Are You Attending The Jerusalem Conference in Washington?

The Jerusalem Conference announces a unique one-day conclave on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 for policy-makers from Congress, the Pentagon and State Department.

At the invitation of and under the sponsorship of members of the House and Senate, The Jerusalem Conference will conduct briefings, panels and a luncheon session under the banner of “Reinforcing US-Israeli Ties.”

The Washington meeting is a prelude to the annual Jerusalem Conference, February 15-17, 2010, in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital.

Attendance to the Washington conference is by invitation only.

Washington DC Conclave - Reinforcing US-Israeli Ties
Location: U.S. Senate Hart Building, SH-902

Tentative schedule:

Jerusalem - Protecting Its Remarkable Past and Future
12 noon – 1:15 pm: Luncheon – Session I

Panelists:
Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) – Ranking Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee
* Michael Oren - Israeli Ambassador to US

Realities of the Middle East Peace Process
1:20 – 2:40 pm: Session II

Panelists:
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) – Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations
Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA) – Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Minister Without Portfolio, General (ret.) Yossi Peled
MK Tzipi Hotovely (Likud)
Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan D. HaLevi – Senior Researcher on the Mid-East & Radical Islam at Jerusalem Ctr for Public Affairs

Strengthening the US-Israel Strategic Relationship (Co-Sponsored by JINSA)
2:50 – 4:10 pm: Session III

Panelists:
Lt. Gen. Earl B. Hailston USMC (ret.) – fmr. Commander, USMC Forces Pacific & Central Commands
Rear Admiral John Sigler, USN (ret.) - Director, Near East/South Asia Division, National Defense University
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senate Foreign Relations Comittee
Rep. Shelly Berkley (D-NV) Member, House Foreign Relations Committee
Minister Without Portfolio, General (ret.) Yossi Peled
Brig. - General (res) Yossi Kuperwasser - Director General, Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs

Regional Threats to Global Security
4:20 – 5:40 pm: Session IV

Panelists:
Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) – Chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Gov. Affairs
Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond – Vice-Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) – Chairman, House FA Sub-Committee on the Western Hemisphere
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) Chairman, House FA Sub-Committee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan D. HaLevi – Senior Researcher on the Mid-East & Radical Islam at Jerusalem Ctr for Public Affairs

5:45 – 6:00 pm Closing Remarks