SPECIAL PROJECTS

Joint Project 1995/96

BUILDING A BASE FOR COMMON SCHOLARSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING:
PALESTINE - JORDAN - ISRAEL
IN THE NEW ERA OF THE MIDDLE EAST

The Project

The intention of the project was to draw on the expertise of each of the three regional institutions and to allow specialists to meet on an equal footing in order to discuss specific issues of mutual interest.

The emphasis was on domestic developments in the three societies as an understanding of the countries and the people among whom peace is intended to prevail is a prerequisite for any conflict to be truly resolved, and gaining an objective awareness of the outlook in societies next door is part of the process. Each of the eight workshops was to involve nine scholars, three from each institution, chosen according to their expertise on each of the designated topics. It was decided that one scholar from each team would present a paper which would then be discussed by the remaining participants.