Ramallah Campus - Arab American University
Ramallah Campus - Arab American University
Conference Program
Where do we go from here? Palestine between the Local, Regional and the Global.
Friday 22.06.2018
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Registration |
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17:00 - 19:00 |
Official Opening |
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19:00 - 20:00 |
Reception |
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Saturday 23.06.2018
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09:30 – 10:00 |
Registration |
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10:00 - 10:10 Welcome Note |
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10:10 - 12:30 Session I Law & UN Diplomacy |
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Moderator |
Dr. Dalal Iriqat – AAU |
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10:10 - 10:40 |
The Role of Palestinian Diplomacy in the International Arena |
Dr. Riyad Mansour – Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations |
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10:40 - 10:55 |
Possibility to Curb Israeli Actions against the Palestinians |
Ms.Tamra El Sayyad JD – Legal Advisor, Palestinian Negotiation Support Unit – PLO |
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10:55 - 11:10 |
Importance of Multilateral International Treaties & Palestinian Rights |
Mr. Ammar Hijazi – Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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11:10 - 11:25 |
The Internationalization of the Palestinian Question: Hopes and Challenges |
Dr.Yousef Taysir Jabareen – Member of Knesset, Head of the Joint List, International Relations Committee |
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11:25 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
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13:30 - 16:00 Session II Social Media & Conflict Resolution |
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Moderator |
Dr. Eyad Yaqoub – AAU |
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13:30 - 14:00 |
Media, Conflict and the Palestinians |
Dr. Nancy Snow – Pax Mundi Professor of Public Diplomacy, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies |
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14:00 - 14:15 |
Digital Diplomacy & Foreign Relations |
Mr. Saleh Masharqa – Lecturer in Media Studies – BZU |
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14:15 - 14:30 |
Social Media: Twitter & Facebook Diplomacy, A New Medium |
Ms. Leyli Yousef – Media and Communications Specialist International Social Movements |
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14:30 - 14:45 |
Digital Diplomacy: The Art of Image Building |
Dr. Nader Salha – Head of Media Department, Al-Quds University |
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14:45 - 15:40 |
Discussion |
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15:40 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00 - 18:00 Session III Negotiations & Beyond |
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Moderator |
Dr. Nedal Jayousi – AAU |
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16:00 -16:30 |
Negotiations vs. Dictations |
Dr. Saeb Erekat – Secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee |
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16:30 - 16:45 |
Creative Alternatives to Negotiations |
Mr. Pat Sheehan – Vice President of Sinn Féin |
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16:45 - 17:00 |
Third Party Intervention |
Mr. Tor Vinslad – Norway Middle East Peace Envoy |
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17:00 - 17:15 |
Palestinian Daily Resistance |
Ms. Carol Daniel Kasbari – PhD Candidate (George Mason University) |
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17:00 - 18 :00 |
Discussion |
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Sunday 24.06.2018
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9:30 - 10:00 Registration |
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10:00 - 12:30 Session IV Jerusalem: The Politics of the Sacred |
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Moderator |
Dr. Nahed Habiballah – AAU |
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10:00 - 10: 30 |
Jerusalem in light of the recently Forming Regional Alliances |
Mr. Pierre Cochard – French Consul General |
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10:30 - 10:50 |
Jerusalem and the New Messianic American Administration |
Prof. Salim Tamari - senior fellow and director of the IPS-affiliated Institute of Jerusalem |
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10:50 - 11:05 |
Jerusalem: Lessons from History |
Prof. Issam Nassar – Historian of the Modern Middle East, Illinois State University |
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11:05 - 11:20 |
Jerusalem in the Israeli Zionist Discourse |
Dr. Mohaned Mustafa – Director General, Mada al-Carmel Center for Applied Social Sciences – Haifa |
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11:20 - 11:35 |
International Law Perspective on Jerusalem |
Mr. Jonathan Kuttab JD – International Lawyer |
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11:35 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 - 18:00 Session V Local, Regional & Global Dynamics |
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Moderator |
Prof. Ayman Yousef – AAU |
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13:30 - 14:00 |
Palestine & the Disintegrated Middle East |
Mr. Alain Gresh – Publication director of Orient XXI. A specialist in the Near East |
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14:00 - 14:15 |
Arab Normalization with Israel |
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti – Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) |
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14:15 - 14:30 |
The Palestinian Reconciliation & the Dead Lock |
Prof. Ibrahem Abrach – Al-Azhar University |
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14:30 - 14:45 |
EU & Regional Alliances |
Mr. Marc Frings – Resident Representative |
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14:45 - 15:00 |
Palestinian Public Perception of Future Directions for Palestinians |
Dr. Khalil Shakaki – Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research |
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15:00 - 15:40 |
Discussion |
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15:40 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00 - 18:00 |
Round-table Discussion & Recommendations. |
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