Meetings & Workshops

 
3
Dec
2024

Meeting With USSC Visitors

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: BGen Frederic Pruneau, Commander, OP PROTEUS; Osama Wazwaz, Advisor OP PROTEUS; Fred Whichelo, Deputy Commander, OP PROTEUS; Thurman McKenzie, Chief of Staff, USSC; Lotte Aret, USSC; Mike Winch, Program Manager, British Support Team, Ramallah; Sean Moffatt, USSC; Shane Klinkenberg, USSC; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA; Layan Jber, Administrative Assistant, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
25
Nov
2024

The Palestinian Reality in the Wake of Recent Developments

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem..
Speakers: Sami Abu Shehadeh (Chairman of the Balad Party)
Participants: Franklin Aquilina, Head of Mission, Representative of Malta; Claire Jounet-Arenes, Press Counselor (French Consulate); Hussam Mousa, Tour Guide; Zakaria Odeh, Director, Civic Coalition for Palestinians' Rights in Jerusalem; Shahida MacDougall, Country Director, British Council; Hind Khoury; Nabil Izhiman, Lawyer; Munib Younan, former Bishop, Lutheran Church; Mohammad Abu Leil; Dr. Iskander Najjar, Former Provost, Al-Quds University; Sonia Najjar, Writer, Consultant, Albright Institute; Seamus Taggart, Reporting Officer, EUPOL COPPS; Mohammad Hadieh, Director, ACT; George Zeidan, Director, Carter Center; Ahlam Hijazi; Yahya Hijazi; Andrea Fungenzi, Political Advisor, EUBAM Rafah; Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, Co-Director, Jahalin Solidarity; Pedro Blanco Pérez, Ambassador, Representative Office of Mexico in Palestine; Heather Gale, Political Officer, Canada; Islam Abdul Jabar, Program Manager, FES; Gershon Baskin, Co-Director, International Communities Organization - Middle East; Maya Abu Hani, Press Officer, France; Martin Lafforgue, Argentinian Representative Office; Samer Shtayyeh, Country Consultant, European Endowment for Democracy; Peter Lintl, Researcher, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin; Mareike Enghusen, Journalist; Rana Salamin, Media Coordinator; Naser Abu Liel, Architect; Raed Saadeh, Tourism Development, Jerusalem; Adel Ruished, Researcher; Lucy Nusseibeh, Executive Director, Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND); Terry Boullata, Swiss Cooperation; Nour Asfour, STU; Janat Elayan, Marketing; Lama Jamjoum, Freelancer; Chloé Rouveyrolles, Journalist, Agence France Press; Salah Zuheikah; Sebastián Molina, Diplomat, Representative Office of Chile, Ramallah; Ricardo Cardenas, Deputy Head of Mission, Representative Office of Chile; Lily Feidy, Freelance Consultant, Education; Abed Darwish, Director, Palestinian Media and Development Institute (PMDI); Sani Meo, Publisher, This Week in Palestine; Jamal Al-Aref, CEO, Al-Aref Associates; Nisreen Al-Aref, Finance Officer, FES; Yara Mansour, Lawyer; Mounir Marjieh, Al-Quds University; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA; Layan Jber, Intern, PASSIA; Alexandra King, Intern, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
8
Aug
2024

The Current Situation

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Brigadier General Frederic Pruneau, USSC Deputy Coordinator-Support / Commander Task Force - Jerusalem; Robert Bailey, Task Force Jerusalem Op Proteus; Rory Johnston, Task Force Jerusalem Op Proteus; Karoly Dobrovics, Task Force Jerusalem Op Proteus; Osama Wazwaz, Task Force Jerusalem Op Proteus; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
11
Jun
2024

