SAMPLE ITINERARY:
General Initial Outline

Monday, June 16
Departure from New York

Tuesday, June 17
Arrival

• Visit Bar-Ilan University and tour facilities
  • Meet with Moshe Kaveh, President of Bar-Ilan University
  
  
  • Meet with representatives from the faculty and student body to discuss the place of high education in Israeli society
  
  
  • Group meetings of fellows paired with Israeli academics

Check in and Rest

• Introductory Discussion on Political/Diplomatic Challenges Facing Israel:
  Potential Panelists:
  Mati Shteinberg
  Itamar Rabinovich
  Ely Karmon
  Guy Behor
  

Optional Stroll on the Midrachov – Jerusalem’s Pedestrian Mall

Overnight: Jerusalem

Wednesday, June 18

• Tour the Old City of Jerusalem led by archeologist Dan Bahat, who will give access to some of the latest and most important findings with the city walls
  • Tour to include Christian sites such as the Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulchre


• Number One Road Tour with stops at Mandelbaum’s Gate, Ammunition Hill, and an update from Jerusalem Area Border Control Commander


• Welcome Address by Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert


• Visit to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a historical tour of the first Hebrew – language university with a lens into how society and politics have shaped its very existence
  • Meet with Menachem Megidor, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  
  
  • Meet with representatives from the faculty and student body to discuss the place of high education in Israeli society
  
  
  • Group meetings of fellows paired with Israeli academics

Evening Cultural Program: Performance by Yemenite Artist, Achinoam “Noa” Nini

Overnight: Jerusalem

Thursday, June 19
Travel South

• Gaza: From the Withdrawal to Today Experts will lead tours and initiate discussion of the effects on both sides of the fence


• Visit to Kibbutz Nahal Oz and Sderot


• Visit to Nitzan, meet with former residents of Gaza now living in caravan villages


• Meet with military personnel for a briefing of Israel’s challenges in the south


• Meet with expert on Palestinian affairs to discuss what is happening on the other side

  Potential Facilitators: Including Academics from Ben Gurion University
  Yom Tov Samia, Former Brigadier-General and Chief of IDF Southern Command
  Daniel BenSimon, Haaretz
  Eli Moyal, Former Mayor of Sderot
  

• Visit Ben Gurion University and tour facility
  • Meet with Rivka Carmi, President of Ben Gurion University
  
  
  • Meet with representatives from the faculty and student body to discuss the place of high education in Israeli society
  
  
  • Group meetings of fellows paired with Israeli academics

Travel to Tel Aviv

Evening Panel Discussion: Covering the Conflict, a panel of Israel’s leading Arab Affairs correspondents will analyze the region’s most complex issues
Potential Panelists: Asher Sussur, Director of the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Zvi Yehezkeli, Arach Affairs Correspondent, News 10
Ehud Yaari, Arab Affairs Correspondent, News 2, former commentator and expert on Middle Eastern issues
A’aron Zeavi Farkus, former head of IDF Intelligence

Overnight: Tel Aviv

Friday, June 20

• Morning Discussion: Pioneering a Sustainable Future, participate in an open discussion with leaders from some of Israel’s premier renewable energy companies including SAP Shai Agassi


• Visit Tel Aviv’s Florentine District and Neve Tzedek


• Stop at Independence Hall


• Visit Tel Aviv University and tour facilities
  • Meet with Zvi Galil, President of Tel Aviv University
  
  
  • Meet with representatives from the faculty and student body to discuss the place of high education in Israeli society
  
  
  • Group meetings of fellows paired with Israeli academics


• Evening Cultural Program: Israeli Society through the Lens of a Camera, meet young film makers:
  • Doron Tsabari
  
  
  • Ori Sivan
  
  
  • Orna BenDor and
  
  
  • Etgar Keret

Overnight: Tel Aviv

Saturday, June 21

• Optional Architectural Walk in Tel Aviv’s Bauhaus District OR Leisurely morning in a seaside café


• Dinner in Old Jaffa


• Evening Cultural Program: Israel Takes Center Stage, performance by the world-renowned Batsheva Dance Troupe and discussion with Creative Director Ohad Naharin and dancers – Suzanne Dalhal Center, Tel Aviv

Overnight: Tel Aviv

Sunday, June 22
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