Options and Consequences: Israeli and Palestinian Perspectives

Is a permanent Israeli-Palestinian peace achievable? What are the issues, obstacles, opportunities, and the U.S. role ahead?

A discussion with Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora, co-founders of IPCRI, the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information; a respected, Jerusalem-based joint Israeli-Palestinian think tank aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Therewere  two events: on Sunday, March 23rd and Monday, March 24th.

Sunday, March 23, 2008 -- 6:30pm

Congregation Shaare Zedek
212 West 93rd Street (between Broadway & Amsterdam). In the Sanctuary.

Closest subway: # 1, 2, 3 to 96th St (at Broadway)

Monday, March 24, 2008 -- 6:30pm

The Community Church of New York City
40 East 35th Street (between Park & Madison). In the downstairs Assembly Hall.

Closest subway: # 6 to 33rd St (at Park)

Presented together with
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom - Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
IPCRI, Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
Congregation Shaare Zedek
The Action for Justice Committee of Community Church of NYC
Ameinu
Americans for Peace Now

Gershon Baskin, IPCRI's Israeli Co-Director, co-founded IPCRI following years of experience facilitating Jewish-Arab relations within Israel. He worked with Interns for Peace, the Ministry of Education and the Institute for Education for Jewish-Arab Coexistence. Dr. Baskin has published books and articles in the Hebrew, English and Arabic press on a range of topics related to the conflict. During the Premiership of the late Yitzhak Rabin, he served as an outside policy advisor to the peace process. Dr. Baskin was a member of the Jerusalem Experts Committee established by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office during the Final Status Negotiations in 2000-2001.

Hanna Siniora, co-director of IPCRI, has been a member of the Palestinian National Council since 1990. He has a long and distinguished history of public service. He was the first Palestinian to officially meet Secretary of State George Schultz as a representative of the occupied territories, facilitating President Reagan's official recognition of the PLO. He served as a member of the Palestinian Jordanian delegation and advised the Palestinian delegation to Madrid in the early 90s. He is the founder and publisher of the Jerusalem Times, a weekly English-language Palestinian paper, and founder and co-chair of the Israeli-Palestinian radio station "All for Peace."