BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Israel Studies Seminar - Abbas Leadership in a State Postponed - P
 rofessor Menachem Klein (Bar-Ilan)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190205T141500Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190205T160000Z
UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4cb2471f-bf3b-4f58-a441-01e44edc3d70/
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nProf. Klein will present a portrait of Abbas as P
 A President including in comparison to his predecessor - Arafat. Klein dea
 ls with these two leaders in my forthcoming book Arafat and Abbas: Portrai
 ts of Leadership in a State Postponed (C Hurst & Co Publishers\, May 2015)
 \n\nAbout the speaker:\n\nProf. Menachem Klein is a faculty member in the 
 Department of Political Science at Bar-Ilan University\, Israel. He studie
 d Middle East and Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem an
 d among other posts was also a fellow at St. Antony’s College. Since 199
 6 he is active in many unofficial negotiations with Palestinian counterpar
 ts. In 2000 Prof. Klein was an adviser for Jerusalem Affairs and Israel-PL
 O Final Status Talks to the Minister of Foreign Affairs\, Prof. S. Ben-Ami
 \, and a member of advisory team operating in the office of Prime Minister
  Ehud Barak.  In October 2003 Prof. Klein signed together with prominent I
 sraeli and Palestinian negotiators the Geneva Agreement – a detailed pro
 posal for a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.  His book Live
 s in Common – Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem\, Jaffa and Hebron\, was menti
 oned by the New Republic as one of the best non-fiction books for 2014. Hi
 s forthcoming book\, Arafat and Abbas: Portraits of Leadership in a State 
 Postponed is to be published in may.\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Menachem Klein 
 (Bar-Ilan)
LOCATION:Board Room\, Kirdar Building\, Middle East Centre
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4cb2471f-bf3b-4f58-a441-01e44edc3d70/
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:display
DESCRIPTION:Talk:Israel Studies Seminar - Abbas Leadership in a State Post
 poned - Professor Menachem Klein (Bar-Ilan)
TRIGGER:-PT1H
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR