

9 July 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Crisis and the Peace Conflict
Participants:
Birgit Homburger, Member of the German Bundestag, Vice Chairwoman of the FDP Parliamentary Group; Dr. Rainer Stinner, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin; Vita Friedel H. Eggelmeyer, Berater  fur Sicherheitspolitik, Berlin; Alexander Eberl, Head of Press, Cultural and Protocol Department, Ramallah; Joerg Ranau, Head, Germany Representative, Ramallah.

4 July 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Alan Johnston
Participants: Johanna Johnsson, Foreign Correspondent, Sveriges Television AB, SVT, Sweden; Andreas Zernell, Swedish TV,  SVT

3 July 2007 PASSIA office, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Crisis,
Participants: Oslo Labour Party, Oslo, Norway
Gro Tvedt Anderssen,
Rannfrid Thelle.

Topic: Sharm Sheikh Summit of June 2007

Participants: Al-Hal monthly newspaper / midea department, Beir Zeit University.
Ruba Hussam Anabtawi, Freelaneer Journalist and photographer.

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Topic: Gaza takeover by Hamas

Participants: ABC news
Nasser Atta, Producer;
Nicky De Blois, Cameraman.

28 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Liberal Peace Building Terrorism Tactics
Participants:
Professor Oliver Richmond, Director of the centre for peace and confilct studies - School of International Relations, Scotland;
Dr Jason Franks, Resrearch Fellow, Centre for Peace and confilct Studies School of International Relations, Scotland.

Topic: Jerusalem after 40 Years of occupation
Participants:Russia today TV
Issa Shaker
Fadi Mikhail
Elias Zananiri

28 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Training Seminars
Participant:
Keith Cooper,Senior Program Manager, NDI – Jerusalem;
Sereen Hashweh Program assistant, NDI – Jerusalem.

27 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Crisis
Participant: Sanna Negus, Correspondent, Israel,
Finnish Broadcasting Company, YLE TV.

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27 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Political Situation in the Region
Participants: Jewish Council for the Public Affairs Delegation and the United Jewish Community.
Jim Howell, Executive Director, Connecticut Council of Police Unions
Don Siegel, Partner at Segal, Roitman and Coleman; General Counsel, Massachusetts AFL-CIO; Board Member, Jewish Labor Committee; former President, JCRC of Greater Boston
Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, New England Regional Council of Carpenters
Gerard Dhooge, New England Agent, Seafarers International Union; President, Boston and New England Maritime Trades Council, AFL-CIO
Jim Hilfenhaus, Public Affairs Director, Laborers International Union, Local 00
Diane Fisher, Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council of Silicon Valley
Tim Paulson, Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council
Ken Burt, Political Director, California Federation of Teachers
Bernard Fisher, Administrative Organizer, 1199C, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO; and President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Philadelphia Chapter
Edward Mooney, President, Communications Workers of America, Local 13000
Avi Lyon, Executive Director, Jewish Labor Committee
Lynn Gefsky, UJC/JCPA Israel Advocacy Initiative, Community Relations Coordinator
Yuval Kraemer, Mission Manager

26 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Tony Blair and the Quartet mission

Participants: Abu Dhabi TV
Sheren Younis;
Samer Younis;
Haitham Abu Diab.

25 June 2007, PASSIA Office, Jerusalem
Topic: Oslo Forum 2007 Public Opinion and Peacemaking.
Participants:
Dr. Colin Irwin, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool.

23 June 2007, PASSIA Office, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Crisis after Gaza.
Participants:
Lawahez Jabari (Producer, NBC News);
Sameer Bazbaz;
Chain Dekal;
Levi Chaim.

19 June 2007, PASSIA Office.
Topic: Palestinian Internal Crisis.
Participants:
China Radio International.
Related link:

19 June 2007, PASSIA Office, Ramallah
Topic: Palestinian Crisis.
Participants:
Maite Rico, Editor, El Pais, Madrid

16 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestine Situation after Gaza Crisis.
Participants:
Christer Friden, Correspondent, Sveriges Radio Goteborg, Sweden.

14 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Khalil Totah Book.
Participants:
Dr. Thomas Ricks, Independent Scholar, Havertown, PA USA.

13 June 2007, PASSIA, Ramallah Office

Topic: Palestinian Internal Crisis.
Participants:
Lehlohonolo Shadrack Ted Pekana, South Africa Representative PA, Ramallah; Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy South African Representative, Ramallah; Dr. Sabri Saidam, Birzeit University.

