[Jewish] PEACE BEAT - THIS THURSDAY

Tue Jun 30 12:34:05 EDT 2009

If any of you are in the DC are this summer, I strongly encourage you to attend
this event!!

Americans for Peace Now

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* Americans for Peace Now*

invites Washington-based interns to the first event of its summer intern
series

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* The Peace Beat:*

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*/Arab and Israeli journalists discuss the prospects for Arab-Israeli
peace  /

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Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2200/
/Thursday, 2 July, 2009     5:30 pm/ *
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Come hear from Nathan Guttman and Salameh Nematt, two of the most
prominent Israeli and Arab journalists reporting out of Washington, DC.

If you are an intern interested in Israel and peace
(or even if you are not an intern), this event is for you!

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*/Nathan Guttman/* is the Washington correspondent of Israel's public TV
network - /Channel 1/ and Israel's public radio, /Kol Israel/. He is
also the Washington Bureau Chief for the /Forward/, America's Jewish
paper of record.

For the past two decades Nathan closely followed the Israeli--Arab peace
process and U.S.--Israeli relationship as a reporter and editor for
Israel's major news organizations. Nathan has been based out of
Washington DC since 2001, where he also served as Bureau Chief for
Israel's /Haaretz/ newspaper and for the /Jerusalem Post/.

*/Salameh Nematt/* is the International Editor with /The Daily Beast/,
an online newspaper, writing on international affairs, with a focus on
the Middle East. He previously served as the Washington Bureau Chief for
the London-based Arab international newspaper /Al Hayat/.

Salameh's reports from Washington include coverage of the U.S.
involvement in Iraq, the global war on terrorism, the Arab-Israeli peace
process, and the drive for democratization in the Middle East. Before
coming to Washington, Salameh reported for /al-Hayat/ from London and
Jordan, was the chief political correspondent of the /Jordan Times/ and
of the Jordanian /al-Rai/, reported from Jordan for the /BBC/, and had a
short stint as the head of the Strategy Unit at Jordan's Royal Court, an
advisory post for the King.

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Please RSVP to dlfischer at wesleyan.edu <mailto:dlfischer at wesleyan.edu>.

For more information, call 202/728-1893.

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