Seminar: Barriers to Peace in the Middle East

This event marks the launching of the book by the same name published jointly by the Jerusalem Institute and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Israel.

14:00-14:15    Greetings

                        Dr. Lars Hänsel, Director, Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Israel

                        Prof. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, Academic Director, Jerusalem Institute, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

14:15-16:00    Session I:
                        Socio-Psychological Barriers – A Comparative Look at the Two Societies Embroiled in the Conflict

                        Chair: Prof. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, editor of the volume

                        Dr. Eran Halperin – Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

                        Yohanan Tzoref – Jerusalem Institute

                        Prof. Dan Zakay – Tel Aviv University, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

 16:15-18:00   Session II:
                        Protected Values as Barriers to Resolving the Conflict

                        Chair: Meir Kraus, Director-General, Jerusalem Institute

                        Dr. Yehudith Auerbach, Bar-Ilan University

                        Prof. Yitzhak Reiter – Jerusalem Institute and Ashkelon Academic College

                        Shiri Landman – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The event is open to the public. It will be held in Hebrew.

Thursday, 25 November, 2010/18 Kislev 5771, 14:00-19:00

Teddy Kollek Auditorium, Jerusalem Institute 

20 Radak St., Jerusalem