Program planned on impact of Sept. 11 on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Oct. 16

The Program in Near Eastern Studies is sponsoring a lecture Tuesday, Oct. 16, on "The Impact of Sept. 11 on the Israel-Palestinian Conflict."

Henry Siegman, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and director of the council's U.S./Middle East Project, will speak at 4:30 p.m. in Frist 302.

Siegman has studied the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for more than four decades. He has published extensively on the subject and has been consulted by senior governmental officials, international agencies and non-governmental organizations directly and indirectly involved in the peace process. Before joining the Council on Foreign Relations in 1993, Siegman served as executive director of the American Jewish Congress for 16 years.