11 June 2007, Working Lunch, American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem

Topic:Palestinian Education under Israeli Occupation
Participants:
Mr. Bill Rammell MP, The British Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education at the Department for Education and Skills; Mr. Richard Makepeace, British Consul General; Allen Ross, British Consul; Ken Churchill, Director, British Council; Dr. Nazmi Jou’beh, Director of Rowaq Center, Ramallah; Dr. Lamis Alami, Director General, Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights (PICCR); Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA

7 June 2007, American Colony, Jerusalem

Topic:An Intellectual Dialogue Between Japan and the Middle East: In Search of Shared Experiences( Working dinner).
Participants:

Masayuki YAMAUCHI, PhD(Professor, History of International Relations and Islamic Area Studies,Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo);

Shinichi KITAOKA, PhD (Professor, Political Science,Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo);

Atsuko TOYAMA (President, New National Theatre, Tokyo, Former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology);

Junichi CHANO (Managing Director, Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange Department,Japan Foundation);

Akiko Fukushima, PhD(Senior Fellow, Japan Foundation);

Hideko KATSUMATA(Managing Director and Executive Secretary,Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE));

Prof. Munther Dajani ( Director, Issam Sartawi for Peace and Democracy Studies Center);

Prof. Yaacov Bar-Simantov ( Director, The Swiss Center for Conflict Research, Management and Resolution,The Hebrew  University of Jerusalem);

Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal (Director, The Walter Lebach Institute for Jewish- Arab Coexistence through Education, TAU);

Dr. Mahdi F. Abdul Hadi (Head of PASSIA);

Ryuji Iwasaki ( Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan).

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7 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Jericho and Cairo meetings between Palestinians and Israelis
Participants:
Mishel Zou’mut(Producer), Nader Baibers(Cameraman), Pal-Media Agency

6 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic:Palestinian Internal Crisis

Participant:

Christoph Harnisch, Head of Delegation, international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).TEL AVIV

4 June 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic:40 years of Israeli occupation (1967 – 2007)

Participant:

Won Sup Park, Head, Korean Representative Office, Ramallah

4 June 2007
Topic: 40 years of Israeli occupation (1967 – 2007)
Participants
PerAChr (Aftenposten, Norway)
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4 June 2007 Topic: 40 years of Israeli occupation (1967 – 2007) Participants Ulla Terkelsen, Chief Foreign Correspondent(News and Current Affairs, TV2 / Danmark).

4 June 2007 Topic: 40 years of Israeli occupation (1967 – 2007) Participants Michael Jansen, Regional Analyst (The Irish Times).

2 June 2007
Topic: 40 years of Israeli occupation (1967 – 2007)
Participants
Andrea Wellbaum, Middle East Correspondent (Brazilian Service)

1 June 2007, Working Lunch, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem
Topic: US and the Middle East Peace Process
Participants:
Ambassador (Ret.) Phillip C. Wilcox, Jr., President, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Washington. D.C.

31 May 2007 (courrier International)

Topic:40 year anniversary of the occupation
Participants:
Marc Saghie ( Editor - in -Chief of Courrier international for Middle Eastern Affairs)

Link: Related article

30 May 2007, (British Consulate, Jerusalem)
Topic: Palestine - Israel and the region .
Participants:
Sue Wardell (Director of Europe, Middle East, Americas, Central and East Asia Division).
Michael Anderson (Head of Middle East and North Africa UK Department International Development, London).

Date: 28 May 2007
Topic: EU and Palestine
Participants:
Hans-Gert Pottering(President of the European Parliament);
Prof. Dr. Ludger Kuhnhardt, Director (Rheinishe Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn);
John Kjaer, Head, European Commission Representative;
Naser Kaudwa, Ghassan Khatib, Jihad Al-Wazer, Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi.

27 May 2007, Palestinian National Theatre, Jerusalem
Topic:Azmi Bishara, a Case of a Country (Homeland), A Case of a Human being (A Citizen).
Participants: Riyad Al Anis, Lawyer; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA; Society for the Study of International Affairs, Jerusalem; Awad Abdul Fattah, General Secretary of the National Democratic Rally; Hussein Abu Hussein, Head, The Federation of Arab Civil Societies; Abd El Latif Ghaith, Head, The conscience Foundation; Abdel Rahman Abu Arafeh, Head, Arab Thought Forum; Samia Khoury, Volunteer.

