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SUMMARY:The Deal of the Century and Israeli Democracy: How Palestinian Citizens of Israel are the Key to Peace in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:A luncheon discussion with Jafar Farah\nFounder and Director of The Mossawa Center\, the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens of Israel\nThe National Interest Foundation is pleased to invite you to attend our luncheon discussion during which Jafar Farah will examine prospects for Middle East peace in light of the recent announcements on Israeli elections and political developments in the United States.\nThe United States has an interest in protecting the security of its long-term ally\, Israel\, and thereby also has an interest in achieving a negotiated settlement in Israel and Palestine\, which would improve regional security. However\, the ongoing tendency to disregard the needs of Palestinians\, both in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Israel\, has precluded the achievement of sustainable and just peace\, undermining regional security and the livelihoods of Palestinians and Israelis alike.\n\nAbout our Speaker: \nJaffar Farah is the Founder and Director of Mossawa\, the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel. Jafar is a long-time advocate and activist for civil rights for the Arab community. He was formerly chair of the National Union of Arab Students and President of the Committee for Arab Students at the University of Haifa. After holding these posts\, he founded CEGAS\, the Center for Educational Guidance for Arab Students. As a community organizer and activist\, he was involved in establishing several organizations such as I’lam\, ACAP (Arab Center for Alternative Planning) and the follow-up committee for Arab education. Before establishing Mossawa\, Jafar worked as a journalist for the local network of Ha’aretz and as a TV producer. He continues to write articles that are published regularly in the Hebrew and Arabic press. He is one of the founders of the first Arab-language television station in Israel: Hala TV.
URL:https://nifusa.org/event-2/the-deal-of-the-century-and-israeli-democracy-how-palestinian-citizens-of-israel-are-the-key-to-peace-in-the-middle-east/
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SUMMARY:"Yemen: A Brutal War\, US Involvement\, & Options"
DESCRIPTION:Discussion With Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson:\nVIP EVENT \nThe Yemen war has entered its fifth year with no end in sight\, a staggering human toll\, and no convincing results to speak of. Over 100\,000 Yemeni children have been killed by Saudi-led bombings\, hunger and lack of basic medical care. Terrorist groups such as AlQaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS have reemerged stronger in alliance with the Saudi-led coalition. \nWhy is the United States involved in this war\, and what are the long-term repercussions of this war that created the largest humanitarian crisis? What should the U.S. do to avert greater instability in the region and at what cost? Join us for a discussion with colonel Wilkerson\, a seasoned military and political expert who will offer a realistic and balanced explanation of the conflict. \nFeatured Speaker: \nLawrence Wilkerson is a Former Chief of Staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell’s. He also served as Associate Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass\, where he was responsible for East Asia and the Pacific\, political\, military and legislative affairs (2001-02). \nBefore serving at the State Department\, Wilkerson served in the U.S. Army 31 years. During that time\, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989)\, Special Assistant to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Powell (1989-93)\, and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico\, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 in the rank of a colonel to work as an adviser to General Powell.
URL:https://nifusa.org/event-2/yemen-a-brutal-war-us-involvement-options/
LOCATION:NIF\, 1800 K st. Suite 1124\, Washington\, DC\, 20006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190122T120000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Democracy in Tunisia
DESCRIPTION:A luncheon discussion with elected female parliamentarian from Tunisia\,\nMeherzia Labidi Maïza\nThe National Interest Foundation is pleased to invite you to attend our luncheon discussion where Meherzia Labidi tackles the question on Tunisia’s future of a stable democracy.\nTunisia is the sole democracy to emerge from the Arab Spring protests that ripped through the region over the past decade. By 2013\, the democratic process was almost derailed by unfulfilled economic promises\, political and ideological disagreements\, and foreign meddling. Fortunately\, local and international mediation then helped to avert catastrophe and pave the way for elections. But less than a year before the next general election\, scheduled for late 2019\, the country is again in crisis. Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi warned this past Monday that the country’s democratic experience is not in a safe situation. He also warned of the risks of a general strike called by his country’s largest labour union for Thursday. What happens next is a critical test of where Tunisian democracy is headed.\n\nAbout our Speaker: \nKnown as “most senior elected woman in the Middle East”\, Meherzia Labidi Maïza is currently a member of the Tunisian Parliament and Head of the Committee For Women\, Family\, Children and the Elderly Affairs. She was proud of helping to include a clause to protect women’s rights into Tunisia’s post Arab Spring constitution. She is also the honorary president of the organisation Religion for Peace. She has a degree in English literature and writes on topics linked to women and education. She is also a translator\, and specialises in Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic finance. She holds a certificate in theatre studies and a Master’s degree in translation from Sorbonne University. She teaches translation at the European Institute of Social Science in Paris.
