Visions for Peace, Preparations for War – Middle East at Crossroads
Recherchereise nach Israel im November/Dezember 2002
Programm:
Saturday, November 30 – Tel Aviv / Jerusalem
15:05 Arrival with Lufthansa from Frankfurt
17:00 Check-in Hotel Hyatt Regency, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
17:30 Introduction to the Programme by Michael Anthony, journalists.network
18:00 Dinner with Israeli tutors in the Restaurant Pundak, followed by Nightlife Jerusalem
Sunday, December 1 – Jerusalem
09:30 Breakfast with German Correspondents in the Hyatt Hotel:
Annette Großbongardt (Der Spiegel), Susanne Knaul (taz), Norbert Jessen (Die Welt)
11:30 How to remember the Shoah? – Visit to Yad Vashem
Carol Kidron, Anthropologist and Expert for Collective Remembrance
15:30 New Concepts of Remembrance
Shay Bernstein, Graphics Designer
16:30 Different Versions of one Story – Israel’s Actions in the Occupied Territories
Lior Yavne, Human Rights Organisation „B’tselem“
18:30 Facing the Danger of Being Attacked – Military Strategies in Case of War (I)
Major General (ret.) Eitan Ben-Eliyahu, former Airforce Commander
Monday, December 2 – Jerusalem
09:00 Briefing: Press Review
10:00 Israelis and Palestinians Painfully United – Visit to Hadassah Hospital
Meeting with terror victims and their doctors
13:00 Greater Jerusalem in a Microcosm – Tour of Mount Scopus Neighbourhood
16:00 The Palestinian Press Between Professional Aspirations and Political Constraints – pannel with Heitam Hammad (AP Jerusalem) and Felix Eickenberg (Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
followed by a Round Table with Palestinian Journalists in the American Colony Hotel
18:00 „Shooting the Conflict“ – Israeli Media Coverage
David Witzthum, Senior Editor, Channel One
Tuesday, December 3 – Tel Aviv
09:00 Briefing: Press Review
10:00 Visions for Peace, Preparations for War – Middle East at Crossroads?
Shimon Peres, former Foreign Minister
12:30 Israel’s Economy in the Light of War
Itzschak Zaroni, Lufthansa Israel (Restaurant „Stefan Braun“, Allenby 99)
15:00 People’s Army – Visit to the IDF Radio Galei Zahal
Omer Ben Rubi, Deputy Head of News Desk
15:30 Facing the Danger of Being Attacked – Military Strategies in Case of War (II)
17:00 Does Fear increase Creativity? – An Encounter with Israel’s cultural Scene
Etgar Keret, Author and Script Writer
19:00 Dinner in Tel Aviv
Wednesday, December 4 – Jerusalem
09:00 Briefing: Press Review
10:00 The Opposition’s Road Map to Peace
Amram Mitzna, opposition leader of the Workers Party
12:00 The Palestinians‘ Roadmap to Peace
Sari Nusseibeh, Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem Affairs
16:30 Strong Believers – Visit of ultra-orthodox neighbourhood Mea Sha’arim with Avram Zvi Ha’aretz, teacher and former Ultra-orthodox
followed by Dinner and Discussion with Avram Zvi in Beit Ticho
Thursday, December 5 – Individual Research / Tel Aviv
09:00 Briefing: Press Review
18:00 Reception at the Residence of the German Press Attaché, Reinhard Wiemer
Followed by: Résumé-meeting – Discussing the Research Results of the Day
Friday, December 6 – Individual Research / Jerusalem
09:00 Briefing: Press Review
17:00 Light a candle for Hanukkah – Visit to Jerusalem Main Synagogue (optional programme)
19:00 Résumé-meeting – Discussing the Research Results of the Day
19:00 „My life is weapon“ – Psychodiagramme of suicide bombers
Dinner with Christoph Reuter, Author, in the Jerusalem Hotel
Saturday, December 7 – Galil / Jerusalem / Tel Aviv
09:00 Briefing: Press Review
13:00 Arab Citizens of a Jewish State – Visit of an Arab family in the Galil (optional programme)
14:00 „The politics of stone“ – visit of the old city
Dr. Gunnar Lehmann, archeologist (optional programme)
17:00 „Oneg Shabat“ – Roof-top Party in Tel Aviv’s hottest neighbourhood hosted by Joshua Simon, Neve Tzedek
Sunday, December 8 – Individual Research / Jerusalem
09:00 Briefing: Press Review
13:00 Résumé-meeting – Discussing the Research Results of the Day
Monday, December 9 – Jerusalem / Tel Aviv
09:00 Closing Panel
with Joerg Bremer, F.A.Z.
11:30 Check-out and Departure to Tel Aviv
15:10 Departure Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv
Die Israel-Reise stand unter der Schirmherrschaft von Avi Primor, Vize-Präsident der Tel Aviv University.