25 May 2007, Working Lunch, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Issues.
Participants: Lisselotte Plesner, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs; Tomas Anker Christensen, Director General for the Middle East, MFA; Rolf Holmboe, Head of the Danish Representative Office to the PA; Rasmus Grue Christensen, Deputy Head of the Danish Representative Office to the PA; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs; Issa Kassissieh, International Department Coordinator, Presidents Office.

24 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Issues
Participants: John Kjaer, Head, European Commission Representative

22 May 2007, Austria Representative Office, Ramallah
Topic: Palestinian-Austrian Relations
Participants:
Ambassador Michael Linhart, Managing Director, Austrian Development Agency;
Dr. Oskar Wustinger, Head, Austria Representative Office, Ramallah.

15 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Interior Minister
Participants:
Taghreed El-Khodary and Isabel Kershner Related Article

15 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Current Palestinian Situation.
Participants:
John Kjaer, European Commission Representative.

15 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Civil Society .
Participants:
Karsten Hudel, German Researcher

15 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Vision of Passia on interfaith dialogue
Participants:
Jeanne Abdulla, Cordaid, The Netherlands

15 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Japanese Development Project
Participants:
Hiromu Odagiri, Journalist

3 May 2007, Working Dinner, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem
Topic: EU Arab Countries in the Middle East
Participants:
Joerg Ranau, Head, German, Representative Office, Ramallah;
Joachim Horster, Member of the German Bundestag, Chairman of the Parliamentary Friends Group for Relations with Arabic Speaking Countries in the Middle East;
Gabriele Groneberg, Member of the German Bundestag, Deputy Spokeswoman on Economic Cooperation and Development for the SPD Parliamentary Group;
Priska Hinz, Member of the Bundestag, Spokeswoman of Alliance 90/ The Greens on Education and Research Policy;
Ernst Kranz, Member of the Bundestag;
Michael Hennrich, Member of the Bundestag.

3 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Conflict, Societies and the Question of Justice
Participants:
C. Anne Massage, Consultant;
Lisa Magarrell, Senior Associate;
International Center for Transitional Justice.
Patrick Burgess, Lead Advisor, Human Rights and Access to Justice Legal Development Facility, An Austrian Government Initiative.

2 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:EU Foreign Policy and the Middle East .
Participants:
Karl Mattias Klause and Mrs. Klause, Dep. Head of Middle East Division of the Chancellor Office Berlin
Alexander Eberl Head of Protocol Press and Cultural Affairs at the German Representative Office Ramallah.

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1 May 2007, Working Dinner, Askadinya Restaurant, Jerusalem
Topic:South Africa and the Palestinian Israeli Conflict.
Participants:
Ronnie Kasrils, Minister Intelligence Services Republic of South Africa .

1 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: South Africa and the Palestinian Israeli Conflict.
Participants:
Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy South African Representative, Ramallah
Dumisani Job Sithole, Member of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa , African National Congress.

1 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Carter Center Mission in Palestine .
Participants:
Benjamin Scott Custer, Jr., Director West Bank Gaza Field Office
Karin D. Ryan, Director Human Rights Program, The Carter Center

1 May 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The One State Solution A Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli Palestinian Deadlock.
Participants:
Prof. Virginia Tilley

24 April 2007, Working Dinner, Ramallah
Topic: The EU and the Palestinian Israeli Conflict
Participants:
Mr. Ulrik Federspiel, The Permanent Secretary of State of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Ms. Christina Markus Lassen, Head of Department
Mr. Steen Norlov, Head of Section
Mr. Ruff Holmbe, The Danish Representative to the Palestinian Authority, Ramallah
Mr. Rasmus Grue Christensen, Deputy Representative, Ramallah
Mr. Ghassan Khatib, General Manager of JMCC, Ramallah

April 24 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Politics
Participants:
Donald Macintyre, Jerusalem Bureau Chief, The Independent.
Sarah Helm, Correspondent, The Independent.

April 23 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EU and the Palestinian Israeli Conflict
Participants:
Jorge Torres-Pereira, Representative of Portugal.
Dr. Pacheco-Pereira, The Portuguese Politician.

