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PROGRAM
The First Annual Jerusalem Summit
King David Hotel, Jerusalem
Sukkot 5764 - October 12-14, 2003
11th - Saturday
"Melave Malka" Cocktail Reception at the King David
Hotel
Greetings:
Avigdor Lieberman, Minister of
Transportation
Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, Chief
Rabbi of Haifa
12th - Sunday
1st Session
The Crisis in Morality and International Policy:
How Israel May Be the Solution
Chairman: Dr. Ron Breiman, Chairman,
Professors for A Strong Israel
| Dmitry
Radyshevsky, Michael Cherney Foundation |
Introduction: Goals of
the Summit |
Ehud
Olmert, Vice Prime Minister; Minister of Industry, Trade
& Labor
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The Importance of Making
Jerusalem the Moral Alternative |
| Dr. Avi Beker,
Secretary General, WJC |
UNRWA: Perpetuating the
Refugee Problem: Incubating Terror |
Panel:
Morton A. Klein, President,
ZOA ;
Clarence H. Wagner, International
Director, Bridges for Peace;
Amb. Zalman Shoval, Former
Ambassador
of Israel to the United States
Moderator: Elyakim Ha'etzni
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Anti-Zionism: Heart of
the Politics of Immorality |
| Rev. Malcolm Hedding,
Executive Director, ICEJ |
Anti-Semitism: Key to
Immorality |
Dr. Hillel Fradkin,
President,
Ethics & Public Policy Center
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"Can the Stone the
Builders rejected be a cornerstone (again) -
The prospects for moral revival" |
Rabbi
Dr. Shlomo Riskin,
Dean, Ohr Torah Institutions
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A Light Unto
The Nations:
a Jewish Perspective |
| Benjamin Netanyahu,
Minister of Finance |
The Failure of the U.N.
in Dealing with the Global Moral Crisis |
Keynote Address:
Dr. Uzi Landau, Minister
for Strategic Cooperation between the U.S. and Israel
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"Finding
the Right Road to Peace" |
12th - Sunday
Discussion Session
Workshop 1:
Bringing the World to understand the immorality of anti-Zionism
Moderator: Michael Widlansky,
Hebrew University
Hadar Cars, Chairman,
Sweden-Israel Friendship Association;
Rijk Van Dam, Dutch Member
of European Parliament;
Dr. Joel S. Fishman, Jerusalem
Center for Public Affairs;
Yoram Ettinger, former
Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel's Embassy in
US
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Workshop 2:
The Moslem World: Prospects of democratization and overcoming
hatred of Zionism
Moderator: Steve Rodan,
Middle East News Line
Dr. K.P.S Gill, Institute
for Conflict Management, India;
Prof. John W. Swails, Oral
Roberts University;
Dr. Aharon Yaffe, The International
Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism at the In-disciplinary
Center;
Dr. Justus Reid Weiner,
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
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Workshop 3:
Peace Against Truth: When Peace Movements Reinforce Evil
Moderator: Prof. Arieh Eldad,
Knesset Member
Prof. Shlomo Sharan, Tel-Aviv
University;
Irit Linur;
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, American
Center for Democracy;
Laurence Weinbaum, World
Jewish Congress, Jerusalem
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| Greetings from Uri Lupolianski,
Mayor of Jerusalem |
Keynote Address:
Perpetuating Moral Values In Difficult Times
Michael D. Evans, President,
Jerusalem Prayer Team |
13th - Monday
2nd Session:
Israel Endangered: A Threat to the Free World
Chairman: Morris J. Amitay; Vice
Chairman, JINSA
Eliot
Engel, Congressman (D-NY), U.S. House of Representatives
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Syria Accountability
Act |
Panel:
Paul G. Cerjan, U.S. Army
General (Ret)
Yossef Bodansky, Director
of The Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional
Warfare at the US House of Representatives;
Itamar Marcus, Palestinian
Media Watch;
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Dr. Aharon
Levran,
former Senior Intelligence Officer, Strategy and National
Defense;
Moderator: Israel Harel,
Essayist, Columnist
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Security
Ramifications of a Palestinian State
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Panel:
Prof. Eliyahu Kanovsky, Bar-Ilan
University;
Deborah Bodlander,
Senior Middle East Policy Advisor, The Gilman Group;
Dr. Mordechai Nisan, Hebrew
University;
Dr. David Bukay, University
of Haifa;
Moderator: Dr. Martin Sherman,
Tel-Aviv University
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Economic, Social and Strategic
Ramifications of a Palestinian State |
Prof. Daniel Pipes,
Director, Middle East Forum
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Rethinking the Arab-Israeli
Conflict |
| Keynote Address: Ambassador
Dr. Alan Keyes |
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13th - Monday
Discussion Session
Explaining the Role of Israel to the Western World
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Workshop 1:
Media: Recognizing truth in the news
Moderator: John Batchelor,
ABC Radio
David Aikman (author),
Bret Stephens (Jerusalem
Post, editor-in-chief), John Loftus (author)
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Workshop 2:
Academia: Researching truth or breeding hatred? A European
perspective
Moderator: Prof. Wolf Moskovich,
Hebrew University
Prof. Joel Kotek, Centre d'Etudes Juives Contemporaines
de Paris;
Prof. Otto Luthar, Slovenian
Academy of Science;
Prof. Mihajlo Mihajlov,
author (Serbia);
Prof. Arieh Zaritsky, Ben
Gurion University of the Negev
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14th - Tuesday
3rd Session:
Alternatives for a Just and Durable Peace in the Middle East
Chairman: Herbert Zweibon, Chairman,
Americans For a Safe Israel
Frank
Gaffney, President, Center for Security Policy
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The Arab Israeli
Conflict - the Key to Fighting International Terrorism |
| Cal
Thomas, Syndicated Columnist, Fox News Host |
The Road Map:
Another folly? |
Prof.
Raphael Israeli, Truman Institute for Peace
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Principles
for a Just Peace in the Middle East |
Benny Elon,
Minister of Tourism
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The Right Road to Peace:
Presentation of the Elon Peace Initiative |
| Dr. Yuval Arnon-Ohana,
Yehuda & Shomron College |
The Mosaic Sovereignty
Concept |
| Prof. Talia Einhorn,
Tel-Aviv University |
Legal perspectives of
the Arab-Israeli conflict |
Panel:
Moderator: Uri Elitzur, Essayist,
Columnist
Dr. Atalia Ben-Meir, Researcher
ACPR;
Yossi Ben Aharon, Former
CEO Prime Minister Office;
Dr. Alexander Bligh, College
of Judea and Samaria;
Rand Fishbein, Fishbein Associates,
Inc.;
Moderator: Uri Elitzur, Essayist,
Columnist
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The Elon Peace Initiative:
A Viable Alternative? |
Presentation of the Henry (Scoop) Jackson Award
to Hon. Richard Perle, Resident
Fellow at American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
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14th - Tuesday
Final Discussion Session
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Moving the Jerusalem Summit Forward
Moderator: Mandell I. Ganchrow,
MD; Executive Vice President, Religious Zionists of America,
Immediate Past President of Orthodox Union (OU)
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Joint Reception with the International Christian Embassy
Jerusalem (ICEJ)
Farewell Dinner Hosted by Benny
Elon, Minister of Tourism
Including:
Satellite Link-Up with Members of Congress, Capitol Hill
Moderator: Esther Levens,
National Unity Coalition for Israel;
Dr. Yuri Shtern, Knesset
Member
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