Have the elites failed? Lessons from the Arab spring for Israel and Palestine
14th Jul 2011; 18:00
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RSA / OneVoice Debate
The most intractable conflict on the planet still refuses to be solved, despite the regional upheavals around it and the international efforts dedicated towards it. As time is running out on a negotiated solution to the dispute, the RSA together with the OneVoice Movement examines if hopes for peace lie with the grassroots rather than the political elites.The Arab spring opened up new opportunities and washed away old stereotypes about the Middle East. The voice of the street matters; nolonger can policy towards the region ignore the people of the region.
Could a mass civil society movement be the missing element that has been needed in the failing peace process between Israel and Palestine?
Bringing together voices from the ground with foreign policy experts, the RSA / OneVoice debate promises to challenge old myths and look towards new paradigms of the new middle east.
Speakers to include: Dr Claire Spencer, head of Middle East and North Africa programme, Chatham House; Rt Hon Dennis Macshane MP, former minister of state, the FCO and MP for Rotherham; Tal Harris, executive director, OneVoice Israel and Samer Makhlouf, executive director of Onevoice Palestine.
In association with OneVoice
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