Young Russian Diplomatic Seminar

Israel and the Middle East

3 July-17 July 2011

Young Russian Diplomatic Seminar

Israel and the Middle East

3 July-17 July 2011

Sunday 3	Monday, 4	Tuesday, 5	Wednesday, 6	Thursday, 7	Friday, 8
	9.45 Transfer to HU	9.15 Transfer to HU	9.15 Transfer HU	9.45 Transfer HU	Transfer
ARRIVAL	10:30-11:00 Opening Ceremony with Steven Kaplan, Naama Shpeter, Moshe Arad and Yoram Shani	10:00-11:15 Legitimacy in the Middle East Dr. Uriel Abulof	10:00-11:00 Upheaval in the Middle East and its Repercussions for Israel Prof. Moshe Ma’oz	10:30 – 11.30 - Gender Messages on National Television in Jordan Saudi Arabia and Tunisia Dr. Tal Shenhav	9:00-11:00 Abu Gosh (Partisan) Tour at Jerusalem
Accommodation at the Hotel Jerusalem Tower 18.00 meeting with Anna Simonova at the lobby of the Hotel 19.00 - Free time	11:15-12:15 Jordan, Palestinians and the West Bank Dr. Assaf David	11:30-12:00 Tour Mount Scopus& Library Tour Karina 12:00-13:00 Lunch	11.15-12:15 Israel and the Vatican: A perspective from a Former Ambassador Dr. Neville Lamdan	11:30 – 12:30 Sociology of Arab Revolutions Prof. Aziz Haidar 12.30-13:00 Lunch
12:15-12:35 Tour of the Stanley & Roberta Bogen Documentation Center, Truman Institute	13:15-14:30 Towards September 2011: A Palestinian State in the UN?" Prof. Arie Kacowicz	12.30-13:30 Russian Policy and Intervention in the Middle East Dr. Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez	13:15-14:30 The Middle East-Major Trends and Developments" David Govrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Saturday 9
Starting at 9:00
12:35-13:25 Lunch 13.30-14:30 Palestinians and the Arab Spring Yohanan Tzoreff, Former Advisor for Arab Affairs 14.45 Transfer	14:30 – 15:15 Israel-Iran Relations Dr. Vladamir Mesamed	13.30 Transfer	14.30 Transfer	Dead see Ein Gedi Massada
15.15 Transfer	Ramallah	Hebron
Tour Jerusalem	Bethlehem

Sunday, 10	Monday, 11	Tuesday, 12	Wednesday, 13	Thursday, 14	Friday, 15
9.45 Transfer	9.45 Transfer	9.45 Transfer	9.45 Transfer with luggage	9.15 Transfer	Starting at 9:00
10:30-11:30 Amb.(ret.) Zvi Mazel, Former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt	10:30-12:00 Prospects for Democracy in Egypt – Some Reflections of the Past Dr. Bosmat Yefet-Avshalom	10:30-12:00 Refugee Problems Dr. Hillel Cohen	10:30-12:00 Arab - Israeli Peace: Where is it Going? Prof. Raphi Israeli	9.30 Russian Embassy (Anatoly Yurkov)	Caesarea Haifa Akko
11:45-12:45 Remembering and Forgetting Trauma: An Israeli Perspective Dr. Ran Shauli	12.00-12:15 Lunch 12.15 Transfer	12.00-13:00 Lunch	12:15-13:00 Evaluations	11.00 Umm el-Fahem	Saturday, 16
13.00-13:50 Lunch	Knesset 13.00-14.00 MK Yuli Edelstein	13:00-14:00 Ronni Shaked (Yediot Achronot)	13:00-14:00 Closing Ceremony and Lunch	Starting at 9:00 Galilee Nazareth
14:00 - 15:00 "NATO, Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict". Dr. Eitan Barak	14.30-15.30 MK Ahmad Tibi 16.00-17.00 MK Amar Hamad / MK Zeev Elkin	14:00 - 15:00 Free time 15.00 Transfer	Transfer to Tel-Aviv Accommodation at Hotel Metropolitan, 15 Trumpeldor St. t: 27	Sunday, 17
15.00 Transfer	17.00-18.00 Tour of Knesset	15.00- 17:00 Museum on the Seam	16:00 Tour in Tel Aviv & Jaffa	11.00 Transfer
MFA Israel 15.30-16.30 Mr. Haim Assaraf 16.30-17.30 Mr. Naor Gilon	18.00 Transfer to the Hotel 18.30 - Free time	18.00 - Russian Mission in Jerusalem	Free time	Departure