PASSIA Meetings (2009)

15 Dec 2009, American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem. Topic: Launching of the new book of Mia Groendahl: To Jerusalem "In the Steps of Eight Swedes and a Finn" Organizer: PASSIA More Photos     13 October 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem. Topic: O Al-Aqsa Mosque Events Participants: Yousef Al-Dajani, Chairman of the Board, Jerusalem District Electricity Co.; Azzam Al-Khatib, Director, Islamic Waqf; Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, Mufti of Jerusalem & Palestine, Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Al-Quds University; Khalid Abu Arafeh, Engineering; Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Al-Quds University; Zahi Khoury, Businessman; Michel Sabbah, Former Latin Patriarch for Jerusalem; Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab, Director of the Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem; Hatem Abdul Qader, Jerusalem file, Fateh; Dr. Arafat Al-Hidmi, Head, Al-Maqasseh Charitable Association; Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, President, Al-Quds University; Dr. Ekrima Sabri, Higher Islamic Commission; Munib Al-Masri, Muntada Falastine; Mazen Sinokrot, Sinokot Group; Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador in Europe. More Photos 12 Oct. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem Topic: Experience the Holy Land. Participants: Young Presidents Organization: Roberto Boghossian; Yann Borgstedt; Robin David Greenhalgh; Caroline Greenhalgh; John C. Hugon; Badr H Jafar; Petra Nemcova; Thomas Kaneb; Gail Kaneb; Greg Kiessling; Omar M. Masri; Yves J. Paternot; Louise Goodfellow; Yasser Shahin; Sam Shahin; Rama Sifri; Majed Sifri; Peter C Stas; Ali Sulaiman; Zuhoor Sulaiman. More Photos       29 Sep 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem Topic: Personal Data Security and the Law. Participants: Francesco Pizzetti; President of Italy DPA, Francesco Santillo, Consul, Italian Consulate, Muhammed Nuseibeh, Jamil Hamami, Dr. Arafat Hidmi; Al-Makassed Society Chairman, Zahi Khoury; Businessman; Muhammed Dajani; Professor; Wasatia, Bishop Dr. Munib Younan; Abdel Qader Huseini. More Photos   13 August 2009, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem Topic: The Dome of the Rock and Al-Haram Al-Sharif: Restoration, Archaeology, Religion and Politics Speaker: Dr. Beatrice St. Laurent, Professor of Islamic Art, Chair of the Art Department, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, NEH Senior Fellow, ACOR, Amman Participants: Khalil Assali, Al-Quds TV; Katharina Galor, Professor; Ziad Zughayar, Architect; Meejeon Hong; Khaled Abu Nafeh; Azzam Abu Saoud, Director, Chamber of Commerce; Darwish Hijazi, Engineer; Ghaleb Mashni; Mazen Sinoqrot; Nabil Al-Jabari; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Helana Elusfeder, Assistant to the Director Albright Institute; Diana Steigler, Albright Library; Sarah Sussmal; Albright Library; Ligia Maria Scherer, Head of the Brazilian Representative office, Ramallah; Felipe Losta, Brazilian Representative office, Ramallah; Itidal Al-Ashhab, Deputy for Jerusalem office, Ministry of Education and Higher Education; Lina Masrouji, Pharmacist; Dr. Arafat Hidmi, Chairman, Board of Directors Makassed Society; Sami Sockol, Journalist; Hani Abdeen; Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, Director of Waqf; Osama Kanaan, Chief of Mission, IMF - International Monetary Fund; Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Al-Quds University; Ola Skuterud, International and Federation of the Red Cross; Giancarlo de Picciotto, Head, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; Laila Sheikh, Deputy Head, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; Rima Barakat Related Article: القدس بين الشرق والغرب Click here More Photos   23 June 2009, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem. Topic: Planning and Zoning in Jerusalem – Israeli vs. Palestinian Reading Speakers: Senan Abdul Qader and Yousef Jabareen. Participants: Mazen Sinokrot, CEO Sinokrot Group; Ahmad Zugaiar, Chairman, Federation of CET Industry; Azzam Abu-Saud, Director, Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce; Ehab Dweik, Architect; Darweesh Suleiman Hijazi, Civil Engineer ; Samir Kirrish, Mech. Engineer; Ziad Zughayar, Architect; Ibrahim A. Younan, Architect; Muezz Nashashibi, Civil Engineer; Hani Abu Diab, Architect; Samer Nusseibeh, Engineer; Usama Halabi, Lawyer; Adel Ruished, Al-Quds University; Hani Abdeen, Doctor; Jawad Naji, Advisor; Samih Abid, PIF; Khaled Abu-Arafeh, Businessman; Ibrahim