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The Daily OrangeSpokesman to address Middle East democracy
By Elyse Andrews
Posted: 10/28/03, 1:21 AM EST Section: News
Politics in the Middle East are a hot topic almost every night on the evening news, and on Tuesday night, a player in that arena will speak at Syracuse University.
Mark Regev, spokesman for the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., will address students about democracy in the Middle East at 5 p.m. in Room 500 at the Hall of Languages.
"Mark Regev brings experience both for the media and government to those who may or may not know about Middle-East politics and the current crisis," said Emily Raderman, campus coordinator for the Jewish National Fund.
Regev has held many positions at the Foreign Ministry, such as the deputy chief of mission at the consulate general in Hong Kong, and spokesman at the embassy in Beijing and at the Jordan Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. Regev also taught international relations and strategy at Israel Defense Forces' Staff College.
"Mr. Regev's lecture will reinforce the shared values of freedom and democracy that are the bond between Israel and the United States," said Sarah Dickens, a sophomore international relations major and member of CusePac, Syracuse's Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Hillel and CusePac are hosting the event through an organization that brings speakers from a wide range of viewpoints from Israel to college campuses called Caravan For Democracy.
Founded by the Jewish National Fund, Media Watch International and Hamagshimim, Caravan for Democracy encourages critical thinking about politics and media coverage in Israel on college campuses. It also seeks to raise awareness about democratic principles, Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East and Israeli citizens having the same rights as Americans.
"It promotes dialogue from a new perspective," Raderman said.
The Jewish National Fund, founded in 1901, is a nonprofit organization that considers itself the caretaker of Israel and has planted more than 220 million trees and created more than 400 parks throughout Israel. Media Watch International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing Israel's image by promoting accurate, impartial and timely media coverage of Israel and the Middle East. Hamagshimim, the student-led university Zionist movement, brings Israel to college campuses through a variety of programs.
Mark Regev, spokesman for the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., will address students about democracy in the Middle East at 5 p.m. in Room 500 at the Hall of Languages.
"Mark Regev brings experience both for the media and government to those who may or may not know about Middle-East politics and the current crisis," said Emily Raderman, campus coordinator for the Jewish National Fund.
Regev has held many positions at the Foreign Ministry, such as the deputy chief of mission at the consulate general in Hong Kong, and spokesman at the embassy in Beijing and at the Jordan Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. Regev also taught international relations and strategy at Israel Defense Forces' Staff College.
"Mr. Regev's lecture will reinforce the shared values of freedom and democracy that are the bond between Israel and the United States," said Sarah Dickens, a sophomore international relations major and member of CusePac, Syracuse's Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Hillel and CusePac are hosting the event through an organization that brings speakers from a wide range of viewpoints from Israel to college campuses called Caravan For Democracy.
Founded by the Jewish National Fund, Media Watch International and Hamagshimim, Caravan for Democracy encourages critical thinking about politics and media coverage in Israel on college campuses. It also seeks to raise awareness about democratic principles, Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East and Israeli citizens having the same rights as Americans.
"It promotes dialogue from a new perspective," Raderman said.
The Jewish National Fund, founded in 1901, is a nonprofit organization that considers itself the caretaker of Israel and has planted more than 220 million trees and created more than 400 parks throughout Israel. Media Watch International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing Israel's image by promoting accurate, impartial and timely media coverage of Israel and the Middle East. Hamagshimim, the student-led university Zionist movement, brings Israel to college campuses through a variety of programs.
