Three panels of experts convened at the Swiss Foundation for World Affairs to examine the possible outcomes of the "Geneva Initiative," a proposed model for settlement of issues between Israel and Palestine. Discussions focused on the origins, content, and objectives of the Geneva Initiative, and how it relates to the Roadmap to Peace and the two state solution. Panelists also looked ahead at where such an initiative, which grew out of private initiatives within civil society, will lead and how it can impact lasting peace in the Middle East.
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Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, member of Israeli delegation to the Geneva Initiative, and Nabil Amr, member of Palestinian delegation to the Geneva Initiative, provided the opening remarks. Panelists included Pierre Keller, Swiss Foundation for World Affairs; Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor; Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations; Frederic C. Hof, AALC, lead drafter of Mitchell Report; Ghaith Al-Omari, member of Palestinian delegation to the Geneva Initiative; Daniel Levy, member of Israeli delegation to the Geneva Initiative; I. William Zartman, Johns Hopkins University - SAIS; Salah Abdel Shafi, member of Palestinian delegation to the Geneva Initiative; Gadi Baltiansky, member of Israeli delegation to the Geneva Initiative; Herbert C. Kelman, Harvard University; Jerome Segal, University of Maryland; Ambassador Urs Ziswiler, Switzerland; Clive Myrie, BBC; and Matthew Hodes, Carter Center.
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