H. Al-Joulani , Private Sector Real Estate Agent; Mohsen Ghosheh, Engineer; Areej Daibas, Sector Coordinator Jerusalem Unit; Mohammed Nuseibeh, Higher Islamic Council; Mazen Nuseibeh, Teacher; Ahmad Siam; Khaled Qawasmeh, Minister of Local Government (PA). More Photos 11 June 2009, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem. Topic: Meeting with Civil Society in Jerusalem Participants: The Delegation of Members of the EU National Parliaments, Czech Republic. Miloslav Vlcek, Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Ivan Prikryl, Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Petr Kynstetr, Chanceller of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Jan Kavan, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Foreign Minister and President of the UN General Assembly; Vladimir Lastuvka, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Chariman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Karel Simana, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic; Helena Opolecka, Advisor to the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Italy; Petar Beron, Vice-Chairman of the Parliament, Bulgaria; Averof Neophytou, Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Parliament of Cyprus; Gert Weisskirchen, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Germany (Bundestag); Andreas Loverdos, Member of the Parliament, Greece, Foreign Affairs Committee, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, PASOK, Greece; Vaira Peagle, Parliament of Latvia, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Michael Frendo, Parliament of Malta, Chairman of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs; Martijn Van Dam, Member of Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Netherlands, Bogdan Borusewicz, President of the Senat of the Republic of Poland; Anna Zielinska-Glebocka, Member of the Parliament, Poland (SEJM), Member of EMPA; Witold Smidowski, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland; Leszek Biera, Chancellery f the Senate of Poland; Fernando Negrao, Member of the Parliament of Portugal, Member of the EMPA Portugees Group; Juraj Horvath, Parliament of the Slovak Republic, Foreign Affairs Committee; Abdullah Abdullah, EMPA Representative, Palestine; Zeynep Dagi, Deputy of Ankara, Head of EMPA Turkish Group; Abdullah Caliskan, Deputy of Kersehir, Turkey; Akif Akkus, Deputy of Mersin, Turkey. More Photos     28 May 2009, Ramallah. Topic:Hamas - From Resistance to Political Movement? Speakers: Dr. Mahmoud Ramahi, Secretary General of the PLC (Change and Reform); Paola Caridi, Historian, Journalist and Author (“Hamas - Che cos'è e cosa vuole il movimento radicale palestinese”), Rome; Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA. Participants: Emilio Dabed, PhD Student; Wardeh Tamim, FES; Bishwadip Dey, Indian Representative; Dr. Ercan Ozer, Turkish Consul; Nadia El-Quargui, Adviser to EUSR; Jimela Saidem, Palestinian Union of Women; Laura Maritano, Researcher; Sami Bahour; Sam Bahour, Applied Information Management, Ramallah; Fajr Harb, Carter Center; Abraham Kruijf, IDA Innovatie, Netherlands; Yasser Khellef, Sciences- PO, Paris; Mazen Sinokrot, Sinokrot Group; Daoud Talhami, Writer; Daniel Magrizos, Ignacio Garcia, Maria Corral, Humanitarian Workers; Victoria Sjolander, Political Adviser, EUPOL COPPS; Roberta Pasini, Raffaele Spiga, Regione Emilia Romagna Decentralized Cooperation Unit; Jaroslav Petrik, PhD Student; Bassem Al-Khalidi, Political Advisor, UN; Mads Mayerhofer, DHOM (Denmark); Henrik Meyer, FES; Dr.Sabri Saidam, Presidential Advisor, Ramallah; Abu Alaa Mansour; David Jackson, FAO; Mohammad Masrouji, Chairman, Palestinian Businessman Association; Katharina Konarek, FES; Omar Shehadeh, Researcher; Cristina Grazlani, Carlos Diaz, FAO; Mounir Kleibo, ILO; Ghassan Abdullah; Amani Sarsour, Al-Bireh Council; Imad Amar; Khalid Naseef, Nicolas Masse, Roland Friedrich, DCAF; Roger Heacock, Birzeit University; Joel Cohen, Student; Ilaria De Banis, Journalist; Najwa Najjar, Filmmaker; Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Al-Quds University; Veronique Maussarone, Casa Della Toscana – Representative of the Region Tuscany. Related Materials: Click here to download More Photos   13 May 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem. Topic: The Change of the Political Landscape in Palestine Participants: Swedish Theological Institute visiting Delegation-Church of Sweden in Jerusalem: Sasa Farkas, Student; Bernice Magnusson, Student; Johanna Risenfors, Student; Christina Packalén, Student counselor; Kenan Habul, Journalist student; Puneet Acharya; Stefan Adolfsson, Student; Marie Korner, Pastor; Jeppelina Schoug, Student; Attilla Palcso, Priest; Annika Wenemark, Teacher; Jessica Tranlander, Student; Kim Lofqvist, Student; Helena Eriksson, Student; Christina Roeser, Student; Lars Michael VS Adrian, Head of Education in a Town in Sweden; Tobias Rydqvist, Student; Maria Widermark, Priest; Jennie Forsberg, Student; Hakan Bengtsson, Director, Swedish Theological Institute.     