NY event: Israeli and Palestinian youth speaking engagements - 11/6-11/12

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Our campuses are overflowing with literature and speakers about the Middle East conflict. But all too often, people and groups spend their time fighting for sole ownership of history and suffering or choose to stand up for their ‘side’ by attacking ‘the other.”

We’ve heard endless lectures and seen editorials from politicians, professors, advocates and others. We know the frustrations and critiques, but what do average Israelis and average Palestinians really think? Do they want to end the conflict? Are they able to compromise?

Leading OneVoice youth activists Palestinian Aya Hijazi and Israeli Yosef Kedmi will be speaking with YOU, their U.S. counterparts, throughout the New York area during the week of November 6^th through 12^th, galvanizing support for their work in the Middle East and giving young people the opportunity to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.

Yosef and Aya will use their personal experiences to shed light on several key questions: Is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict intractable? Can mainstream Israelis and Palestinians actually agree on what they want the future of their region to look like? What is the current pulse of the young generation and what are they doing to make a difference?

Refreshments will be provided!

Town hall meetings will take place across the New York area:

Sunday 11/5 10am Private brunch Westchester, NY

Monday 11/6 12pm Cardozo Law School 55 5^th Ave at 12^th Street Room 423

Monday 11/6 6:30pm NYU Wagner School of Public Service Puck Building 295 Lafayette

Tuesday 11/7 12:30 Baruch College 55 Lexington Ave at 24^th Street Room VC 10-150

Tuesday 11/7 7:30pm Stony Brook College Student Activities Center Auditorium

Wednesday 11/8 1:30pm Hunter College West Building 68^th and Lexington Ave Room 415

Wednesday 11/8 8pm Rutgers NJC Lounge at Douglass College

Thursday 11/9 12pm CUNY Location TBA

Thursday 11/9 6pm Columbia University SIPA International Affairs Building, Room TBA

Friday 11/10 8pm Brit Tzedek V’Shalom Young Adults meeting at The Olive Press, Park Slope

Sunday 11/12 OneVoice meets with Jewish and Muslim communities in Rochester, NY

Sponsors across North America include: Americans for Informed Democracy, Brit Tzedek V’Shalom, American Task Force on Palestine, the Arab American Institute, Hillel, the Muslim Public Affairs Committee, the Union of Progressive Zionists, and National Jewish Campus Life/UIA Federations Canada.

For more information on these or other events, contact -

Miriam Asnes: Miriam@OneVoiceMovement.org, 212 897 3985 ext.124; mobile 617 775 6427 or

Jake Hayman: Jake@OneVoiceMovement.org, 212 897 3985 ext.122; mobile 917 701 8726.

The OneVoice Movement is a mass grassroots movement in the Middle East that empowers moderates to stand up against extremism and to seize back the agenda for conflict resolution. For more information, please go to www.OneVoiceMovement.org.

15th Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference, Oct. 30-31

There is a golden opportunity for Council for the National Interest (CNI) supporters to take part in a CNI workshop on Sunday, October 29th, and participate during the next two days, October 30th and 31st, John Duke Anthony's National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. He has an excellent program including a reception at the Saudi Embassy and he has offered to waive all registration fees and the cost of lunch, dinner, and reception, as well as reduced hotel rates, for CNI members. Ordinarily, this would cost over $300. Please see below.

We will plan a suitable workshop on the subject of the "A Tipping Point: America's Changing Perception of the U.S.-Israel Relationship." We will have a screening of the debate in New York City between Prof. John Mearsheimer, Rashid Khalidi, Tony Judt, Martin Indyk, Dennis Ross, and Shlomo Ben-Ami, the former Foreign Minister of Israel. We have tentative plans for a dinner on Sunday evening, depending on how many sign up.

Gene Bird

SUBJECT: Waiver of registration fees for 15th Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference, Oct. 30-31, and special discounted hotel rate for CNI

INVITATION TO CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC OCT. 30-31

I am pleased to inform you that on Oct. 30-31 the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (www.ncusar.org) will host its 15th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, located at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington, DC.

The National Council will be focusing its attention this year on Saudi Arabian-United States relations on Oct. 30, and the future of the Gulf Cooperation Council on Oct. 31. His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States, will host a reception at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia for all attendees the evening of Oct. 30. The “Forum on the Future of the Gulf Cooperation Council” will commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the GCC.

CNI conference attendees will receive free registration for the event (up to a $300 value), which includes all sessions, two lunches and two receptions on Oct. 30. Conference attendees will all receive gift books and publications from the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council and other sponsors.

DISCOUNTED HOTEL INFORMATION

The National Council has reserved a special discounted hotel rate on the nights of October 29 & 30 of $159/night plus applicable taxes for CNI attendees at the Holiday Inn - Central (1501 Rhode Island Ave NW). To access this discounted rate, please contact the hotel’s front desk (1-202-483-2000) and mention the National Council on US-Arab Relations group rate to the reservation specialist. These rooms are now available on a first come, first serve basis. To receive the discounted rate, you must make your hotel reservations by October 16th.

HOW TO REGISTER

Fill out a registration form and submit it back to the National Council via fax (202-293-7770), or regular mail. The conference registration form is available online at: http://www.ncusar.org/auspc/AUSPC_registration_form.pdf. In order to qualify for free registration for the event, please clearly note on your completed registration form that you received this notice from CNI.

Ambassador Turki Al-Faisal will be the featured keynote speaker along with other prominent American, Saudi Arabia and Gulf personalities, including former U.S. ambassadors to Riyadh, GCC and U.S. officials and ambassadors from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Information about the 15th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference, including (when available) the conference schedule and roster of speakers, can be found online at www.ncusar.org.