Please join Professor Shibley Telhami
for CMEP's next grassroots
network conference call on December 6th
at 1pm ET. Professor Telhami will
share his analysis and
reflections on the Annapolis meeting,
discuss what can be expected to happen
next and talk about prospects for
progress toward an Israeli-Palestinian
peace agreement.
Prof. Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for
Peace and Development at the University
of Maryland, is a frequent commentator
on news programs and is a member of
CMEP's Leadership Council.
ABOUT CMEP NETWORK CONFERENCE CALLS:
Churches for Middle East Peace offers
occasional conference calls featuring
prominent policy analysts and issue
experts from the CMEP/church community
and others who stand with CMEP in
support of Middle East peace*. The
conference call speakers offer their
perspectives and provide timely,
informational updates on key
developments in Washington and the
region.
HOW TO CALL IN: Dial
1-785-686-2400 and then enter the access
code 693031. You are responsible for
domestic long distance charges
associated with this call. The call will
last approximately one hour, beginning
promptly at 1pm (ET).
QUESTIONS: The presentation will be
followed by a question and answer
session open to all participants.
Questions should be submitted by email
before or during the call to
confcall@cmep.org.
BACKGROUND READING:
Boosting the Slim Chances for Mideast
Breakthrough, Shibley Telhami,
Balitmore Sun, November 9, 2007
President Bush's Speech at Annapolis
Conference, White House Latest
News, November 27, 2007
Israel, Palestinians OK Negotiating Plan,
Matthew Lee, Associated
Press, Nov
27, 2007
Washington Post Global: Seven Views
on the Summit
SPEAKER BIO:
Shibley
Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for
Peace and Development at the University
of Maryland, College Park. He has
served as Advisor to the US Mission to
the UN (1990-91), as advisor to former
Congressman Lee Hamilton, and as a
member of the US delegation to the
Trilateral US-Israeli-Palestinian
Anti-Incitement Committee, which was
mandated by the Wye River Agreements.
Most recently, he served on the Iraq
Study Group as a member of the Strategic
Environment Working Group. His
best-selling book,
The Stakes: America and the Middle East
(Westview Press, 2003; updated version,
2004) was selected by Foreign Affairs as
one of the top five books on the Middle
East in 2003. He is a member of the
Leadership Council of Churches for
Middle East Peace, the
Council on Foreign Relations
and
Human Rights Watch Board and
he has also served on the board of the
United States Institute of Peace.
Professor Telhami was given the
Distinguished International Service
Award by the University of Maryland in
2002 and the Excellence in Public
Service Award by the University System
of Maryland Board of Regents in 2006.
Professor Telhami was born in 1951 in a
little village near Haifa, Israel. The
majority of people in the village were
Druse, with an Arab Christian minority
of which his family was a member.
For DC Area CMEP Supporters: 11/29
Post-Annapolis Capitol Hill Event
CMEP is pleased to be
joining with collegial organizations in
co-sponsoring an event on Capitol Hill
this Thursday, Nov. 29th from 12-2pm.
"Digesting Annapolis: What Happened,
What It Means, and What Happens Next?"
will include
a roundtable
discussion with leading American,
Israeli, and Palestinian former
negotiators, experts and opinion shapers.
Click
here for more details, including a
full list of speakers and co-sponsoring
organizations.
*The views expressed
by Churches for Middle East Peace
Conference Call speakers are their own
and do not necessarily reflect the views
of CMEP.
