The West Bank and Gaza: Political Culture and Nationalism

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Moderator:
Victor Assal, WBGC, Tufts University

Panelists:

Pragmatism Vs. Ideology: Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Dr. George Gruen
Director of the Israel and Middle East Affairs Division of the American Jewish Committee; Associate of the Columbia University Seminar on the Middle East; editor and co-author, The Palestinians in Perspective: Implications for Mid-East Peace and U.S. Policy

Religion, Nationalism and Territory
Yehezkel Landau
Information Secretary for Oz V'Shalom/Netivot, The Zionist Religious Peace Movement; lecturer on Judaism and Interfaith Relations at NES AMMIM, Galilee and St. George's Anglican College, Jerusalem; author, Voices from Jerusalem: Israel in the Jewish-Christian Encounter

Domestic Political Trends in Israel and Their Effect on the Occupied Territories
Professor Naomi Chazan
Professor of Political Science and African Studies, The Hebrew University; Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard University; Member of the Israeli Delegation to the National Women's Conference; author, An Anatomy of Ghanian Politics: Coping With Uncertainty; The Precarious Balance: State and Society in Africa

Political and Cultural Consequences of Occupation in Gaza
Dr. Hatem Abu Ghazaleh
Head of the Society for the Care of Handicapped Children, Gaza

Institution Building in the West Bank-Higher Education
Dr. Gabi Baramki
Acting President, Bir Zeit University; Founding Member, Executive Committee Member and former Chair of the West Bank Council for Higher Education

Academics and Politics: The Case of Palestinian Universities Under Occupation
Dr. Anthony Sullivan
Director, Near East Support Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan