• U.S./Middle East Project

  Staff:	Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Director for the U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign Relations

  September 1, 1996 - March 2006

  The U.S./Middle East Project seeks to forge new private/public-sector coalitions to advance the peace process in the Middle East in both its political and economic dimensions. The Project’s current programs include; the Independent Task Force on Strengthening Palestinian Public Institutions, the Study Group on Middle East Trade Options, the U.S./Middle East Project Roundtable, and the U.S.-European Consultation on the Middle East. The International Board of the U.S./Middle East Project, which serves as an advisory board to the Project, is chaired by The Honorable Brent Scowcroft, co-chaired by Osama el Baz, political advisor to Egyptian President Mubarak, and Robert K. Lifton, Council member and Medis Technologies Chairman, with Saudi Ambassador Bandar Bin Sultan as Honorary Chair. Board members include senior public and private sector leaders from the Middle East, the United States, and Europe.

  
  

   

  Meetings

  Israeli Arab-Jewish Relations and the Peace Proces

  General Meeting

  
  February 20, 2004

  Related Project: U.S./Middle East Project

  Panelist:	Henry Siegman
  Speakers:	Shalom Dichter, Sikkuy
  	Khaled Absah, Sikkuy

   

  The Courage to Refuse

  General Meeting

  
  November 6, 2003

  Related Project: U.S./Middle East Project

  Speaker:	Guy Grossman

   

  Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's Middle East Peace Initiative

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  March 12, 2002

  Related Project: U.S./Middle East Project

  Speaker:	Henry Siegman

  Contact: Scott Lasensky at 212-434-9744 or slasensky@cfr.org

   

  Can Israelis and Palestinians Return to the Negotiating Table?

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  April 4, 2001

  Related Project: U.S./Middle East Project

  Presider:	Henry Siegman
  Speaker:	Shlomo Ben Ami, Member, Knesset; former Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs

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