Meetings & Workshops

 
5
Dec
2018

The Question of Palestine: What Lies ahead?

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA
Participants: Delegation from the Comenius Leergangen Group, Netherlands: Jan Willem Weck, Moderator; Annelies Jorna, Researcher; Anho van Hoepa, Vice-Chairman; Hans van Dijk, Private Banker; Corni de Voght, Banker; Fenny van Veghen, Prosecutor; Erik Pool, Director; Jolanda Hillebrand, Coach, Pieter-Matthijs Gijsbers, Director.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
5
Dec
2018

Jerusalem and the Holy Places

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Abu Sway, Integral Chair for the Study of Imam Al-Ghazali's Work at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University
Participants: Delegation from the Comenius Leergangen Group, Netherlands: Jan Willem Weck, Moderator; Annelies Jorna, Researcher; Anho van Hoepa, Vice-Chairman; Hans van Dijk, Private Banker; Corni de Voght, Banker; Fenny van Veghen, Prosecutor; Erik Pool, Director; Jolanda Hillebrand, Coach, Pieter-Matthijs Gijsbers, Director.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
23
Oct
2018

The Current Palestinian Impasse

  • Organizer: The Carter Center, Ramallah.
  • Location: American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem.
Participants: Amb. (ret.) Mary-Ann Peters, CEO, The Carter Center (TCC), USA; Hrair A. Balian, Director of Conflict Resolution Program, TCC, USA; José Vericat, Country Representative & Field Office Director, TCC, Ramallah; Qais As'ad, Program Manager, TCC, Ramallah; Dr. Yara Hawari, Palestine Policy Fellow, Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
8
Oct
2018

Jerusalem, Palestine, and the “Jewish Nation-State” Law

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: YWCA, Wadi Al-Joz, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Dr. Ahmed Tibi, Member of the Knesset & Head of the Jerusalem Committee in the Arab Joint List
Participants: Danielle Haven, Consul General of Belgium; Arnaud Foray, Assistant à la Chancellerie Politique, French Consulate; Matilda Rosenkvists, Intern, Swedish Consulate; Francesco Paolo Russi, Intern, Italian Consulate; Simon Mmutle, First Secretary, Representative Office of South Africa; Sigbjørn Litland, First Secretary, Representative Office of Norway; Patrick Jacobs, Counsellor Political, Representative Office of South Africa; Rodolfo Sahium Ribeiro, Second Secretary, Representative Office of Brazil, Ramallah; Justyna Pabian, Representative Office of the Republic of Poland; Amb. Afif Safieh, Roving PLO Ambassador for Special Missions, UK; Andreas Hermann, Head of the GIZ Civil Society Program; Greg Mahler, Professor of Politics, Earlham College, USA; Andrew Hebert, PIJ; Thomas Dallal, Deputy Director, Diakonia; Anna Reimann, Spiegel Journalist; Eman Kasz, Journalist; Suleiman Abu Dayyeh, Head, Palestine Desk, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF); Christoph Klement, Project Manager, FES; Saliha Engel, Intern, FES; Majdoleen Jibril, PCBS; Jamal Al-Natsheh, Dr. Social Affairs; Ibrahim Mattar; Sheikh Jamil Hamami, Lecturer, Al-Quds University, Member of the Islamic Higher Committee; Ahmad Rwaidy, Head, Representative Office of Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the State of Palestine; Claudette Habash, Caritas; Azzam Dakkak; Mazen Jabari, Director, Youth Development Department (YDD); Samer Nusseibeh, CEO and Vice President, Mohammed Zaki Nuseibeh & Sons Group; Ibrahim Abudalo, Lawyer; Yasmin Abu Ghazaleh, Palestinian Family Planning & Protection Association; Walid Salem, Lecturer; Usama Halabi, Lawyer; Maha Samman, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Salah Zuheikeh; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Fouad Hallak, Policy Advisor, PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah; Sana' Hasna, Researcher, Jerusalem File, Palestinian Negotiation Support Project, Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah; Samia Khouri, Retiree; Imad Muna, General Manager, Educational Bookshop; Dr. Safa Nasser Eddin, Vice President for Jerusalem Affairs Al-Quds University; Dr. Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Al-Quds University; Mohammad Abu Khdeir, Journalist, Al-Quds Newspaper; Mohammad Abed Rabbo, Miftah; Areej Deibes, Translator; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA Team; Tasneem Qasem, PASSIA Team; Jeanne Dubroca, Intern, PASSIA; Irena Dahl, Intern, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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29
Sep
2018

