[WCUSP] Fw: [BTvS General] Join Dr. Rashid Khalidi for March 26 Town Hall Conference Call

[Libby or Mort Frank]

[BTvS General] Join Dr. Rashid Khalidi for March 26 Conference Call: "The US Connection: Palestinian Unity Government and Final-Status Peace Talks"
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From: Brit Tzedek v'Shalom 
To: Libby Frank 
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:48 PM
Subject: [BTvS General] Join Dr. Rashid Khalidi for March 26 Town Hall Conference Call


                    
           
            THE U.S. CONNECTION:
            The Palestinian Unity Government &
            Final-Status Peace Talks

            TOWN HALL CONFERENCE CALL
            with Dr. Rashid Khalidi
             
            Monday, March 26 at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6 pm MT/5pm PT

            Please join Dr. Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at the Middle East Institute of Columbia University, who will discuss why he believes that the US should strongly support the new unity government and encourage immediate direct Palestinian-Israeli and Syrian-Israeli final status peace talks. This call is part of Brit Tzedek's "Let's Talk" campaign, and we are honored to have world-renowned historian Dr. Khalidi with us. 

                  TO JOIN: Dial 1-641-696-6699 within 5 minutes of the call's designated start time and then enter the access code 123432#. You are responsible only for domestic long distance charges. 

                  QUESTIONS: The presentation will be followed by an extensive question and answer session open to all participants. Please send brief questions before or during the call to townhall at btvshalom.org.

                  Recommended Reading:
                  U.S. and Israel Disagree on Palestinian Contacts, by Isabel Kershner, New York Times, March 19, 2007 

                  Judged By Its Actions, Haaretz Editorial, March 19, 2007 

                  Israelis favor talks with new PA gov't, by Herb Keinon and AP, Jerusalem Post, March 19, 2007 

                 

            BIO

            Dr. Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at the Middle East Institute of Columbia University in New York City.  From 1987 to 2003, he was a professor of Middle East History and Director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago.  He has also held teaching positions at the Lebanese University, American University of Beirut, and Georgetown University. 

            He is the author of many scholarly articles and books on various aspects of Middle East history and politics. His book, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness, won the Middle East Studies Association's prize for best book in 1997.  His most recent book, The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (2006) is a comprehensive account of the Palestinian quest for statehood since the days of the British Mandate. 

            Dr. Khalidi formerly served as president of the Middle East Studies Association and the American Task Force on Palestine.  He is currently the editor of the Journal on Palestine Studies.  He received a B.A. in History from Yale University in 1970 and a Ph.D. in Modern History from Oxford University in 1974.







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