30 March 2009, Best Eastern Hotel, Ramallah. Topic: Palestinian National Dialogue in Cairo March 2009 Speakers: Munib Al Masri; Hani Al Masri; Ghassan Khatib; Mahdi Abdul Hadi. Participants Bishwadip Dey, Head, Indian Representative ; Dr. Ercan Ozer, Turkish Consul; Sam Bahour; Abdullah Abdullah; Hassan Abu Libdeh; Pia Rantala-Engberg, Finnish Representative; Dr. Subhi Al-Aref, Physician; Royce Kuzwayo, South Africa Deputy Representative; Nasser Al Qudwa; Dr. Sabri Saidam ; Dr. Mamdouh Al-Iker; Victoria Sjolander, Political Advisor, EUPOL COPPS; Hani Al-Masri; Mounir Kleibo, ILO Representative; Abdel Majed Sweilem, Ministry of Labor; Lehlohonolo Shadrack Ted Pekane, South African Ambassador; Rolf Holmboe, Danish Representative; Dr.T. Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan Representative; Mahmud Kittana;YPIA; Rosimar Suzano, Brazilian Deputy Representative; Maher Al-Masri, Chairman of the Board, Palestinian Capital Market Authority; Penguilly Francois, Deputy Consul, French Consulate; Munib Masri; Mohammed Nusseibeh; Ghassan Khatib, Birzeit University ; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Representative, ANERA; Khaled Naseef; Saleh Hakawati; Wafa’ Abdel Rahman; Piotr Puchta, Polish Representative; Roland Friedrich, DCAF; Nicolas Masson, DCAF; Ana Coelho, Portuguese Deputy Representative. See more photos   28 March 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem. Topic: Palestine and International Relations Participants: Delegation of Middle East Officers of the German Federal Foreign Office Friederike Hellner, Amman; Michael Ohnmacht, Beirut; Stefan Bantle, Berlin; Judit Goldstein, Berlin; Sonja Jelineck, Berlin; Andreas Peschke, Berlin; Rainer Breul, Brüssel; Tobias Tunkel, Brüssel; Petra Drexler, Damascus; Hans-Werner Bussmann, Cairo; Rainer Lassig, London; Thorsten Hutter, Moskau; Achim Fabig, New York; Helmut Rausch, Paris; Philip Holzapfel, Ramallah; Gerhard Schlaudraff, Ramallah; Anne Wagner, Ramallah; Gregory Bledjian, Tel Aviv; Mathias Licharz, Tel Aviv; Uwe Schmalz, Tel Aviv; Andreas Prothmann, Washington; Sibylle Sorg, Berlin; Miriam Lenz, Berlin. See more photos 26 March 2009, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem. Topic: Palestinians in Regional Political Dynamics Participants: British Embassy -Tel Aviv: Mel McNulty; Alan Stewart; Karen Kaufman; Shachar Mordechai; Lisa Farrington; Dean Hurlock; Natalie Singer. British Consulate General - Jerusalem: John Edwards; Chris Merritt; Karen McLuskie; Jude Muxworthy; Jumana Jaouoni; Fadi Adeeb; Michael Jilleh; Michael Sansour. Amman: Michael Cockle, Political Section Chief.   26 Feb 2009. Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem Topic: Analysis of the Israeli Elections and the Future of Palestine. Speakers: Dr. Ahmed Tibi, MK (Ra’am- Ta’al); Mohammad Said Naffa, MK (National Democratic Assembly). Participant(s): Eman Al-Kassem, Journalist; Mazen Nusseibeh; Darwish Hijazi, Engineer; Dr. Nafez Nazzal; Laila Nazzal; Shihab Amjad, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Terry Bullata, National Program Officer, Swiss Development Cooperation; Azzam Abu-Saud, Director, Jerusalem Arab Chamber of Commerce, Industry; Khaled Abu-Arafeh; Sami Sockol, Journalist; Lehlohonolo Shadrack Ted Pekane, South African Ambassador; Ishaq Budeiri, Arab Studies Society; Khalil Assali, Al-Quds TV Director; Wafaa Hasan, Ph.D. Candidate, Mc Master University; Fajr Harb, Program Coordinator, The Carter Center; Timothy Rothermel, Director, The Carter Center; Dr. Mustafa Abu-Sway, Lecturer, Al Quds University; Jamal Al-Aref, Deputy Middle East Representative, ANERA; Rep.; Dr. Ercan Ozer, Turkish Consul; Jean-Paul Ghoneim, Cultural Counselor, French Consulate; Helena Cobban, Writer; Adnan Husseini, Governor, Governorate Jerusalem; Nisreen Al-Aref, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Tim Petschulat, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); James J. Carroll, Representative of Ireland; Pia Rantala-Engberg, Representative of Finland; Claudia De Martino, Ph.D. Student; Jamil Hammami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Yusef Azazmeh; Omar Dessouki, Physician. See more photos