The Challenges and Threats Facing Education in East Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Dr. Yahya Hijazi
Dr. Suhad Bishara
Abdel Qader Al-Husseini
Participants: Islam Adbul Jaber, Program Manager, FES-Palestine; Rana Salamin, Project Assistant and Media Coordinator, FES; Ghassan Halaika, field researcher, Community Action Center; Christian Küsters, Head of Political Affairs, German Representative Office, Ramallah; Zakaria Odeh, Director, Civic Coalition for Palestinians' Rights in Jerusalem; Hikmat Hindiyeh, Project Manager, Civic Coalition for Palestinians' Rights in Jerusalem; Khalil Toufakji, Civic Coalition for Palestinians' Rights in Jerusalem; Reem Hammad, Protection Field Officer, Terres des Hommes Italy; Martina Tenko, Political Officer, Office of the European Union Representative (EUREP); Patrice Budry, Office of the European Union Representative (EUREP); Jacob Arts, Office of the European Union Representative (EUREP); Reinette Van Den Bossche, EUREP; Ahmad Demirer, Turkish Consul General, Jerusalem; Camilla Romeo, Head of Consular Department, Consulate General of Italy, Jerusalem; Genia Helou-Raad, Senior Advisor, Consulate General of Belgium, Jerusalem; Dr. Anja Zorob, Associate Professor; Ahmad Jalalel, Jerusalem Governorate; Khalil Aramin, Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs; Rana Qutteineh, Manager Director, Dar Al Tifel Al Arabi; Lily Feidy, Consultant; Sireen Musleh, Project Officer, UNESCO; Anna Paluszek, Country Delegation, Terre des Hommes Italy; Marion Vidal, Attaché for Linguistic Cooperation, French Consulate, Jerusalem;Mohammed Dajani, Founder, Wasatia Movement; Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, Co-Director, Jahalin Solidarity; Qusay Abbas, Arab Studies Society; Ramada Taha, Spokesman, Union of Parents Committees in East Jerusalem Schools; Samar Kirresh, Founder and Managing Director, Al-Elieh for Science Environment and Art; Fouad Abdeen, Head Manager, Union of Charitable Societies-Jerusalem; Yousef Kirreh, Director General, Union of Charitable Societies-Jerusalem; Lily Kennedy, Mennonite Central Committee; Wael Hijazi, Board member, Palestinian Shipping Council; Iman Salhi, Teacher; Raghda Suleiman, Teacher; Eiad Sameer Othman, Engineer; Nabil Abu Asab, CEO, I-Learn Institute; Salah Zaheika; Sana Hasna; Aysha Maslamani, PhD student; Marah Ghanem, Project Coordinator; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
30
May
2024

The Challenges Facing Palestinian Civil Society in Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Abdel Qader Al-Husseini, Chairperson of Faisal Husseini Foundation
Lubna Katbeh, Lawyer, Member of the Board of Trustees, Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi
Participants: Participants: Islam A. Jabar, Program Manager, FES-Palestine; Tami Rafidi, Program Manager, FES; Michel Rentenaar, Head of Mission, Netherlands Representative office; Fayzeh Zalatimo, Vice president of the Society, Dar Atefel; Jumana Jaouni; Thomas Dammrich, GIZ; Salah Zuheikeh, Jonny Nilsson, manager, Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem; Claudia Roos, GIZ; Jamal Nusseibeh; Adel Ruished; Alessandro Tutino, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Italy; Khuloud Khayyat; Eng. Fouad Dakkak, Real Estate Consultant; Eveline Muhareb; Qusay Abbas, Prog. Officer; Ratebeh Al-Natsheh; Hikmat Hindiyeh; Patrice Budry, EU; Samah Jaouny, EU; Sonia Najjar; Anna Poluszek, TDH Italy, Majdoleen Jibril, Director of the Social Media Department, PCBS; Imad Khatib, Executive VP - Jerusalem Campus, Al-Quds University; Sana’a Hasna, The Arab Studies Society, Orient House; Dr. Ralf Rothenbusch, German Association of the Holy Land; Pedro Blanco Pérez, Ambassador, The Representative Office of Mexico in Palestine; Dr. Bernard Sabellah, Palestinian Legislative Council; Rawan Dajani, CAC; Dr. Amjad Shihab, Director, Al-Shihab Al-Maqdisi College, Claire Dabin, Program Manager, EU; Karin Gerster, Regional Director for Palestine & Jordan, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation; Lily Feidy, Semra Demirer, DCG-Turkish Consulate; Ruba Awwad, Project Advisor, German Development Cooperation- GIZ, Dr. Helga Baumgarten, Maryam Al-Qam, The Carter Center; Lana Katbeh; Rana Qutteineh, Hind Al-Husseini Org.; Dr. Jawad Hidmi; Basma S. Khatib, Press, Human Rights and Cultural Affairs Officer, German Representative Office – Ramallah, Ruth Cummings, Director, Jerusalem Culture Unlimited; Suriya Jayanti; Pierre Blanchard, FR Consulate; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
30
Apr
2024

Pushing Peace through Polling — Polling as a Tool to Advance Peace in Palestine and Israel

