The symposium, focusing on dental implants, is being held under the auspices
of the Dr. Walter Cohen, DDS, Middle East Center for Dental Education of the
Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine.

The symposium is a further expression of the budding relationship that has
been launched between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Al-Quds
University, involving in particular the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of
Dental Medicine and the Al-Quds University Faculty of Dentistry, the first
Palestinian school of dental medicine. Under a new agreement between the two
schools, significant contacts involving collaboration between senior
academics and students in research as well as in teaching and clinical work
are being implemented.

Collaborating in tomorrow’s symposium are Case Western Reserve, Drexel and
Harvard universities and the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. and
Hacettepe University in Turkey. Leading multi-national companies in dental
equipment supplies are providing $90,000 in financial support for the
event. Internationally known academic figures in dental treatment and
research from the U.S., Turkey, France, the U.S., Israel and the Palestinian
Authority will present papers at the symposium.

This program is a further expression of the joint statement issued last year
in London by the presidents of the Hebrew University and Al-Quds University,
Prof. Menachem Magidor and Prof. Sari Nusseibeh, respectively, for
continuing efforts “to work together in the pursuit of knowledge for the
benefit of our peoples” and to oppose academic boycotts or discrimination.

“We can build bridges at the level of professions and live in peace as human
beings. We must be a model for others,” stated Prof. Adam Stabholz, dean of
the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, and Prof. Musa
Bajali, dean of the Al-Quds Faculty of Dentistry. “As dentists, we know that
occasionally a bridge may fail due to a diseased abutment. The decayed
abutments of the previous bridges will be replaced by the implants we shall
place, guided in their placement by our belief in the ability to work
together.”

(Journalists wishing to obtain more material about the Israeli-Palestinian
symposium or about the agreement between the Hebrew University-Hadassah
School of Dental Medicine and Al-Quds University are invited to the
symposium luncheon on Monday, Nov. 27, at the Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem
between noon and 1 p.m. Those wishing to attend should contact the
Department of Media Relations at the Hebrew University, 02-5882811,
beforehand.)

For further information:
Jerry Barach, Dept. of Media Relations, the Hebrew University, tel:
02-588-2904,
or Orit Sulitzeanu, Hebrew University spokesperson, tel. 02-5882910
Internet site: http://media.huji.ac.il