25 Years Since the Oslo Accords Were Signed

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Unni Rambøll, Acting Norwegian Representative to the PA, Ramallah; Delegation from the Verdens Gang-VG: Grethe M Malkmus, Organization Director, HR & Economy; Hanne Skartveit, Political Editor; Christian Haneborg, Commercial Director; Jane Throndsen, Editor Magazines & Consumer Business; Gard Steiro, Chief Editor; Tora Bakke Håndlykken, News Editor; Ola Stenberg, Digital Editor; Jeanne Dubroca, Intern, PASSIA; Irena Dahl, Intern, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
24
Sep
2018

Current Israeli Agendas in Occupied East Jerusalem and Their Implications for the Two-State-Solution

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: YWCA, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Ofer Zalzberg, Senior Analyst, Middle East and North Africa Program, International Crisis Group
Participants: Amb. Anna-Kaisa Heikkinen, Head, Representative Office of Finland, Ramallah; Douglas Scott Proudfoot, Head, Representative Office of Canada, Ramallah; Aleksandra Bukowska-McCabe, Head, the Representative Office of the Republic of Poland, Ramallah; Rodolfo Sahium Ribeiro, Second Secretary, Representative Office of Brazil, Ramallah; Danielle Haven, Consul General of Belgium; Francesco Paolo Russi, Intern, Italian Consulate; Tom Rutledge, British Consul General; Unni Rambøll, Deputy Head, Representative Office of Norway, Ramallah; Hugo Henry, Deputy Consul and Political Advisor, French Consulate; Julien Thöni, Head, Representative Office of Switzerland; Amb. Francisco Mauro de Holanda, Head, Representative Office of Brazil; Christoph Klement, Project Manager, FES; Saliha Engel, Intern, FES; Bülent Korkmaz Coordinator, TIKA; Muhammet Akcay, Deputy Coordinator, TIKA; Yahya Kemal Tunca, Deputy Coordinator, TIKA; Rami Sublaban, Project Assistant, TIKA; Luca Szucz, PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology; Tamás Szenderák, Delegate, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Kathrin Lorenz, GIZ; Andreas Hermann, Head of the GIZ Civil Society Program, GIZ; Andrew Hebert, PIJ; Bernadette Loussi, Program Coordinator, Hanns-Seidel Stiftung, Jerusalem; Shifa Jayousi, Program Officer, UNSCO; Dr. Safa Nasser Eddin, Vice-President, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Azmi Abu Soud, Lecturer, Al-Quds University; Samer Daoudi, Policy Adviser & Communications Coordinator, PNGO Network; Abdel Qader Al-Husseini, Head of the Board of Directors, Faisal-Husseini Foundation; Fadwa Husseini, Executive Director, Faisal Husseini Foundation; Claudette Habash, President of Board of Trustees, Bethlehem University; Fouad Dakkak, Engineer; Fayzeh Zalatimo, Consultant, Red Crescent Society & Member of the Board of Trustees, Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi, Jerusalem; Lucy Nusseibeh, Al-Quds University; Marwan Asali, Representative in Palestine, Universal Hospital Services; Ahmed Maswadeh, EWBZN; Elias Loussi, Civil Engineer, Jerusalem; Maha Samman, Professor, Al-Quds University; Dr. Nafez Nubani, Medical Doctor; Sandrine Amer, Director, YWCA, Jerusalem; Dr. Samir Ameen Khatib, Medical Doctor; Fouad Hallak, Policy Advisor, PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah; Dr. Suleiman Ghosheh, Medical Doctor, Jerusalem; Mohammad Abed Rabbo, Miftah; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA Team; Tasneem Qasem, PASSIA Team; Jeanne Dubroca, Intern, PASSIA; Irena Dahl, Intern, PASSIA; Ruth del Pino Bleijerveld, Intern, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
1
Sep
2018

Jewish-Arab Relations vis-à-vis Israel's National State Law

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Shlomo Abulafia, Agronomist; Danny Rubinstein, Journalist; Avishei Margalit, Professor; Uri Katz, Biologist; Peleg Radoy, Retiree; Maya Bar-Hillel, Professor.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
7
Jul
2018

Jerusalem in the History of the Palestinian Cause and in Palestine's Diplomatic Relations and the Increasing Israeli Settler Presence in the City

