[Peace-discuss] Israel panelists' positions

[Morton K. Brussel]

I like neither suggestion:
	1) Does "Relations among…" encompass the conflicts and conditions  
existing? It seems overly mild for what has been going on (to my ears/ 
eyes), and does not seem like an improvement. Did panel members on  
the Israeli side complain about the original titles?
	2) What the h… are "balanced presentations"?

My 2¢ worth.   --mkb


On Sep 15, 2006, at 11:02 PM, Karen Medina wrote:

> Dear Peace List,
>
> This is closely related to Carl's posts to the lists under the  
> thread "[Peace-discuss] Israel panelists' positions".
>
> 1) There has been a suggestion that we change the name of the panel  
> about Israel.
> The title is currently: "The Confrontation of Israel with its  
> Neighbors"
> The suggestion is that we change it to: "Relations among Nations in  
> the Middle East"
>
> 2) The second concern is that the panelists make balanced  
> presentations.
>
> See the email below from the Quakers.
>
> -karen medina
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Co-sponsorship of 3 panels, "What Should Be the US Policy  
> in the Middle East?"
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:34:40 -0500
> From: Jay Mittenthal <mitten at life.uiuc.edu>
> To: Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu>
>
> Hi Karen,
>
> I write as head of the Peace and Service committee of the
> Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting.  Our committee is concerned that
> the panelists make balanced presentations.  For example, the title
> "The Confrontation of Israel with its Neighbors" can be regarded as
> having an anti-Israeli tone.  A more neutral title such as "Relations
> among Nations in the Middle East" might be desirable.  This panel
> might have Israeli and non-Israeli speakers, perhaps a hard-line and
> a soft-line speaker on each side.  We will consider co-sponsoring
> this event once topics and speakers are definite.
>
> cheers,   Jay
>
>
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