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Talk examines Israeli-Palestinian peace process, April 6
Posted March 30, 2006; 10:40 p.m.
Gadi Baltiansky, a former Israeli government official who leads an
effort to promote peace in the Middle East, will discuss the
ramifications of Israel's recent elections in a lecture set for 4:30
p.m. Thursday, April 6, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
The lecture is titled "Following the Israeli Elections: What Next in the Peace Process?"
Baltiansky is director general of the Geneva Initiative, a joint
Israeli-Palestinian effort to establish a blueprint for peace in the
Middle East.
He previously served as a career diplomat at the Israeli Foreign
Ministry and, from 1999 to 2000, as press secretary for Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Barak. In that role, he oversaw public aspects of
Israel's security and foreign affairs, particularly the peace process,
and was a member of Israel's negotiation teams with Syria and the
Palestinians.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.