22 April 2007, Tel Aviv University
Topic: Palestinian Political System and Political Institutions.
Organizers: Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) Ramallah, Steinmetz Center for Peace Studies, Tel Aviv University .
Participants: 30 Participants from various Israeli Official and Private Institutions:
Aviram Hana    (PhD. Student);
Bar Eli Dani (General Secretary of the Israeli committee to UNESCO);
Bar Natan Irit (Dr. Research & Lecture in Haifa University);
Barnea Joseph (Literature critic);
Ben Or Nahi (Lawyer);
Ben Shitrit Lilach (Director's assistant for events in Haifa museums);
Ben Zvi Tal(Curator, PhD. Student, Tel-Aviv University);
Brounshtein Eynat.(Environment  Planner);
Caspi Ofer(Physician);
Eroni.Yehuda(Commercial & Tourist Projects (Adviser));
Eshet.Anat-Hana (Mediator "go between");
Fattal-Kuperwasser Tsionit (PhD. Student);
Frenkel Aliza(Teacher);
Giller –Klein Iris (History Teacher);
Hason Nir (Journalist);
Hilel Malka (A guide in the Agriculture field);
Landau Dana (M.A. Student (in Political Science –TAU));
Lavi Nira (Education);
Leshem Ronen (Director, Business – Economics Dept. The Peres Center fir Peace);
Levin Moshe (Geologist);
Magnat Dalia (Coordinator of a Canadian Foundation);
Matanis Lina (Nurse);
Meirovich Limor (Clinical Psychologist, Family Mediator);
Meltzer Ben Ami (Business);
Ostrov Shiran (M.A. Student);
Paul Ilana(Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at Haifa University);
Paz-Tal Gershon (Chairman of Israel Tourism Association);
Peri Arnon (Director, Vita-Pri Galil);
Schwartz David (Ministry of Health, security & protection division);
Schweitser.Yoram (Researcher at Institute for National Security Studies (INSS));
Shalit Shmuel (Information manager in a media company);
Uriah Yaniv (Hi-Tech Marketing);
Varoner Shlomi (Private Sector Director);
Zevi Riki (teacher).

19 April 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Arab Summit , Riyadh , March 2007
Participants:
Mr. Nader Al-A'aser, Egyptian Diplomat, Egyptian Embassy, Tel Aviv.

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19 April 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Courtesy Visit
Participants:
British C.G. Richard Makepeace

19 April 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Maps of Palestine
Participants:
IR. Anna Eikelboom, NRC Handelsblad, Architect Journalist.

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17 April 2007, American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Domestic Agenda
Participants:
ILO, International Labor Office Delegation Geneva, Switzer Land , Fredrich, Regional
Director for Europe and Central Asia, ILO Geneva
Steven Oates, Senior Legal Advisor, ILO Geneva
Philippe Egger, Deputy Director, Office of the Director-General, ILO Geneva
Omit Efendioglu, Member of Cabinet of the Director General, ILO Geneva
Tarq Haq, Employment Development and Strategies Officer, Regional Officer, Beirut
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16 April 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: AIPAC Washington D.C. and the Palestinian – Israeli Conflict
Participants:
Bill Roggio, National Security Writer and Columnist, The Fourth Rail, The Weekly Standard Online;
Seth Gitell, Columnist and Contributing Editor, The New York Sun; Mike Boyer, Senior Editor, Foreign Policy;
Terence Samuel, Author, Columnist, The American Prospect;
Noam Scheiber, Senior Editor, The New Republic;
June Thomas, Foreign Editor, Slate Magazine;
Laura Heaton, Intelligence Correspondent United Press International;
Josh Block, AIPAC Washington, D.C; Sonny Bunch, Assistant Editor, The Weekly Standard;
Elizabeth Wilner, Political Writer and Consultant, NBC News Political Director (Ret.);
Tom Sawicki, AIPAC; David Kreizelman, AIPAC, Jerusalem.

16 April 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Jerusalem
Speaker(s):
Sheik Mohammed Hussein, Mufti of Jerusalem & Palestine

15 April 2007, St. George Cathedral, Jerusalem
Topic: The Holy Eucharist and Installation of the Right Reverend Suheil Salman Dawani, the Fourteenth Anglican Bishop in the Diocese of Jerusalem .

