January 2008 Task Force Study Trip - January 7 (Day 1)


From January 6 - 9, 2008, seventy representatives from Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States participated in the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues’s second study trip to Israel. Recordings of multiple sessions from January 7 (Day 1) are available below.
  • To learn more about this study trip, click here.
  • To listen to sessions from Day 2, click here.
  • To listen to sessions from Day 3, click here.

Historical Overview; Perspective on National, Political and Identity Issues; Status of the Arab Citizens in Light of the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Talks

Historical Overview; Perspective on National, Political and Identity Issues; Status of the Arab Citizens in Light of the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Talks

Professor Elie Rehkess - Senior Research Fellow, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies / Director, The Konrad Adenauer Program on Jewish-Arab Cooperation in Israel, Tel Aviv University

Historical Overview; Perspective on National, Political and Identity Issues; Status of the Arab Citizens in Light of the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Talks

Historical Overview; Perspective on National, Political and Identity Issues; Status of the Arab Citizens in Light of the Recent Israeli-Palestinian Talks

Mohammad Darawshe - Director of External Relations, The Abraham Fund Initiatives

An Overview of Jewish and Arab Communities in the Wadi Ara Region of Israel

An Overview of Jewish and Arab Communities in the Wadi Ara Region of Israel

Shuli Dichter - Co-Executive Director, Sikkuy

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

Helmi Kittani - Director, Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

Basher Abdel Raziq - Deputy Mayor, Nazareth

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Opening Remarks

Eytan Biderman - Chair, Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

Patsy Landa - Social Investor, The Landa Fund for Equal Opportunity

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

Dov Lautman - Chairman, Delta Galil Textiles / Founder, The Lautman Foundation

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

Professor Yossi Tamir - Director, JDC's TEVET Employment Initiative

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Approaches to Economic and Business Development in the Arab Sector

Oren Magnezi - Founding Director, Prime Minister Office's Arab-Israeli Economic Development Agency

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Integration of Arab Professionals into Appropriate Employment

Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development Summit: Integration of Arab Professionals into Appropriate Employment

Professor Daoud Bshouty - The Technion - Israeli Institute of Technology; Ronen Kochler - Check Point; Smadar Nehab - Tsofen; and Irit Tamir - Kav Mashveh