Speakers and Events

Previous Events

Danny Seidemann
Planning for Jerusalem in a Changing Political World

Jessica Montell
Under the Guise of Security: The Security Barrier & Settlement Expansion in the West Bank

Arik Ascherman
Human Rights, Jewish Values, Security and Peace

Hind Khoury
No Peace Without a Shared Jerusalem

Yossi Beilin & Yasser Abd Rabbo
Beyond Gaza: Roadmap to Where?

Maen Areikat & Colleagues
After the Gaza Withdrawal: What Should Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Do?

Yael Dayan
Israel and Palestine After the Gaza Withdrawal

Speakers
Recent speakers sponsored by the Foundation include:

  • Shlomo Ben Ami, former Israeli Foreign Minister
  • Uri Avneri, peace activist
  • Naomi Chazan, Deputy Speaker, Israeli Knesset
  • Salim Tamari, writer and professor
  • Gershon Baskin and Zacharia al Qaq, Co-Directors, Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information
  • Hanan Ashrawi, human rights leader
  • Ziad abu Zayyad, Palestinian editor and legislator
  • Jad Isaac, Palestinian environmentalist and land use planner
  • Menachem Klein, Advisor to the Israeli Delegation to the 2000 Camp David Summit
  • Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian lawyer, author, and human rights leader
  • Uri Nir, Washington Bureau Chief for The Forward
  • Akiva Eldar, political correspondent for Ha'aretz
  • Nasser al Qudwa, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority
  • Arik Ascherman, Executive Director, Rabbis for Human Rights
  • Mordechai Bar-On, Israeli historian
  • Dr. Ziad al Asali, President, American Task Force for Palestine
  • Afif Safieh, Palestinian Ambassador Designate to the United States