12 April 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Civil Society
Participants:
Hanne Johansson, Rebecka Hogdahl, Goteborg University , Sweden

11 April 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Reconciliation Within and Between Communities
Participants:
Dr. Susan Hood, Representative Church Body Library Dublin, Ireland
Colin Murphy, Coordinator, Churches Program
Glen Cree, Center for Peace and Reconciliation

10 April 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Jerusalem
Participant:
Ravi Nessman, Correspondent, Associated Press, Jerusalem

29 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinians cling to 'right of return'

Participants:

Martin Patience, www.bbc.co.uk Related Article

29 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Portugal - Palestine Relations
Participants:
Dr. Jorge Torres Pereira, Representative of Portugal to the Palestinian Authority.

27 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Japan and Middle East Politics
Participant:
Professor Kentaro Hirayama, Hakouh University, Tokyo, Japan

27 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Theories on Identity Construction and its Connection to Urban Policies, Primarily Land Planning.
Participants:
Ann Cartin Andersson, PhD Student Political Science Research School Urban Studies, Örebro University Department of Social and Political Sciences, Sweden

26 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia and US Diplomacy in the Middle East.
Participants:
BBC Radio Arabic, London
China Radio, Beijing

26 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: US and Middle East Politics
Participants:
Haim Malka, Deputy Director and Fellow Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington

26 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Security Issues
Participants:
Hannu Rantanew,Research Manager, Emergency Services College
Jari Sundqvist, Research Coordinator, Crisis Management Center

25 March 2007, MAC House OCHA Office, East Jerusalem
Topic: All Issues Related to Jerusalem the City and its People
Participants:
Palestinian Participants :
Azam Khatib
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, PASSIA
Ziad Abu Zayyad; Abdel Qader Husseini, Faisal Husseini Foundation
Dr. Varsen Aghabekian, Welfare Association
Terry Bullata

UN Participants :
H. E. Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General
Mr. Alvaro de Soto, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Michael C. Williams, Assistant Secretary, General and Special Adviser on the Middle East
Kevin Kennedy, Deputy Special Coordinator UN Resident, Humanitarian Coordinator
Juliette Touma, Information and Media Coordinator, Information and Media Unit

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24 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Current Middle East Political Agenda
Participants :
The Aspen Institute,
Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership Inaugural Class of 2005, Seminar in the Middle East, Mar. 18-25, 2007:
Jason Atkinson, Oregon State Senator
Scott Avedisian, Mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island
Jonathan Bruning, Attorney General of Nebraska
Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State in Missouri
Karen Carter, Louisiana State Representative
Trey Greyson, Kentucky Secretary of State
Lynn Jenkins, Kansas State Treasurer
Thomas Kean, Jr., New Jersey State Senate
Erik Paulsen, majority leader of the Minnesota House
Tom Perez, president of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Council
Michael Steele, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Jennifer Veiga, Colorado State Senate
Mickey Edwards, Former Congressman, director, Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership
Gia Regan, assistant director, Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership
Dana Balick, senior associate with the Aspen-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership.
Steven Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Bill Budinger, an inventor, founder of Rodel Inc.

23 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem 

Topic: On Current Political Issues

Participants:
Daniel Williams, www.bloomberg.com  Related Article
Aljazeera Magazine Related Article

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22 March 2007, Ramallah
Topic: Arab Thought From 30's Anniversary
Participants:
Board of Trustees of the A.T.F.

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21 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: On Palestinian Society Issues

Participant:
Michael Murphy, Director, NDI;
Robin Sears, Consultant, NDI, Jerusalem

21 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Korean & the Palestinian Unity Government

Participant: Won Sup Park, Head, Korean Representative Office, Ramallah

20 March 2007, American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem 

Topic: U K & Arab Israeli Conflict

Participants: Jon Wilks, Official Arabic Spokesman, Press Office, Dubai

20 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

March 2007

Topic: Israeli Political & Military Agenda & the Middle East

Participant: Shuroq Al-As’ad, Dubai & LBC TV; Monte Carlo Radio

20 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: E U & Palestinian Unity Government.