URL:https://nifusa.org/event-2/the-future-of-democracy-in-tunisia/
LOCATION:NIF\, 1800 K st. Suite 1124\, Washington\, DC\, 20006\, United States
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SUMMARY:China's Cultural Genocide Against the Uyghurs
DESCRIPTION:Luncheon Discussion on US China Relations and Human Rights\n\nA Luncheon Discussion on\nUS-China Relations and Human Rights\n\nThe National Interest Foundation is pleased to invite you to attend our luncheon discussion where expert Omer Kanat will tackle the issue of Uyghur Muslims and the Xinjang “education” camps. Pervasive ethnic discrimination\, severe religious repression\, and increasing cultural suppression justified by the government in the name of the “fight against separatism\, religious extremism\, and terrorism” continue to fuel rising tensions in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Xinjiang’s mass indoctrination centers are expected to be an area of focus during a major United Nations Human Rights Council review of China this month. \nOccurring this month as well\, in a possible sign of resolving the trade dispute between the US and China\, the U.S. State Department said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis\, Chinese politburo member Yang Jiechi and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe will take part in diplomatic and security talks. Mattis and Wei discussed that the world’s two largest economies need to deepen high-level ties to reduce the risk of conflict.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout our Speaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOmer Kanat is the chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Uyghur Congress. He co-founded the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) in 2003\, as well as the World Uyghur Youth Congress\, where he served as president from 1996-2000. Mr. Kanat was the Senior Editor of Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur Service\, where he covered the War in Afghanistan & Iraq\, edited Uyghur-language news\, and conducted interviews with prominent figures in Inner Asia\, including his holiness the Dalai Lama.
URL:https://nifusa.org/event-2/chinas-uyghurs/
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SUMMARY:Discussion with Ambassador Vygaudas Usackas: "The Future of NATO and Transatlantic Relations"
DESCRIPTION:A Luncheon Discussion with Ambassador Vygaudas Ušackas  \nJoin us for a round table discussion with Ambassador Vygaudas Ušackas on the future of NATO and Transatlantic Relations. \nAmbassador Vygaudas Ušackas currently serves as the Director of the European Institute at Kaunas Technological University. From 2013 to 2017 he served as the European Union’s Ambassador to Russia. He previously served as the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan. Prior to heading Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Ušackas was the Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States and Mexico from 2001 through 2006\, then Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Currently\, he is a candidate for President of the Republic of Lithuania.
URL:https://nifusa.org/event-2/discussion-with-ambassador-vygaudas-usackas-the-future-of-nato-and-transatlantic-relations/
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SUMMARY:UNRWA's Resiliency for Security and Human Development for Palestinian Refugees
DESCRIPTION:A Luncheon Discussion with the Director of UNRWA’S DC Representative Office\, Elizabeth Campbell\nJoin us for a round table discussion with Elizabeth Campbell on UNRWA and the continual and latest efforts to fostering the human development of Palestinian Refugees. \nPrior to joining UNRWA\, Elizabeth was the Senior humanitarian policy advisor in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs in the Department of State. Her role included working on refugee and humanitarian issues in the United Nations system. Campbell has also served as a senior advocate for Refugees International\, where she focused on the humanitarian crises in East Africa and the Middle East. She was director of Refugee Council USA\, an NGO consortium focused on refugee resettlement and protection.
URL:https://nifusa.org/event-2/unrwas-resiliency-for-security-and-human-development-for-palestinian-refugees/
LOCATION:NIF\, 1800 K st. Suite 1124\, Washington\, DC\, 20006\, United States
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