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February 2010
The staff of the S. Daniel Abraham
Center for Middle East Peace, lead
by Founder and Chairman Dan Abraham, traveled to the Middle East to
meet with leaders in the region to discuss the current state of
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the role of Arab countries in reaching
a resolution to the conflict, and cooperation between Israel and its
neighbors on joint security threats.
Meetings included:
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ISRAEL
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- Israeli President Shimon Peres
- Israeli Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni
- General Keith Dayton, US Security Coordinator for the
Israel-Palestinian Authority
- Daniel Rubinstein, US Consul General in Jerusalem
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PALESTINE
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (pictured at
right)
- Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad
- Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat (pictured at
right)
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JORDAN
- His Majesty King Abdullah II, King of Jordan
(pictured at right)
- Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser S. Judeh
- US Ambassador to Jordan Stephen Beecroft
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EGYPT
- Gamal Mubarak, Head of the National
Democratic
Party's Policy Secretariat (pictured at right)
- Omar Suleiman, Director of the Egyptian General
Intelligence Services
- Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Foreign Minister
of Egypt
- Nabil Fahmy, Former Egyptian Ambassador to the US
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BAHRAIN
- Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of
Bahrain
- Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa,
Foreign Minister of Bahrain
- Sheikh Mohamed Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive,
Bahrain Economic Development Board (pictured at right)
- Adam Ereli, US Ambassador to Bahrain
- Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper, US Naval Base in Bahrain
- Mr. Ebrahim David Nonoo, Leading member of Bahraini
Jewish community, former member of Shura Council
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| January 2010
Center President Robert Wexler and
Senior Vice President Zvika Krieger
traveled to Turkey to discuss American-Turkish relations, recent
incidents between Israel and Turkey, and the broader role of Turkey in
the Middle East.
Meetings included:
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- Turkish President Abdullah Gul (pictured at right)
- Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs Feridun Sinirlioglu
- Deputy Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs and
Incoming Turkish Ambassador to the US Namik Tan
- State Minister and Chief EU Negotiator Egemen Bagi
- Guven Sak, managing director of the Economic Policy
Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) and coordinator of the Ankara
Forum for Economic Cooperation between Palestine, Turkey, and Israel
- U.S. Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey
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