Participant:
Fredrik Krist, Political Consul, Swedish Consulate, Jerusalem

16 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: US & Palestinian Unity Government

Participant:
Cam Simpson, Wall Street Journal, US    Related Article

15 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Palestinian Unity Government

Participant: Reuter T.V

14 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Palestine and International Issues

Participant(s):   

Prof. Dr. Karl Kaiser, Former Director of German Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Fellow at Harvard University

13 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Abu Mazen - Ulmart Meeting

Participant(s):   

Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy Representative, South African Representative Office, Ramallah;
Edgar Motsisi, Second Secretary (Political), South African Representative Office, Ramallah

12 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Palestinian Culture

Participant(s):   

Kenne Brown, Founding Editor, Mediterranean’s,
Paris, France

12 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: Academic Seminar: US-Palestine-Israel

Participant(s):   

Michael D. Monahan, Director, International Center Macalester College, Saint Paul- US;
Ahmad I. Samater, James Wallace Professor & Dean, Institute for Global Citizenship, Saint Paul, US

12 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem

Topic: The Old City of Jerusalem  

Participant(s):   

Michael Bell, University of Windsor, Dep. of Political Science, Ontario, Canada;
Jodi White, Public Policy Forum, Ottawa, Canada;
David Cameron, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario;
Nicholas A. Kenney, Esq., The Fletcher School, Tufts University Medford, US

09 March 2007, Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem
Topic: EU Informal Humanitarian Policy Dialogue Forum (“Friday Group”).
Presentation by:
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA, (The Palestinian Internal Agenda, Where To?)
Organized by: Humanitarian Aid - Echo European Commission

08 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Future Cooperation.
Participant(s):   
Dr. Shimshon Zelniker, Director, Van Leer Institute;
Amit Lechem, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem.

07 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Politics.
Participant(s):   
David Viveash, Head, Canadian Representative Office, Ramallah

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07 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Jerusalem.
Participant(s):   
A Delegation from the "Vision" Institution.

06 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Religious Dialogue.
Participant(s):   Researchers from the "Church of Sweden"
Dr. Göran Gunner,
Ms. Anne Louse Eriksson
Dr. Hanna Stenström.

05 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Hamas and the "Al-Soufia".
Participant(s):   
Khalid Hroub, Researcher, Oxford University, London, UK.

05 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Politics.
Participant(s):   
David Harden, Deputy Dir., USAID Mission, Tel-Aviv.

05 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EU & the Question of Jerusalem.
Participant(s):   
Alberto Ucelay, Deputy Consul General, Spanish Consulate, Jerusalem.

05 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Palestinian Activists.
Participant(s):   
Francesca Burke, Researcher, Oxford University, London, UK.

03 March 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On the Palestinian Unity Government.
Participant(s):   
Isabel Kershner, New York Times.  Related Article
Al-Jazeera English TV
Al-Alam TV

28 February 2007, (Working Lunch), Darna Restaurant, Ramallah
Topic: EU & the Palestinian-Israeli Impasse.
Participant(s):   
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations & European Neighbourhood Policy.
John Kjaer, Head of EU Commision in the OPT
Ghassan El Khatib Nasser Qudwa Qadora Fares Samir Huleileh Hanan Ashrawi
Mahdi Abdul Hadi George Abed

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27 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EU & the Palestinian-Israeli Impasse.
Participant(s):   
Ibrahim Sha’aban, Lecturer, Al-Quds University
Jihad Abu Zeniad , PLC Member

Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) delegation with Conservative MPs & Candidates, UK:)

Alistair Burt MP (Leader of the delegation, Parliamentary Officer of CFI, Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government) Eve Burt (wife and PA of Alistair Burt MP) Nick Herbert MP (Shadow Minister for Police Reform) Jeremy Wright MP Joanne Cash - Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Westminster North Cllr Mike Freer - Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Finchley and Golders Green Ali Miraj - former Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Watford, Vice-Chairman of the Conservative National and International Security Policy Group Naweed Khan - Deputy Director of Cities and Diversity at Conservative Campaign Headquarters Stuart Polak - Director of Conservative Friends of Israel Robert Halfon - Political Director of Conservative Friends of Israel Victoria Kluk - Research Manager Conservative Friends of Israel Richard Harrington - Chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel

24 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On the Palestinian Unity Government.
Participant(s):   
Julie Schmuhl, Political Analyst
Omar Fodeh, Political Analyst
Trods Engel, Danish Representative Office, Ramallah
Birgül Tural, Danish Representative Office, Ramallah

23 February 2007, American Consulate, Jerusalem
Topic: Congressional Staff Seminar.
Organized by:    Project Interchange Seminars in Israel, an Institute of the American Jewish Committee
Participant(s):   
Congressional Staff Delegation : Michael Brownlie, Lee Footer, Ryan Cuthrie, Elizabeth Hart, Renee Howell, Richard Hudson, John Lopez, Gene Martorony, Hayden Rogers, Jerr Rosenbaum, Lisa Tanner, Nate Webb, Allyson Gall

