A month after the historic peace treaty was signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain at the White House, the Kohelet Policy Forum, Shiloh Forum and Israel Hayom have teamed to host a special digital conference on the regional peace process.
Titled "The Abraham Accords: Towards a New Middle East?" this digital international symposium will feature high-ranking Israel and US officials, as well as senior members from the Arab media, and prominent Israeli academics.
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The conference, slated to be held on Oct. 21-22, seeks to delve deeper into the implications of the historic Abraham Accords, especially against the backdrop of the rapidly developing ties between Israel and the UAE.
It will begin at 5:00 p.m. (Israel time) and will be livestreamed by Israel Hayom's English and Hebrew editions, as well as on the Kohelet Policy Forum and the Shiloh Forum's websites.
The conference will focus on the changing regional paradigms, such as the "peace for peace" equation, new regional alliances, the economic implications of the peace deal and more, as participants try to assess the impact of the peace agreements on Israel's status in the international arena and especially among Arab countries.
A future plan to establish an Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian free trade zone in the Jordan Valley will also be revealed.
"Thanks to a man sitting in the White House, we have a new Middle East, based on peace that derives from a position of power, sans buses exploding in the streets or ceding Israeli land," said Israel Hayom's Editor-in-Chief Boaz Bismuth.
"The old paradigms have dissolved and a new chapter in the region is being written right befor our eyes. The international digital conference will present the meanings of the peace agreements and the new faces of our friends from Arab countries, who are happy to talk with us about shaping a new future."
Kohelet Policy Forum Chairman Moshe Kopel said, "After the colossal failures of trying to strike peace through unilateral concessions, we have changed course. The conference seeks is to present a new approach with all it implies. Advancing the new Middle East runs through cooperation – not capitulation."
The digital symposium, which begins Wednesday, will feature several prominent speakers.
The first session will begin with an address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, followed by Israel Hayom's Editor-in-Chief Boaz Bismuth interviewing US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman.
The first panel, titled "The Boycott is Over: Israel in the Middle East after the Abraham Accords," will be moderated by Israel Hayom's chief European correspondent Eldad Beck, It will include Saudi TV-moderator Sukina Al-Meshekhis, Bahrain-based British-Arab researcher and commentator Amjad Taha; Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University Professor Eyal Zisser, and Saudi academic researcher and columnist Dr. Najat al-Saied.
The second session, slated to take place on Thursday, will see Kohelet chief Moshe Koppel interview US Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz.
The following panel, titled "President Trump's Middle East Vision – the Secret of its Success and Implications for the Countries of the Region," will be moderated by senior Israel Hayom columnist Caroline Glick, and include Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies researcher Dr. Edy Cohen; Prof. Eugene Kontorovich, director of International Law, Kohelet Policy Forum; Dr. Ramy Aziz, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (Egypt); and Sky News Arabia and Al-Ittihad newspaper columnist Abdulla Aljenaid (UAE).
The panel will be followed by lectures by Dr. Yechiel Leiter of the Shiloh Policy Forum, Dr. Shimon Farhang.
The third session, titled "Economic Peace as the Engine that connects Israel and the Gulf States and Changes the Status Quo in Judea and Samaria," will be moderated by Asher Fredman, founding member of the UAE-Israel Business Council. It will include OurCrowd CEO Jonathan Medved, Al Zakaria Trading Managing Director Ahmed Bin Mohamed Zakaria (UAE), Delphi Global Analysis Group Founder Dr. David Wurmser, and Jordanian entrepreneur Raid Zyadat.
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