Thursday, September 22, 2011

Fed Event: TODAY-[GILDENHORN-STUDENTS] GIIS event "The Palestinians, the U.N. and the New Realities of the Broader Middle East" talk by General Danny

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – On Thursday, September 22, 2011 the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park will be hosting a talk by retired Israeli Major General Danny Rothschild on “The Palestinians, the U.N. and the New Realities of the Broader Middle East.”

General Rothschild is the currently the Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. A three decade veteran of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) , and having held positions in various NGOs, public affairs, and corporations, General Rothschild brings his solid strategic, military, government, diplomatic, corporate and public experiences to UMD. General Rothschild has served as Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories in the early ‘90s and participated intensively in peace negotiations with Palestinians and Jordanians until his retirement in 1995.



The talk will be held in the Tawes building, in the Ulrich Recital Hall, University of Maryland, College Park from 3:00pm – 4:30pm. The event is free and open to the University of Maryland campus community and the general public. For further information please visit www.israelstudies.umd.edu or contact Jennifer Cornejo at jcornejo@umd.edu or 301-405-9413.



This event is sponsored by the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies and the Embassy of Israel, Washington D.C.



Attached is a flyer for the event. Please circulate to interested parties!



For more information, please visit:

Event Facebook Page

GIIS Website



Jennifer Cornejo

Program Coordinator

University of Maryland

The Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

0140 Holzapfel Hall

College Park, MD 20742

Tel: 301-405-9413

Fax: 301-405-8232

www.israelstudies.umd.edu

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