25 December 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Turkish – Palestine (Relations since 1989).
Participants: Erkan Ertosun, PhD Candidate, Turkey; Savas Celik, Attorney, Law & Trade Marks, Ankara, Turkey.

22 Dec 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: EU Role in the ME conflict.
Participants: Delegation of French National School of Administration, Paris: Gabriel Normand; Alexis Mnauvier; Schwan Badinou; Walid Benaafon.

22 Dec 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: PLO & PA Politics
Participants: Sung-Hong Yang, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea.

17 December 2009, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem.
Topic: US and the Peace Process
Participants: Matthew J. Jemmott, Major, U.S Army, Legislative Liaison; Paul C. Hutton, Professional Staff Member on the Minority staff of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services (SASC); Michael Kuiken, Professional Staff Member, SASC AirLand Subcommittee, United States Senate ; Michael V. Kostiw, Republican Staff Director, Senate Committee on Armed Services, US.

9 December 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: EU & Jerusalem/ Obama & the Nobel Peace Prize
Participants: Sidsel Wold, Middle East Correspondent, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

8 December 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:Democracy & Gov.
Participants: U.S. Agency for International Development: Maryanne Yerkes, Democracy Officer; Maher Frijat, Public Sector Development Advisor, Democracy and Governance Office.

7 December 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Courtesy Visit
Participants: Mehmet F. Sekerci, Deputy Chief, Turkish Consulate, Jerusalem.

7 December 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Courtesy Visit
Participants: Jack R. Twiss Quarles van Ufford, Head of Mission, Representative Office of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Palestinian Authority.

19 November 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Impasse
Participants: Victoria Sjolander, Political Adviser, EU Police Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support.

19 November 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic:Courtesy Visit
Participants: Patrick Girard, Director French Cultural Center, Jerusalem.

18 November 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:To share impressions of, and insights into, the Obama Administration’s Policy toward the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.
Participants: Dr. Robert Malley, Director, Middle East and North Africa Program, International Crises Group; Hani Masri, Director, Badael Center, Ramallah.

18 November 2009, PASSIA, Ramallah Office.
Topic: Venezuela-Palestine Relations
Participants:Luis Daniel Hernandez Lugo, Head of Venezuela Representative office in Ramallah.

18 November 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestine after 42 Years of Israeli Occupation
Participants: Prof. Dr. Zakhari Zakhariev, President, The Foundation Lavyani; Dr. Raina Terzieva, Secretary Coordination, The Foundation Lavyani; Bulgarian Cultural Delegation to Palestine. 

17 November 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:Two People ..One Land
Participants: Swedish Journalists; Birgitta Jacobsson; Elin Fjellman Jaderup; Magnus Wennerholm; Agneta Liljeqvist; Maria Ridderstedt; Anneli Evers; Pernilla Ohlin; Stina Blomgren; Peter Lofgren; Nidal Rafa; Ulf Johansson, Editor.

17 November 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Independence and the Peace Process.
Participants: Dr. Thomas Neu, Head of Carter Center.

