A Community Update on Israel’s Current Situation

THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  Monday, June 4, 7:00 p.m.
Renaissance Room North
Mary Reed Building
2199 S. University Blvd.
University of Denver

Speakers: 
World renown Middle East Expert
Professor Joseph Ginat
and Netanya College Vice President
Dr. David Altman
will be here from Israel to discuss and answer questions
about the current situation in Israel including:
Rocket attacks in Sderot
Israeli Response
Options in Gaza
Fatah and Hamas Conflict
Israeli Internal Politics
Iranian Nuclear Threat

Dr. Joseph Ginat currently heads the Strategic Dialogue Center at Netanya College in Israel.  He served as the Co-Director of the Center for Peace Studies at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to being a Professor in both Israel and the United States, Dr. Ginat has held the following positions:
1968-1975     Deputy Advisor on Arab Affairs to Prime Minister
1976-1978     Senior Researcher, Prime Minister’s Office, Department of Arab Affairs
1980-1981     Member, Advisory Committee on Bedouin Sedentarization, Ministry of Agriculture, Israel
1980-1981     Personal Advisor on Arab Affairs to the Late Moshe Dayan
1985-1986     Advisor on Arab Affairs to the Prime Minister and Senior Assistant to Minister Ezer Weizman, the Prime Minister’s Office
1986               Advisor on Arab Affairs to the Prime Minister and Senior Assistant to Minister Moshe Arens
1987-1989     Advisor on Arab Affairs to Vice Premier and the Minister of Agriculture
1989-1992     Director, The Israeli Academic Center in Cairo, Egypt
1993-1996     Senior Advisor to the Minister of Tourism, Israel
1993-1996     Member, National Advisory Committee for Women Status and Role, attached to the Prime Minister’s Office
1994-present            Advisor to the Israeli Team, Multilateral Committee on Refugees
1996-1997     Chairman, Committee on Changing a Regional Council “Nahal Eiron” to 2 local Arab Councils.  Ministry of Interior, Israel
1997-1998     Chairman, Committee on Industrial Area for “Kafar Qasem.”  Ministry of Interior, Israel.
2001-2005     Chairman, Committee on Boundaries of Arab local councils in “Wadi-A’ra.”  Ministry of Interior, Israel.

 

Recipient of many scholarships, awards and research grants.

Participated and presented papers in 48 international and national conferences.

Author & Editor of 14 published books and author of numerous articles in academic publications.

 

Dr. David Altman is the current Vice President of Netanya College in Israel.
1994 -  1998:         Director General
                              The Tel Aviv Foundation

1981 -  1994:         Director General and Vice President
                              Bar Ilan University

1974 -  1981:          Deputy Director General
                               Bar Ilan University

1975 -  1976:          Academic Assistant to General Moshe Dayan

 
1972 -  1974:          Chairman
                               National Union of Israeli Students

Bibliography: 

-David Altman: VALLEY OF RELIGIONS - Strategic Dialogue Center, December
  2002

-David Altman: SHATTERING THE MYTH OF THE GODS, GOVERNMENT BY
 THE ELITES IN ISRAEL – Bar Ilan University, August 1989

-David Altman: PHILANTHROPY AS A VALUE IN THE LIFE OF A NATION –
  Bar Ilan University, 1988

-David Altman: GIVING, AS AN EDUCATIONAL FACTOR IN SHAPING A
  PEOPLE – edited by Dr. Yossi Green, 2001

-MOSHE DAYAN: A BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON JORDAN AND THE   PALESTINIANS – published by Bar Ilan University, edited by David Altman

-MOSHE DAYAN: A BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON EGYPT – published by Bar Ilan  University in January 1975, edited by David Altman

-MOSHE DAYAN: A BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON SYRIA – published by Bar Ilan  University in December 1974, edited by David Altman.