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2009 Events	2008 Events
CONSULAR GENERAL OF ISRAEL TO THE UNITED STATES ISRAEL’S SUNNY SIDE: LONE SOLDIERS AND SUSTAINING THE ZIONIST DREAM UNDER DARKENING INTERNATIONAL SKIES “Jerusalem in Transition: An Ancient City at the Forefront of Contemporary Issues in the Middle East” “Israel Today and Beyond: Energy and Innovations, Hamas, Iran and Regional Conflicts” With Minister Uzi Landau, Israel’s Minister of Infrastructure and a member of the Israeli Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu Gershon Baskin THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND THE MUSLIM WORLD Dr. Raed Muallem Waltz with Bashir: with Special Guest Speaker Dr. Shaul Gabbay Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: Understanding the Threat of Terrorism An Era of Change? The Obama-Netanyahu dynamic and what it means for the U.S.-Israel Relationship TELEPHONE LECTURE: “A FLASH IN THE PAN OR REAL CHANGE? THE STRUGGLE FOR THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC AND IMPLICATION FOR THE UNITED STATES” BY PROFESSOR DAVID MENASHRI Outdoor Israeli Film Series GIDEON LICHFIELD: JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT FOR THE ECONOMIST  “ARE EITHER ISRAELIS OR PALENTINIANS READY FOR PEACE?” “WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PRO-ISRAEL: OPENING UP THE FORBIDDEN CONVERSATION” MS. RUTI LANDE: FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND JEWISH WORLD AFFAIRS ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL, MR. SHIMON PERES “HIGHER EDUCATION IN KURDISTAN – IRAQ” Dr. Trita Parsi The University Park United Methodist Church’s Adult Forum “Israel and Hamas by Dr. Joseph Ginat” ISRAEL AFTER OLMERT: New government, new election, new directions?	Pathways to Peace: Cooperation Across Borders. A panel of Environmental Management Experts: from the Middle East solving problems together; Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority. Israel60 Lecture Series with Zipporah Porath from Israel "How I Fought For Jerusalem in 1947" Zipporah Porath Lunch Lecture "Eyewitness to Israel's Birth" Abdel Mahdi Alsoudi (PH.D) Journalist Khaleb Abu Toameh Menachem Klein: The Geneva Project Mohammed Yahya: Sudanese Refugees and Israel Israel60 Lecture Series with Dr. Raed Mualem: "Why There is Hope for Peace" Israel60 Lecture Series with ISIME Research Associate, Dr. Herzl Melmed COURSE: Peace is Possible Course taught by Dr. Gabbay and Professor Amin Kazak COURSE: Arab Israeli Conflict Through Film Course taught by Dr. Gabbay and Professor Amin Kazak 2007 Events

Ongoing Programs:

STUDENT INTERFAITH PEACE PROJECT (SIPP)

TeachPEACE:  Peace Studies Education for Middle East University Leader

Upcoming Events:

Karnit Goldwasser, wife of the late Ehud Goldwasser
February 26-28, 2009
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Dr. Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council
author of Treacherous Alliance - The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press, 2007), recipient of the Council on Foreign Relations 2008 Arthur Ross Silver Medallion
March 8-10, 2009
Public Events tba

Recent Events:

Light in the Desert: Middle East Peace Concerts