14 November 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian-Israeli Conflict; What lines ahead!
Participants: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: Senator Ted Kauffman (D-DE), Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Representative Nita Lowey (D-28th-CA), Chairwoman, House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations; Representative Susan Davis (D-53rd-CA), Member, House Armed Services Committee.STAFF: Ms. Halie Soifer, Foreign Policy Advisor, Senator Kaufman. ACCOMPANYING PERSONS: Mr. Stephen Davis (Spouse of Representative Susan Davis); Mr. Kyler Kronmiller (Political Officer at the American Consulate General in Jerusalem).

12 November 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Impasse
Participants: Sung-Hong Yang, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea.

11 November 2009, , Indian Representative Office in Ramallah.
Topic: Political Briefing on Palestinian Current Situation by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi.
Participants: The representative Offices of: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, Japan, Repubic of Korea, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela.

11 Nov. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Abu Mazen's Resignation
Participants: France 24 TV: Annette Young, Jerusalem Correspondent; Marc De Chalvron, Jerusalem Correspondent.

4 Nov. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Participants: Harry Putker, First Secretary, Representative Office of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the PA; Herman Quarles van Ufford, Deputy Director, Head of the Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands.

4 Nov. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Elections
Participants: Princeton University: Herman Quarles Van Ufford; Harry Putter

3 Nov. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Impact of Mrs. Clinton's Visit to the Region.
Participants:Damien Cristofari, Deputy Consulate General of France.

2 Nov. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Courtesy Visit
Participants: Csaba Czibere, Head of Mission, Representative Office of he Republic of Hungary to the PNA, Ramallah.

2 Nov. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: On Jerusalem
Participants: Consulate General of Belgium in Jerusalem:Karel Van Hecke, Consul (Political Affairs); Geert Cockx, Consul General.

26 Oct. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: On Jerusalem
Participants: Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Delegation - Korea: Kwang-Hyun Koh, Research Fellow; Nam-sik In, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Seonjou Kang, Ph.D., Geung Chan Bae, Dean of Research, Ph.D.

26 Oct. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: On Jerusalem
Participants: Nadav Cohen.

22 Oct. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: On Gaza
Participants: The Japanese news agency, Jiji Press.

22 Oct. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: On Jerusalem
Participants: Naofumi Hashimoto, Representative of Japan to the Palestinian Authority, Ramallah.

19 Oct. 2009,Working Dinner, Ramallah
Topic: Meeting with H.E Javier Solana on Goldstone Report.
Participants: Ganem Khatib; Nabil Kasis; Mahdi Abdul Hadi; Mazen Sinokrot; Mamdouh Akr; Basim Khouri; Issa Kessassieh; Walid Najab and Hisham Shawwa.

12 Oct. 2009, Ambassador Hotel, Jerusalem.
Topic: What is a Homeland/Understanding the Seeds of Statehood?
Participants: Women Donors Network:

8 Oct. 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Political Briefing on Jerusalem.
Participants: Kwak, Sam Ju, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; Sang Yoon Park, Head Representative at the Korean Representative Office to the PA; H.E Sameh Nabil Said, Consul General, Arab Republic of Egypt - Embassy, Tel Aviv.

27 August 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: PLO
Participants: Ms. Anna Brodin, Consul, Political Affairs, Swedish Consulate, Jerusalem.

26 August, 2009, Grand Park Hotel, Ramallah.
Topic: The Mission of The Elders in the Occupied Palestinian Territories IFTAR
Participants: Members of The Elders who joined the Middle East delegation are: Ela Bhatt, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Richard Branson, Jeff Skoll, Mabel van Oranje.
Related files: For more information about the participants and their mission click here: English, Arabic version, or visit the following website: www.theelders.org

24 August 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Israeli Elections and the Future of Palestine
Participants: Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy Representative and Edgar Motsisi, Second Political Secretary, South African Representative Office to the Palestinian National Authority, Ramallah

12 August 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: the 6th Fateh Conference and what lies ahead
Participants: Robert Van Embden, Head of Mission; Ziad Sharia, Development Programme Officer, Representative Office of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the alestinian Authority.

12 August 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Interfaith Dialogue
Participants: Rabbi David Rosen, Sharon Rosen, Avner Haramati.

11 August 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Civil Society
Participants: The International Republican Institute: Elizabeth Ruedy; Evaluation Officer; Evaluation of Monitoring & Evaluation, Humaira Wakili; Program Officer; Middle East & North Africa.

