Saturday, June 23, 2007

Capitol Hill Briefing “Palestinian Political Crisis: Opportunity or Abyss?”

The Arab American Institute will host a briefing and discussion on the humanitarian and political crisis in Palestine and on U.S. options moving forward.

Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, Room 2255.
Tuesday, June 26, 1:00 to 2:30

The discussion, co-hosted with the Jewish group Americans for Peace Now, will feature Ghaith al-Omari, Daniel Levy and Lamia Matta, all former Palestinian or Israeli government officials and negotiators.

If you are interested in attending or would like more information, please contact Rebecca Abou-Chedid at 202.429.9210 or rabouchedid@aaiusa.org.

Ghaith al-Omari, former foreign policy adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, member of the Palestinian negotiating team during the Camp David summit and the Taba talks, and lead Palestinian drafter of the Geneva Initiative.

Daniel Levy, member of the Israeli delegation to the Taba negotiations in 2001, member of the negotiating team for the “Oslo B” Agreement in 1995 under Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin, and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative.

Lamia Matta, former legal adviser at the Negotiations Support Unit in Ramallah and one of the main legal advisers working on coordination with Israel and the international community on the withdrawal of Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the Northern West Bank.

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