IRmep/CNI Event at the Hart Senate Office Building
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be discussing a conditional unilateral withdrawal from Gaza on April 14 with President Bush in the Oval Office of the White House. What will Israel ask for in terms of compensation? Does Israel expect the U.S. to legitimize Israeli annexation of the West Bank in return? How would the security situation in Gaza be affected by a withdrawal? Will U.S. taxpayers be expected to pay up to $5 billion for the transfer of Israeli settlers out of Gaza? Find out on Tuesday, April 13 at 10AM!
Palestinian ambassador Hassan Abdul Rahman, just returned from consultations in Cairo, discussed the details of the withdrawal and conditions that must be established to move the peace process forward.
Ambassador Edward Peck discussed the endgame in Iraq and reviewed possible exit strategies. Eugene Bird, President of CNI, discussed the impact of the Gaza withdrawal on those strategies.
Grant Smith, Director of Research of IRmep, discussed insights and recommendations extracted from an April Gaza withdrawal poll of 100 US academics specializing in the Middle East.
This hearing, sponsored by the Council for the National Interest (CNI) and the Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep), is the fourth in a series on the Middle East in Election 2004.