10 August 2009, PASSIA, working Dinner, Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Topic: Fateh 6th Convention in Bethlehem August 4th-10th 2009.
Participants: Members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Schleswig- Holstein: sven Zylla, Head of delegation; Achim Moller, Policy Adviser of the SPD; Michael Busemann, Adviser for the event-management of the SPD; Dorte Schramm, Adviser of the German MEP; Michael Broning, FES Resident Representative, Jerusalem.

8 August 2009, Amman, Jordan.
Topic: UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli Practices.
Witness: Dr. Mahdi Abdulhadi Chairman of Passia, Jerusalem.

3 August 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: 6th Fateh convention In Bethlehem.
Participants: Ms. Baleka Mbethe, former Deputy President of the Contry and former Speaker of parliament, National Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) and National Executive Committee Member; Ms Manzini Mavivi, Former Deputy President of ANC Women's League; Rouba Al-Fattal, PASSIA Intern.

3 August 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: 6th Fateh convention In Bethlehem.
Participants: Afif Safieh, PA Ambassador; Hanna Safieh, Member of Fateh Revolution Council; Rouba Al-Fattal, PASSIA Intern.

22 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian National Dialogue and the Future Fatah Conference
Participants:Damien Cristofari, Deputy Consulate General of France.

21 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Internal Dialogue.
Participants:Ibrahim Eid, Political Section; Rick Waters, Political Section Chief; Kyler Kronmiller, Political Officer.

9 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Israeli Settlements.
Participants: Adam Pines, Producer, Jerusalem, Al-Jazeera English; Dr. Kathryn Stapley, Senior Producer, Search for Common Ground in the Middle East.

8 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Fateh Sixth Convention 2009
Participants: Ethan Bronner, Bureau Chief, The New York Times; Jo-Ann Mort, FreeLance Journalist.

7 July 2009, PASSIA, Press Conference in Ramallah.
Topic: Statement by Independent Personalities
Related file: Click here to download

4 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Rule of Law in OPT
Participants:Natalie Rea, Executive Director, The International Legal Foundation (ILF); Polly Mallinson, (ILF).

4 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestine and Turkey
Participants: Nuray Mert, FreeLance Turkish Journalist.

3 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Israeli Impasse
Participants: Latif Douri; Dr. Ali Abu Shahla, Gaza.

1 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Settlement Activities.
Participants: Mirvat M. Abu Soud, Correspondent for Saudi Ch2, Jerusalem.

1 July 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Mexico and Palestine
Participants: Dr. Leon Rodriguez Z., Representative, Representative Office of Mexico, Ramallah.

30 June 2009, American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem.
Topic: Kingdom of the Netherlands and Palestine (working breakfast)
Participants: H.E. Bert Koenders, Minister of Developments Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Francesco Mascini, Spokeperson of the Minister of Development Cooperation; Dr. Bernard Sabella, PLC Member, Jerusalem.

24 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Nakaba
Participants: Leonidas Liambeys, assistant producer; Alon Farago, Cameraman, Anemon Productions.

23 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: International Seminar on Peace in the Middle East
Participants: Rosimar Suzano, Deputy Representative, Representative Office of Brazil to the PA.

23 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Reconciliation Process
Participants: Tetsushi Kondo, Head of the Representative Office of Japan to the PA.

23 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: South Korea and Palestine
Participants: Kwak, Sam Ju, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; Sang Yoon Park, Head Representative at the Korean Representative Office to the PA.

22 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Iran
Participants: bitterlemons.org
Related file: Click here to download the article

20 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Internal Palestinian Politics
Participants: Robert Blecher, Senior Analyst, Middle East Program, International Crisis Group, Washington DC, USA.

20 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Internal Palestinian Politics
Participants: Hans-Christian Rossler, Correspondent in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

16 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Internal Palestinian Security
Participants: Matthew Bell, Reporter, The World Public Radio International, Boston, MA.; Fouad Abu Shosh, BBC Jerusalem.

13 June 2009, Ramallah.
Topic: On President Carter Visit to Palestine
Participants: Dr. Sabri Saidam, Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Mazin Sonucrot and Lana Abo Hjleh.

11 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Impasse
Participants: Kieth Kidd, Resident Country Director, West Bank /Gaza, The International Republican Institute (IRI); Humaira Wakili, Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa, IRI.

11 June 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Iranian Elections.
Participants: BBC Persian TV. team: Mohammad Manzarpour, Correspondent, Middle East Bureau; Raya Fakheraldeen, Producer, Middle East Bureau; Jimmy Michael, Cameraman.

