CMEP NETWORK CONFERENCE CALL 9/26
with Amb. (ret .) Philip C. Wilcox, Jr.

 A DIPLOMAT’S GUIDE TO THE NOVEMBER PEACE Summit

Wednesday, September 26^th at 1pm ET/12noon CT/11am MT/10am PT

Please join Corinne Whitlatch on Sept. 26th in a discussion with Philip Wilcox, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and a member of CMEP’s Leadership Council.  They will discuss the November Israeli-Arab peace summit, announced by President Bush on July 16^th, and prospects for progress toward a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Amb. Wilcox will provide an analysis of the political and diplomatic challenges facing conference participants and will outline realistic expectations.

Churches for Middle East Peace is pleased to offer the first in a new series of occasional conference calls that will feature 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 will 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:

The Consequences of Failure, Yossi Alpher, Bitterlemons, Edition 31, August 20, 2007

SPEAKER BIO:  Ambassador (ret.) Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. is President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, a Washington D.C.-based foundation devoted to fostering peace between Israelis and Palestinians.  Wilcox retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 1997. His last overseas assignment was as Chief of Mission and U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem.  In the Department of State, Wilcox’s assignments included Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, and Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism. In 2002, Wilcox received a Distinguished Service Award from Americans for Peace Now, and in 2004 he received the Lewis B. Sohn Human Rights Award from the U.N.Association- National Capital Area.  Wilcox is a board member of the Middle East Institute and Americans for Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) and a member of CMEP’s Leadership Council.

*The views expressed by Churches for Middle East Peace Conference Call speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of CMEP. 

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