and the Arab-Israeli Conflict June 14, 2006 – Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem
Keynote Speaker Natan Sharansky, M.K.
9.30 Registration
10:00 Welcome: Harry Hurwitz, Begin Center
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Director, Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation Bar Ilan University, Editor NGO Monitor: The Durban Strategy, NGOs and Human Rights
10:30- 12:00 NGOs, Human Rights and Political Power
12:00- 13:30 NGOs and the Media – Is There a Halo Effect?
14:30- 16:00 Government Funding for NGOs and the “Hamas Dilemma”
16:15- 17:45 NGOs, Human Rights, and International Law
18:00 Keynote Address:Natan Sharansky, M.K.
Democracy, Dictatorship, and Human Rights NGOs
Speakers include:
Harel Ben-Ari, Former Legal Counsel to Israeli Embassy, The Hague
Dr Gershon Baskin, Israel/Palestine Center for research and information (IPCRI)
Dr. Avi Bell, Bar-Ilan University
John Bell, Search for Common Ground
Dan Diker, Israel Channel 1, English News
Uri Dromi, Israel Democracy Institute
Dr. Michael Ehrlich, Bar-Ilan University, formerly Amnesty International-Israel
Orli Gil, Head of NGO Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Isi LeiblerIsrael Diaspora Committee of the Jerusalem Council for Public Affairs.
Sarah Mandel, NGO Monitor
Ambassador Gideon Meir, Media and Public Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Daniel Meron, International Organizations & Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hillel C. Neuer, UN Watch
Benjamin Pogrund, Yakar
Prof. Michla Pomerance, Hebrew University
Danny Rubinstein, Ha’aretz
Dr. Olli Ruohomäki, Representative Office of Finland
Daniel Seideman, Ir Amim
Colonel Shlomi Am Shalom, Deputy I.D.F Spokesperson
Saul Singer, Jerusalem Post
Simon Wilson, BBC Bureau Chief
Please register to ensure your place
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