28 May 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Abu Mazen's Visit to Washington.
Participants: Dubai TV.

28 May 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Israelization of Jerusalem, Where to?
Participants: Sherene Abu A'qleh, Correspondent, Al-Jazeera TV.

21 May 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Government
Participants: Omar Karmi, Foreign Correspondent .
Related article: Click here to read.

19 May 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Jerusalem Old City
Participants: Mike Molloy; John Bell; Ian Anderson, University of Ottawa.

19 May 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Christianity, Islam and Peacemaking.
Participants: Lee C. Camp, Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, LIPSCOMB University.

19 May 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Obama-Netanyahu Meeting in Washington.
Participants: Osman SERT, Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Jerusalem.

12 May 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Holy Land.
Participants: Shahrukh Asad, Correspondent, Dubai TV; Ithar Abu Gharbieh, Cameraman, Dubai TV.

27 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: The UN and the Palestinians
Participants: Samer Abu Jobara, Political Affairs Officer and Pascal Soto, Head of Ramallah Office, Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO).

22 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Internal Politics
Participants: Ms. Pia Rantala- Engberg, Representative Office of Finland, Ramallah; Dr. Heidi Huuhtanen and Mr. Ville Brummer, members of the CMI team, Finland.

18 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Palestinian Internal Politics
Participants: ILO, International Labor Office Delegation Geneva, Fredrich Buttler - Special Advisor to the Director General, ILO; Martin Oelz - Legal Officer and Human rights focal point International Labour Standards Department, ILO Geneva; Tareq Haq - Employment Development & Strategies Officer, Regional office Beirut; Mounir Kleibo, Representative, ILO Jerusalem; Rasha El-Shruafa, Programme Officer, ILO Jerusalem

16 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Impasse
Participants: Sam Ju Kwak, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Tel Aviv.

16 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Civil Society
Participants: Sidney Leclercq, Institute of European Studies (Université Libre de Bruxelles).

16 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Christian-Muslim Relation
Participants: Michel Nseir, Programme Executive, Public Witness, Special Focus on the Middle East, World Council of Churches, Geneva.

15 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: UNIMED
Participants: Participants: Prof. Franco Rizzi, Secretary General of the Union of Mediterranean Universities UNIMED, Rome, Italy

14 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Jerusalem.
Participants: Kyler Kronmiller, Political Officer, US Consulate, Jerusalem.

8 April 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: Internal Palestinian Politics.
Participants: Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy Representative and Edgar Motsisi, Second Political Secretary, South African Representative Office to the Palestinian National Authority, Ramallah.

6 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Security
Participants: Victoria Sjolanden, Political Advisor, EUPOL COPPS.

2 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Jerusalem
Participants: Mark Bell, Palestine Desk; Raman Chettiar, Parliament and Human Rights Officer; Gaven Vassey, Officer in Middle East Peace Process; Jumana Jaouoni, Political Officer, British consulate General, Jerusalem .

1 April 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Cairo Talks
Participants: Dr. Jorge Torres Pereira, Representative of Portugal to the Palestinian Authority; Ana Coelho, Deputy Representative, Ramallah.

31 March 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: Working Lunch, Internal Palestinian Politics
Participants:Siegmund Ehrmann,MP (SPD), Deputy chairman of the Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs, Member of the Committee on Internal Affairs; Ms. Kerstin Griese, MP (SPD), Member of the board of the SPD, Member of the board of the Parliamentary Group of the SPD, Commissioner of the SPD Parliamentary Group for Churches and Religious Affairs, Chairperson of the Family Affairs Committee; Mr. Christian Lange, MP (SPD), Member of the Committee on Economics and Technology, Member of the Board of Scrutiny, Immunity and Rules of Procedure, Member of Council of Elders, Deputy Whip; Dr. Carola Reimann, MP (SPD), Member of the Health Committee, Member of the Education, Research and Technology Assessment Committee, Member of the Enquete-Committee “Ethics and Rights of Modern Medicine”; Andreas Weigel, MP (SPD), Member of the Disarmament, Control of Armament and Non Proliferation Committee, Member of the Economic Cooperation and Development Committee, Member of the Defense Committee; David Gill, Deputy Representative of the EKD council ( Protestant Church in Germany ) to the German Federal Republic and the EU.

