West and South Asia: Meeting of Leaders

An activity initiated by yours truly to ABH 2-1. The class was divided into several groups, each of which had to select a leader from the pool of political leaders. Each group had to make posters containting information of the chosen political leader as well as his stand on the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict.

Moderate Palestinians

• Yasser Arafat, leader of Palestinian Authority
• Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian leader, former minister of education
• Sari Nusseibeh, Palestinian intellectual
• Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas, director of the Jerusalem Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling

Extremist Palestinians

• Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi, leader of Hamas
• Ramadan Shallah, leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
• Marwan Barghouti, lieutenant of Yasser Arafat
• Sheikh Ahmad Yasin, spiritual leader of Hamas

Moderate Israelis

• Shimon Peres, current foreign minister of Israel
• Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel
• Tzali Reshef, leader of Peace Now
• Terry Greenblatt, director of Bat Shalom

Extremist Israelis

• Ariel Sharon, current prime minister of Israel
• Benjamin Netanyahu, former prime minister of Israel
• Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a leader of Gush Emunim
• Eli Yishai, leader of Shas party

U.S. Leaders

• George W. Bush, current president of the United States
• Colin Powell, current U.S. secretary of state
• Bill Clinton, former president of the United States
• Edward Said, Palestinian-American intellectual

Arab Leaders

• King Abdullah of Jordan
• Bashar al-Asad, president of Syria
• Hosni Mubarak, president of Egypt
• Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Photos:

Representing Yasser Arafat

Representing Ehud Barak

Representing Ramadan Shallah

Representing Bill Clinton

Representing Hosni Mubarak

Representing Eli Yishai


The Moderators

The Audience