Lecturers
During the program a variety of speakers from multiple backgrounds and with different points of view will meet with the group. It is our intention to incorporate people who are actively involved in the life of the country, but since the situation is constantly evolving, the encounters and lecturers can only be finalized as we approach the starting dates of the seminar. As reference we present a list of lecturers who participated in previous courses with their positions at the time of the lecture:
Academics
- Dr. Judith Bóxer, Director of the Political Science Post Graduate studies, UNAM
- José Benarroch, Department of Public Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Arie Kacowicz, Professor of International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Mario Sznajder, Professor of political science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr.Waseem Younis, Director of PR of Al-Qasemi Islamic College
Activists and NGO members
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Aaron Barnea, Member of Families of Bereaved Families
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Loren Becic, Friends association of Gush Katif (Evacuated Jewish settlement in Gaza)
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Saman Khoury, Palestinian member of the Geneva initiative Directors committee
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Michal Radoshitzky, Director of Foreign affairs, Geneva initiative
Government Officials
- Sammir Bataj, Arab member of Akko’s Municipal Council
- Jaim Barbian, Mayor of the city of Kiryat Shmona, border town with Lebanon
- Daniel Kutner, Director of Palestinian and Jordan issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Alex Miler, Member of “The Knesset”, The Israeli Parliament
- Yigal Palmor, Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ilan Sztulman, Adjunct director of the Information Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Zoher Yahia, Chairman of the Municipal Council of Kfar Kara
Members of Political Parties
- Davidi Hermelin, Chairman of the Young Likud Congress
- Amos Lerer, religious Jewish settler in the West Bank
- Dror Mizrahi, Youth director of the Meretz political party
- Eyal Raviv, member of the Labor political party
- Nimer Sultani, Arab Human Rights activist. Graduate law studies at Harvard University
Military Staff
- Col. Michael Cirulnik, Chief Commander of the commercial route between Gaza and Israel
- Shadi Kaseem Grafat, Bedouin official of the Israeli Army in charge of minorities in the Israeli Army
- Lieutenant Zerem Bet, Platoon commander of the Israeli Army who operated in the Gaza Strip
Religious Leaders
- Shej Sammie Haasi, Imam at the Great Mosque of Akko
- Dr. David Neuhaus, Jesuit Priest, professor at the Priest seminar at Bethlehem University
- Jaim D. Zukerwar, Orthodox Rabbi
Specialists
- Elias L. Benarroch, Correspondent of the EFE agency in Israel
- Meir Javedanfar, Middle East analyst of Iranian origin
- Mark Levi, Historian, member of Kibbutz Zikim