27 March 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: Jerusalem, The Capital of Arab Culture.
Participants Sami Haddad, Al-Jazeera TV; Hafez Alkarmi, Director of Mayfair Islamic Centre; Sa'eb Ariqat, Chief Palestinian negotiator.
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26 March 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic:Internal Palestinian Politics and the West's Agenda
Participants:Christoph Schult, Educational Office, The German News Magazine, Jerusalem.

25 March 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian Internal Politics
Participants: Alberto Oggero, Adviser to the EU Special Represntative for the Middle East Peace Process, CONSILIUM, Brussels.

18 March 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinian National Talks in Cairo.
Participants: Mr. Francesco Santillo, Consul, Italian Consulate, Jerusalem.

21 Feb 2009, Jerusalem
Topic: Europe and Gaza
Participants: Niels Annen, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member of the SPD Executive Board, Germany.

20 Feb 2009, Jerusalem (Working Dinner)
Topic: US-Palestinian Relations
Participants: Zach Wamp, Member of Congress, USA; Mazen Sinokrot, CEO Sinokrot Group.

19 Feb 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Israeli Elections and the Future of Palestine
Participants: Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy Representative and Edgar Motsisi, Second Political Secretary, South African Representative Office to the Palestinian National Authority, Ramallah

19 Feb 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: Japanese Interests in the Current Impasse
Participants: Deputy Head, Representative Office of Japan to the Palestinian Authority, Ramallah.

18 Feb 2009, Jerusalem
Topic: The Day after Gaza
Participants: Hubertus Heil, General Sectretary of SPD; Knut Dethlefsen, Representative of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES).

17 Feb 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: Palestinians see advantages to Israeli hawk in cabinet.
Participants: Orly Halpern, Journalist, Jerusalem-based.
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14 Feb 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Presence and Future of Palestine
Participants: Marian Stefan, Representative of Romania.

13 Feb 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: On Israel
Participants: Awad Rojoub, Al-Jazeera TV.
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12 Feb 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Israeli Elections of 2009.
Participants: Knut Erik Holm, NRK Radio Norway.

8 Feb 2009, Jerusalem.
Topic: Negotiations between Hamas and Israel in Cairo.
Participants: Laila Shikhli, Al-Jazeera TV.
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4 Feb 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: Israeli Elections of 2009.
Participants: Luis Ramirez, Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Voice of America.

4 Feb 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Impact of Settlements on the Future of a Palestinian State
Participants: LTC Tony Sarver, US Army Visiting Defence Fellow, Center for International Relations, Queen's University, Canada.
Related Article: Israel’s Settlements in the West Bank: Should the United States Care?

2 Feb 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Topic: The Day after Gaza
Participants: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leadership delegation: The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Clerk of the General Assembly; Mr. J. Randal ("Randy") Ackley, Coordinator of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance; The Reverend Dr. Victor E. Makari, Coordinator of the Office for the Middle East; Mr. Douglas Dicks, Regional Liaison to Jordan, Israel and Palestine for the PC(U.S.A).

28 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Political Future of Palestine.
Participants: Kyler Kronmiller, Political Officer, US Consulate, Jerusalem.

27 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Korean-Palestinian Relations.
Participants: Yoo, Wang Jong, Ph.D, Research Professor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Konkuk University; Young-Chol Choe, Ph.D, Seoul Jangsin University.

21 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Obama Presidency: The Future of Gaza and Palestinian Unity
Participants: Fabio Chiucconi, Journalist, Rai (Radio Televisione Italiana), Italy.

19 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The Political Situation in the Palestinian Territories.
Participants: Francois Penguilly, Deputy Consul, French Consulate General in Jerusalem.

18 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: The New Agenda in US-Israel Security.
Participants: Atef Dalghas, Al-jazeera.net
Related Link: aljazeera.net

14 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:War on Gaza.
Participants: Leila Farsakh, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

13 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic:War on Gaza.
Participants: Dr. Jerome M. Segal, Senior Research Scholar at the University of Maryland, President and founder of The Jewish Peace Lobby.

13 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Internal Palestinian Impasse
Participants: Mr. Royce Kuzwayo, Deputy Representative, Representative Office of South Africa, Ramallah.

12 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: War on Gaza
Participants:Igor Pogacar, Head of the Representative Office of Slovenia, Ramallah.

7 January 2009, PASSIA, Jerusalem
Topic: Regional and Global Political Impacts of the War on Gaza
Participants:Dr. I. William Zartman, Jacob Blaustein Professor of International Organizations and Conflict Resolution, American Institute for Maghrib Studies, Director, Conflict Management Program, John Hopkins University.