22 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Turkey and Jerusalem Holy Places.
Participant(s):    Dr. Ercan Ozer, Turkish Ambassador (C.G), Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem

22 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian - Romanian Friendship Society; Families in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Participant(s):    Marian Stefan, Consellor, Deputy Representative, Romanian Representative office, Ramallah

22 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:Swedish NGO's and Palestine.
Participant(s):   
Bjorn Lindh, Chief Communication Officer, Swedish Cooperative Center (SCC), Sweden
Joakim Olsson, Senior Development Officer, Swedish Cooperative Center (SCC), Sweden
Camilla Lundberg, Swedish Cooperative Center (SCC), Sweden
Khaled Daoudi, Local Representative & Technical Advisor, Swedish Cooperative Center (SCC), Ramallah

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22 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Israel and the Palestinian Unity Government.
Participant(s):   
Arieh Spitzen, Head of Department for Palestinian Affairs, Ministry of Defense, ISRAEL
Buruch Yodid, Department for Palestinian Affairs, Ministry of Defense, ISRAEL

21 February 2007, Working Lunch at the Residence of Mr. & Mrs. Kjaer, Jerusalem
Topic: EU & the Palestinians.
Participant(s):   
Mr. John Kjaer, Representative of the European Commission

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19 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EU and the Palestinian - Israeli Conflict.
Participant(s):   
Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Vice-President of the German Bundestag Alliance 90/The Greens, Berlin, Germany
Christian Sterzing, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF), Ramallah

19 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Norwegian - Palestinian Relations.
Participant(s):   
Vidar Birkeland, Oslo Labor Party, Lawyer, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.

15 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Israel & the Holly Sites in Jerusalem.
Participant(s):   
Gabi Fröhlich, Catholic News Agency (CNA), Germany & the Vatican Radio

15 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Palestinian Security Reform.
Participant(s):   
Pablo De Greiff, Director, International Center for Transitional Justice, US;
C. Anne Massagee, Consultant, International Center for Transitional Justice, US

14 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: PASSIA’s Training & Education Seminar on Ireland – Palestine.
Participant(s):   
Prof. Gillian Robinson, Dir. INCORE, International Conflict Research, Ulster University, Northern Ireland;
Helen Lewis, Project Coordinator, Local and International Learning Project, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland;
Liam Maskey, Executive Dir., Intercomm Ireland Ltd., Northern Ireland.

13 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Portuguese - Palestinian Relations .
Participant(s):   
Maria Joao Lopes Cardoso,
Deputy Representative of Portugal to
the Palestinian Authority, Ramallah.

12 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Moslem-Christian Relations in Palestine.
Participant(s):   
Frans Makken, Head, Netherlands Representative Office, Ramallah.
Ronald Wormgoor, Second Secretary, Netherlands Representative Office, Ramallah.

11 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Mecca Meeting; Palestinian Agenda!
Participant(s):    CNN TV.

09 February 2007, Al-Aqsa Mosuq, Old City, Jerusalem
Topic: Israel & the Holly Sites in Jerusalem.
Participant(s):    BBC RADIO.   SKY NEWS TV.
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08 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Mecca Meeting; Palestinian Agenda!
Participant(s):
Mr. Leo Peeters, Consul General, Belgian Consulate, Jerusalem.  
Mr. Philippe Potjes, Consul, Political Affairs, Belgian Consulate, Jerusalem.

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07 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Crisis: Fateh vs. Hamas.
Participant(s):
Dr. Rainer Stinner, member of the German Parliament.  
Dr. Hans-Georg Fleck, Resident Representative of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Territories.
Vivian Farran-Mashni, Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
Suleiman Abu Daya, Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

06 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Religious Freedom
Participant(s):
Aaron Pina, Foreign Affairs Officer for the Middle East, Office of International Religious Freedom, US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor.  
Mary Glantz, Political Officer, US Consulate General, Jerusalem.

06 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Mecca Meeting; Palestinian Agenda!
Participant(s): Palestine TV, Ramallah, (Ahmad Assad, Good Morning Palestine).