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: University of Cambridge Students: Jay Mens; Frida Winzell; Hani El-Bay; Naman Habtom; Barry Colfer; Ishaan Bhardwaj; Sudipta Purkayastha; Daniela Bosnjak; Micayla Colman; Kate Sligo; Olivia Grace Cowgill; Isuru Devendra; Theo Demotele.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
29
May
2018

What’s behind Israel’s New Plans of Survey & Registration of Land in East Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Khalil Tafakji, Director of the Mapping and Geographic Information Systems Department of the Arab Studies Society; Elias Khoury, Lawyer, Jerusalem.
Participants: Mehmet Zahit Uzun, Vice Consul, Consulate General of Turkey, Jerusalem; Takeshi Ota, Deputy Head, Representative Office of Japan, Ramallah; Diego Ciliento, Intern, Consulate General of Italy, Jerusalem; Basia Nino, Development Expert, Representative Office of Poland, Ramallah; Ashraf Suliman, Head, Representative Office of South Africa to the PA, Ramallah; Choi Young-Sam , Korean Representative; Andre Cortez, First Secretary, Representative Office of Brazil, Ramallah; Felix Makarowski, Consulate General of Sweden, Jerusalem; Rémy Bouallegue, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of France, Jerusalem; Christoph Klement, Project Manager, FES; Christina Stahlbock, Representative, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service); Eveline Muhareb, DAAD; Joris Van Winckel, Political Officer, Office of the European Union Representative (EUREP); Maria Marti, Attaché in EU Delegation to West Bank and Gaza Strip (JPD),EUREP; Samah Jaouny, Program Manager, East Jerusalem Programme, EUREP; Raymond Dolphin, OCHA; Andy Dwonch, Mission Director for Palestine, Mercy Corps; Lasse Jacobsen, Intern; Neele Eilers, Intern, FES, Jerusalem; Wolfgang Schmidt, Propst, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer; José Vericat, Country Representative & Field Office Director, Carter Center; Isobel Scott-Barrett, Programmes Officer, Forward Thinking, UK; Shifa Jayousi, Program Officer, UNSCO; Jumana Jaouni, Head of Mission Advisor, ICRC; Jamal Al-Aref, UNDP; ; Terry Bullata, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SCD); Saad Halawani, National Programme Manager, SCD; Ayham Nasser, UNDP; Rev. Patriarch Michel Sabbah, Head, Islamic-Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem & Holy Sites, former Latin Patriarch; Sana' Hasna, Researcher, Jerusalem File, Palestinian Negotiation Support Project, Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah; May Hallaq, Lawyer; Mahmoud Jarallah, Businessman; Imad Abu Diab, General Manager, JDC; Khalil Assali, Journalist, Akhbar El Balad; Mohammad Abu Khdeir, Journalist, Al-Quds Newspaper; Muntaser Edkeidek, Executive Manager, Burj Al-Luqluq Social Center, Jerusalem; Khalil Issa, Advocacy Officer, PalVision; Dr. Amjad Shihab, General Manager, Al-Shihab Al-Maqdisi College; Walid Salem, Director, CDCD; Ratebeh Aladin, FIDA; Maha Samman, Professor, Al-Quds University; Samer Nusseibeh, Engineer, Jerusalem; Dr. Munir Nuseibah, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Director, Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic and Community Action Center, Al-Quds University; Rawan Dajani, Deputy Director, Deputy Director General, Community Action Center, Al-Quds University; Christine Rinawi, Palestine TV, Jerusalem; Zakaria Al-Qaq, Al-Quds University; Nora Carmi, Kairos Palestine; Fayzeh Zalatimo, Consultant, Red Crescent Society & Member of the Board of Trustees, Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi, Jerusalem; Amal Nashashibi, Chair of Board, Al-Mirsat; Sylvia Abu Laban, President, Basmet Amal Society; George Zeidan, Co-Founder of Palestine Marathon, Palestine Marathon Organizing Committee, Right to Movement; Hiba Aslan, Palestine TV; Kholoud Al-Khayyat Al-Dajani, Professor, Dean, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Feras Abu Diab, Engineer; Dr. Safa Nasser Eddin, Vice-President, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem; Khaled Kaloti, Businessman, Jerusalem; Haifa Siam, Translator; Rania Muhareb, Al-Haq; Mohammed Nuseibeh, Al-Dar Hotel, Jerusalem; Ahmad Jalajel, Al-Quds Newspaper; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Hiba Zayed, Intern, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA Team.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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23
May
2018

The Palestine Question

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Delegation of 23 Members of the 16 Air Assault Brigade,Colchester, UK.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
19
May
2018