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Dr. Colin Irwin
Participants: Ulrich Storck, Director of FES-Palestine Office, FES; Islam A. Jabar, Program Manager, FES; Tami Rafidi, Program Manager, FES; Malak Issa, Operations Officer, FES; Nadia Harhash, HEKS; Dr. Steffen Kudella, Resident Representative, Hanns Seidel Foundation Jerusalem; Dr. Iskander Najjar, Former Provost, Al-Quds University; Sonia Najjar, Writer, Researcher, Queen's University Belfast; Agnes Fälldin, Political Advisor, Regional Office of EUSR MEPP; Maria Soler, Country Representative, NOVACT Institute; Alexandra Pesch, Programme Officer, Office of the European Union Representative to the West Bank and Gaza; Carla Ramos, Administrative Assistant, Consulate of Spain, Jerusalem; Ambassador Pedro Blanco Pérez, head of the Representative Office of Mexico, Ramallah; Stefania Cavallaro, Manager, AICS; Claire Dabin, Program Manager, EU; Jason Morris, Political Consul, British Consulate General, Jerusalem; Zaki Abul Halaweh, Journalist; Fatmeh Hammad, Master Student; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA; Lena Schulthess, Intern, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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20
Apr
2024

Education issues in Jerusalem: What is going on? What do we expect? What should be done?

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Hazem Kawasmi; Yahya Hijazi; Zakaria Odeh; Zayd Al Qiq; Helga Baumgarten; Reem Hammad; Hikmat Hindiyeh; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
18
Mar
2024

Jerusalem in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Lawyer Jawad Boulus
Participants: Imad Khatib; Salah Zuheikeh; Hind Khoury; Sari Nusseibeh; Shifa Jayousi; Islam Abduljabbar; Jamal AlAref; Jumana Jaouni; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
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30
Aug
2023

Regional Developments and Their Implications for Palestine

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Speakers: Diana Buttu, Palestinian lawyer, writer and analyst.
Participants: .
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
23
Aug
2023

The Reality of School Dropouts in East Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: Legacy Hotel, Jerusalem.
Participants: -
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
10
Aug
2023

The Question of Jerusalem and the Islamic and Christian Holy Places

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Prof. Burhanettin Duran, General Coordinator, SETA Foundation, Washington, D.C; Yücel Acer, Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara; Kılıç Buğra Kanat, Research Director, SETA Foundation; Mehmet Akif Kireçci, Dean of Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Member, Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Turkish Presidency; Kadir Üstün, Executive Director, SETA Foundation; Ayşegül Taşkapu Duran; Cengiz Eroglu, Director, Turkish Cultural Center; Semra Demirer, Deputy Consul General; Dr. Bernard Sabella, Vice Chairman of PASSIA, Executive Secretary, Middle East Council of Churches, Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Member, Islamic Waqf Council, Jerusalem; Dr. Munir Nuseibah, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Director, Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic and Community Action Center, Al-Quds University; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
13
Jul
2023

Jerusalem and the Holy Places

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Australian Delegation
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
4
Jul
2023

The Situation and Living Conditions of Palestinians in Jerusalem

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: Students from the Vienna School of International Studies.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
3
Jul
2023

The Two-State Solution: Is it Still Viable?

  • Organizer: PASSIA.
  • Location: PASSIA, Jerusalem.
Participants: US Office of Palestinian Affairs, Jerusalem: George Noll, Chief; John W. Robbins, Political Officer; Rosaline Antar, Political Specialist; Chelsea Kinsman;Prof. Imad Khatib, Executive Vice-President for Jerusalem Campus, Al-Quds University; Dr. Hani Abdeen, Professor at Al-Quds University, former PA Health Minister; Khaled Khatib, Director, Palestinian Heritage Museum, Hind Husseini Foundation (Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi); Dr. Adel Ruished; Fatmeh Hammad, Consultant, UNFPA; Deniz Altayli, Program Director, PASSIA; Adnan Joulani, Executive Director, PASSIA; Nawwal Salaimeh, Intern, PASSIA; Jenna Kitts, Volunteer, PASSIA; Lauren Cusick, Volunteer, PASSIA.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA
13
Jun
2023

EU and Jerusalem - Holy Places

  • Organizer: Islamic Waqf Council.
  • Location: Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem.
Participants: Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, and Islamic Waqf Council members.
All Meetings & Workshops were attended by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Head of PASSIA