The Moline Public Library and the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities welcome historian Dr. Arthur Pitz as he leads the four-part series The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict: Is Peace Possible? beginning in October. The program will be held four consecutive Tuesdays, October 8, 15, 22 and 29th, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Moline Library, 3210 41st Street. No registration is required for this series. For more information, visit the Moline Public Library or call 309-524-2470.
Dr. Pitz will introduce issues facing Israelis and Palestinians through the scope of the Harvard Program on Negotiations. The series schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, October 8: What are the main roots of the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
How might they be addressed? Is this an age-old contest? Dr. Pitz will help uncover those roots.
Tuesday, October 15: How does the Arab-Israeli conflict play out in the West Bank? Part I Participants will discuss the broader context of the problems faced in the West Bank and then focus on Hebron as a microcosm of the complex nature of the overall conflict.
Tuesday, October 22: How does the Arab-Israeli conflict play out in the West Bank? Part II Water is the basis for life as we know it and it is scarce in the West Bank. Who should control it? This contentious problem is also a microcosm of the complex nature of the overall conflict.
Tuesday, October 29: Is there any hope for a peace process in the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
How might Harvard's Program on Negotiations be used as a way to facilitate that process? And, how might Harvard's Program on Negotiation be employed to deal effectively with the kinds of difficult, complex issues we face in our daily lives?
This grant-funded series is provided by the generosity of the United States Institute of Peace, the independent, nonpartisan conflict management center created by Congress to prevent and mitigate international conflict without resorting to violence. USIP works to save lives, increase the government's ability to deal with conflicts before they escalate, reduce government costs, and enhance national security. USIP is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in Baghdad, Iraq, and Kabul, Afghanistan.
As part of its congressional mandate, USIP devotes a portion of its budget to support organizations that will advance the field of conflict management by developing new techniques, establishing best practices, and professionalizing the field through education and training. The Public Education for Peacebuilding Support is a program of USIP administered by the Institute of International Education.
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