Camp David III

Negotiating the Path to Israeli - Palestinian Peace, Jan 3 - 16, 2010

Camp David III Seminar

A special two week academic seminar in
Washington D.C. on the Israeli - Palestinian conflict

“My Washington D.C. experience has given me the initiative to become more involved not only politically in my community, but in other aspects as well.” Tracy Tomlinson, University of San Diego

Picture yourself sitting in a room with Israeli, Arab, U.S., European and UN diplomats committed to finding solutions to the major issues in the 62–year–old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Design a strategy that will end Hamas rocket fire and arms smuggling and open up Gaza’s borders with Israel. Imagine being President Obama and calling on Israel to stop the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem. How would you feel playing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, telling Israel to free Palestinian prisoners and dismantle military checkpoints while you negotiate a national unity government with Hamas?

More Information on Camp David III

Students have the option to attend one or both weeks offered.

Week One   Jan 3–8, 2010

Embassy Visits, Think Tanks, Advocacy Groups

  

Week Two   Jan 10–16, 2010

Embassy Visits and  The Simulation

 

Seminar Components

Model Negotiations

Camp David III participants will be negotiating their own path to Israeli-Palestinian peace which includes elements drawn from UN Security Council Resolution 242 and the 2002 Arab League Peace Initiative. Students will be divided into delegations representing Israel, the Palestinians, the United States, the Arab states (Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia), the European Union, and the UN.

  

Embassy Visits and Speakers

Students will visit the embassies of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia, as well as the Palestinian Mission to the United States. They will interact directly with top diplomats and with officials from the State Department’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, the conservative pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, the American Task Force on Palestine...

Explore answers to important questions


How should the Obama Administration respond if Israel refuses to halt settlement expansion in the West Bank, including “natural growth”

 

  

Seminar Extras

A five-course dinner at Marrakesh, Washington, D.C.’s most famous Middle Eastern restaurant, for all first week and two week participants and a reception at the National Press Club for all second week and two week participants.

Past Speakers

Ambassador Dennis Ross,
Special Advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former chief negotiator at Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Nabil AbuZnaid,
Head of Mission, Palestinian Mission to the USA

David Greene,
Deputy Director, Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, US Department of State

Brigadier General Michael Herzog,
former head of strategic planning for the Israel Defense Forces

Ambassador Imad Moustapha,
Syrian Arab Republic

Ghaith al-Omari,
Senior  fellow, the American Task Force on Palestine

Cost and Dates

Participants can enroll for either week separately or both weeks.

Seminar

Dates

Cost

Camp David III
Both Sessions

Jan 3–16, 2010
Check in Jan 3, 10am–5pm
Program Starts Jan 4
Program Ends Jan 16
Check out by 4pm on Jan 16

$2,055
Housing included

Week One
Embassy visits, think tanks, advocacy groups

Jan 3–8, 2010
Check in Jan 3, 10am–5pm
Program Starts Jan 4
Program Ends Jan 8
Check out by noon on Jan 9

One week: $1,755
Housing included

Week Two
Embassy visits and simulation

Jan 10–16, 2010
Check in Jan 10, 10am–5pm
Program Starts Jan 11
Program Ends Jan 16
Check out by 4pm on Jan 16

One week: $1,755
Housing included

Housing and Student Life

“I think the greatest thing about this experience was the fact that every speaker and site visit provided me inspiration in one way or another. We are the future, and this seminar program was geared directly for us.”
Yeeka Yan, Mount Olive College

The price of the seminar includes housing in a shared apartment. There is no reduction in fees for students not living in Washington Center housing. Services generally include: high speed Internet connection; TV and basic cable; local telephone service; basic linens. Housing assignments are sent out approximately two weeks prior to check-in. Check-in will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the dates indicated. All seminar fees must be paid before a participant will be allowed to check-in. The Washington Center interns for Spring 2010 who attend this seminar receive no-cost housing between the end of the seminar and the check-in date for the internship, although the room assignment may change during the interim.

Housing and Student Life

“I think the greatest thing about this experience was the fact that every speaker and site visit provided me inspiration in one way or another. We are the future, and this seminar program was geared directly for us.”
Yeeka Yan, Mount Olive College

The price of the seminar includes housing in a shared apartment. There is no reduction in fees for students not living in Washington Center housing. Services generally include: high speed Internet connection; TV and basic cable; local telephone service; basic linens. Housing assignments are sent out approximately two weeks prior to check-in. Check-in will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the dates indicated. All seminar fees must be paid before a participant will be allowed to check-in. The Washington Center interns for Spring 2010 who attend this seminar receive no-cost housing between the end of the seminar and the check-in date for the internship, although the room assignment may change during the interim.