05 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Mecca Meeting; Palestinian Agenda!
Participant(s):
Inez Polak, Dutch Trouw Newspaper, Jerusalem. Related Article 
Al-Sharq Radio, Paris.

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05 February 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Crisis: Fateh vs. Hamas.
Participant(s):
Christoph Harnisch, Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Tel-Aviv.
Katharina Ritz, Head of Mission, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jerusalem.

02 February 2007, PANORAMA Office, Ramallah
Topic: Hungarian Foreign Policy & The Palestinian - Israeli Conflict.
Participant(s):
Ms. Kinga Goncz, Hungarian Foreign Minister
Hungary Foreign Minister Delegation.
Dr. Bela Jungbert, Head of Hungary Representative Office, Ramallah.
Mr. Ahmad Mustafa Abdel Razeq, Palestinian Ambassador to Hungary.
Dr. Riad Malki, Gen. Director of PANORAMA, Ramallah.
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA..

02 February 2007
Topic: Palestinian Crisis: Fateh vs. Hamas.
Participant(s): BBC TV & Radio:
Chris Morris, World Affair Correspondent.
Jatindar Sidhu, Radio Producer

30 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Palestinian Affairs.
Participant(s): Danny Rubinstein, Ha'aretz Newspaper, Jerusalem

30 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Kinship Networks in Palestine.
Participant(s): Nicolas Pelham, Senior Analyst - Middle East, International Crisis Group (ICG), Jerusalem

29 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Crisis: Fateh vs. Hamas.
Participant(s): Al-Arabyyeh TV (20:30)

28 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Crisis: Fateh vs. Hamas.
Participant(s): Egyptian TV (21:00)

27 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Crisis: Fateh vs. Hamas.
Participant(s): Al-Jazeera TV (20:30)

24 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian politics still in turmoil a year after Hamas election.
Participant(s): Agence France-Press (AFP)

23 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Non-Violance Thesis and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.
Participant(s):
Dr. Andrew Rigby, Professor of Peace Studies, Center for Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University, UK

21 January 2007, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem
Topic: Fact-finding and solidarity delegation - Issues facing the region.
Participant(s): A delegation from the Presbyterian Church (USA):
Ms. Linda Valentine – Executive Director, General Assembly Council, Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick – Stated Clerk, General Assembly Council, Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. (Ms.) Allison Seed – Chairperson, General Assembly Council, Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Victor Makari – Area Coordinator for the Middle East, Presbyterian Church
Ms. Sara Lisherness – Director, Peace and Justice Program Unit, Presbyterian Church

17 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Where are the Palestinians Heading?
Participant(s):
Sami Moubayed, World Politics Watch ( www.worldpoliticswatch.com )
Related Article

11 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EU and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Participant(s):
Frans Makken, Head, Netherlands Representative Office, Ramallah

10 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The German EU Presidency 2007 and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Participant(s):
HE. Horst Freitage, Special Envoy to the Middle East at the German Foreign Office;
Jöerg Ranau, Head, German Representative Office, Ramallah;
Philip Holzapfel, Political Officer, German Representative Office, Ramallah

10 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: South Africa & the Palestinian Crisises.
Participant(s):
Lehlohonolo Shadrack Ted Pekana, Head, South Africa Representative Office, Ramallah;
Edgar Motsisi, Political Secretary, South Africa Representative Office, Ramallah

06 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Romania and the European Union
Participant(s):
Marian Stefan, Head, Romanian Representative office, Ramallah

	04 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
	Topics & Participants:
		Lavie Ephraim, Dayan Center, Tel-Aviv University
		Nadar Keren, Ph.D. Candidate, Dayan Center, Tel-Aviv University. Palestinian Press History, Early & Modern
		Harel Chorev-Halewa, Dayan Center, Tel-Aviv University. AbdulHadi and the Elites in Palestine
		Amir Kulick, Dayan Center, Tel-Aviv University Palestinian Society, 1939-1948

03 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: On Teddy Kolleck
Participant(s): BBC, World Service Radio, with Alan Freedman.
Related Article: "He hated nudniks, but was listed in the phone book"
     by Tom Segev

02 January 2007, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Teddy Kolleck, former mayor of Jerusalem (1911-2007)
Participant(s): Ravi Nessma, Associated Press.
Related Articles:
     "Teddy Kollek, longtime mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 95"     by Steve Weizman
     "Legendary Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek to be laid to rest in Jerusalem" 
      by www.haaretz.com