What to expect, what to hope for, after Prime Minister Olmert’s visit to Washington

November 16, 2006

Gadi Baltiansky - Director General of the Geneva Initiative and former Press Secretary to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

We are pleased to invite you to a roundtable discussion with Gadi Baltiansky, jointly hosted by The Century Foundation and Center for American Progress and held at 1333 H Street, NW at 12:30 PM on November 16. Gadi Baltiansky will offer his views on the current Israeli political and public map and its possible impact on future decisions regarding Israeli-Arab relations. We plan to move to a discussion on related implications for U.S. policy in the last two years of the current Administration, with the newly configured 110th Congress.

Gadi Baltiansky is the Director General of "Education for Peace Ltd.", an Israeli NGO whose focus includes promoting the Geneva Initiative model peace accord. Between 1999 and 2001, he served Prime Minister Barak’s press secretary. In this capacity, he handled the public aspects of Israel’s security and foreign affairs in general and the peace process in particular. He participated in Israeli negotiations with Syria and the Palestinians. He accompanied numerous Israeli prime ministerial visits to DC, and thus carries considerable experience in commenting on PM Olmert’s visit. Previously Gadi served as a career diplomat at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and among other postings was Press Counselor at the Embassy in Washington from 1995-98.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Program: 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Admission is free.

Lunch will be served at 12:00pm



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