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Norwich University Students - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Field Study: Dr. Travis Morris, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Director of the Peace and War Center, Norwich University; Thomas DeMag, Sophomore, Business Management; Dylan O’Brien, Sophomore, Political Science & English; Morgan Woods, Junior, Psychology & Spanish and Criminal Justice; Amber Reichart, Junior, Spanish, International Studies, and Political Science; Joe Santangelo, Junior, Mechanical Engineering; Christopher Schwenck, Junior, Political Science & History and German; Jake Center; Junior, Civil Engineering; Evan Bowley, Junior, Criminal Justice; Anastasia Ichim, Cadet, Royal Military College of Saint-Jean, Canada, International Relations and English.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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15
May
2018

The Opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Bert De Vroey, VRT Belgium; Maryns Sijn, Sound Engineer/ Editor, VRT Belgium; Adnan Joulani, PMT Center.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
3
Apr
2018

Israel Today: The Rise of the Right and its Implications

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Ayman Odeh, Member of the Knesset; Head of the Joint List; Anton Shalhat, Author, Researcher and Director of the Israel Unit at MADAR Center, Ramallah
Participants: Amb. Francisco Mauro Brasil de Holanda, Head, Representative Office of Brazil to the PA, Ramallah; Rodolfo Sahium Ribeiro, Second Secretary, Representative Office of Brazil to the PA, Ramallah; Andre Cartez, Representative Office of Brazil to the PA, Ramallah; Patrick Jacobs, Counsellor, Representative Office of South Africa to the PA, Ramallah; Pauline Besson, Press Attachée, French Consulate, Jerusalem; Elina Eloranta, Deputy Head, Representative Office of Finland to the PA, Ramallah; Francesco Brusaporco, Consulate General of Italy, Jerusalem; Artūras Gailiūnas, Head, Representative of Lithuania, Ramallah; Wade Jacobs, Student, South Africa; Dr. Beyhan Senturk, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Christoph Klement, Project Manager, FES; Judith Stellmach, Program Manager, FES Israel, Herzliya; Nisreen Al-Aref, Head of Administration and Finance, FES, Jerusalem; Kora Loeble, Intern, FES, Jerusalem; Sana' Hasna, Researcher, Jerusalem File, Palestinian Negotiation Support Project, Negotiations Affairs Department, Ramallah; Dr. Mohammed Dajani, Professor; Bashir Muhtaseb, Lawyer; Elias Khoury, Lawyer; Mahmoud Abu Eid, Tour Guide; Maher Deeb, Physician; Mahmoud Jarallah, Businessman; Diana Safieh, Safia Tours; Samer Nusseibeh, Engineer, Jerusalem; Jamal Al-Aref, Program Manager, UNDP; Walid Salem, Director, CDCD; Aref Husseini, Founder of Al-Nayzak; Khaled Kaloti, Businessman, Jerusalem; Ali Dowani, Cameraman, Roya TV; Saman Khoury, PDF, Jerusalem; Terry Bullata, Swiss Development Cooperation; Khalil Assali, Journalist, Akhbar El Balad; Mohammad Abu Khdeir, Journalist, Al-Quds Newspaper; Mazen Sinokrot, Chairman of AlQuds Holding, Jerusalem; Hani abu Diab; Azmi Qaddomi, Kaddomi Co.; Hani Bullata, AFD; Tamer Sawalha; Nora Kort, President, Community Development Consultant; Dr. Amjad Shihab, General Manager, Al-Shihab Al-Maqdisi College; Dr. Suleiman Ghosheh, Medical Doctor, Jerusalem; Raed Saadeh, Jerusalem Tourism Cluster, TAJ; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Tasneem Qasem, Volunteer, PASSIA; Hind Husseini, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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20
Mar
2018

Jerusalem and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

  • Organizer: Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies, Beit Sahour.
  • Location: Golden Walls Hotel, Jerusalem.
Participants: Irish Delegation
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
15
Mar
2018

Annual Mission of the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Delegation to the oPT

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Frank Hagemann, Deputy Regional Director for the Arab States, Beirut; Steven Kapsos, Head, Data Production and Analysis Unit, Department of Statistics, ILO, Geneva; Katerine Landuyt, ILO, Geneva; Mounir Kleibo, Representative, ILO Jerusalem; Konstantinos Papadakis, Senior Dialogue and Governance Specialist, Governance and Tripartism Department, Geneva.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA