PASSIA Meetings 2006

Strategy & Security Workshops (Workshop 3)

Palestinian Foreign Relations – Strategic Imperatives
12 November 2006, PASSIA, Ramallah

10:00-10:30		Opening Address Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of PASSIA Mr. Knut Dethlefsen, Director of FES, Jerusalem

10:30-11:15		Session I
		Scenarios for German and European Policies in the Middle East Dr. Andrä Gärber , Head of the Department of Middle East and North Africa, Fes, Berlin Open Discussion
11.15-12:00		Session II
		Palestine and the World - Strategic Review of Palestinian Foreign Policy Principles and Parameters Dr. Nasser Al-Qudwa, Fateh Central Council member, former PA Minister of Foreign Affairs
		Open Discussion

12:15-13:30		Session III
		Palestine’s Strategic Relations: Mistakes of the Past and Priorities for the Future Ghassan Al-Khatib, Co-editor of bitterlemons.org, Political Analyst and former PA Minister of Planning
		Open and Final Discussion

13:45		Lunch (at the Best Eastern Hotel, Ramallah)


Organized in Cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation (FES), Jerusalem

Participant(s): Knut Dethlefsen, Resident Representative of Fredrich-Ebert Foundation (FES, Jerusalem); Sabri Saidam, Academic; Jorg Ranau, Representative of Germany, Ramallah; Nassir Al Kidwa, Former Foreign Minister; Jamil Rabah, Near East Consulting; Ghassan Khatib, Director of the Jerusalem Media & Communication Center (JMCC); Dr. Mohammed Al Tharf; Katja France, FES; Usama Antar, FES; Roland Friedrich, Fellow DCAF; Rima Tarazi, GUPW; Asem Khalil, Head of research (IOL); Fadwa El Sh’ar, Ministery Of Interior ; Rahmeh Mansour, Bisan Center Community Development; Dr. Fasial Awartani, CEO, Alpha International for Polling, Research and Informatics; Ghazaleh Arar, GUPT; Samir Hulileh, Former General Secretary for the PA Government; Samira Fahham, FES.