Activities 2010

Martin Schulz, leader of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament, visited Jerusalem and Ramallah on 23 June 2010. Read more.

Tony Blair, envoy of the Middle East Quartet, played an important role in the negotiations over the easing of the siege on Gaza - and was willing to discuss this with Gaza's civil society in the third session of "Face the Public" on 22 June. Read more.

At the occasion of the second seesion of "Face the Public" EU Representative Christian Berger met with Gaza's civil society on 26 May 2010.

On 17 May 2010 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and PalThink for Strategic Studies launched a series of public debates under the title of "Face the Public" in the Gaza strip. The first session united John Ging, Head of UNRWA operations, and members of civil society.

Since May 2005 the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has been supporting a training project for young Palestinian women in cooperation with the General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW).

A Nuclear Free Zone in the Middle East: Realistic or Idealistic? On 10 May 2010 FES and its partner PIJ hosted an international conference at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem.

In his capacity as President of the German Bundesrat (Upper House), the Governing Mayor of the state of Bremen, Jens Böhrsen, visited Israel and the Palestinian Territories from 20th to 23rd of March. Read more.

In the course of her journey to the Palestinian Territories and Israel, Andrea Nahles met with Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad on 14 February in Ramallah. Read more.

On 26 January 2010 FES' partner PASSIA organized a conference on processes of decision making in Israeli politics. Read more.

„The Israeli Agenda on Jerusalem“ was the subject of a conference FES' partner PASSIA organized on 11 January 2010. Read more.