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Cisco's Chambers: "Think Like Your Children"
June 20, 2012 – Jerusalem, Israel – Cisco Chairman John Chambers, Publicis Chairman Maurice Levy, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, and Stephane Richard, Chairman and CEO of France Telecom Group, discussed how new media technology is shaping society, education, politics, economics and entertainment in a panel entitled, ‘What's New in New Media,” during the Israeli Presidential Conference.
The panelists discussed the power of new media, and how global citizens, not companies, are responsible for taking technology to new heights.
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June 20, 2012 – Jerusalem, Israel – Jacob Frankel, Chairman of JP Morgan Chase International led a panel of economic experts including former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, President of the Global Markets Institute and Senior Investment Strategist at Goldman Sachs, Abby Joseph-Cohen, Chairman of Bank Hapoalim, Yair Seroussi and Dr. Jacques Attali in analyzing the current state of the world economy.
“We are facing a huge challenge worldwide with enormous potential for growth,” said Attali. “Even with the 2008 financial crisis, the world is growing faster now than in any other period of time in history. However, in Europe specifically, we need to move from techno-federalism to a political federalism model like in the U.S., this will avoid collapse of the Euro.”
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האיחוד האירופי- משלחת הנציבות האירופית למדינת ישראל
الاتحاد الأوروبي- بعثة المفوضية الأوروبية إلى دولة إسرائيل
June 20, 20126th EU-Israel Seminar on Combating Anti-Semitism, Racism and Xenophobia was held in Jerusalem
The sixth seminar on the fight against Anti-Semitism, Racism and Xenophobia was held in Jerusalem on 18-19 June, bringing together officials, diplomats and experts from both Israel and the European Union.
The seminar, held annually, reflects the importance attributed by both the EU and Israel to the fight against anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia.
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June 20, 2012 – Jerusalem, Israel –Former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan, Dennis Ross, former Senior Advisor to Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and Sherif El-Diwany, the World Economic Forum's leading advisor on Arab Affairs, headlined a panel on the Arab Spring and its significance for Israel at the 2012 Israeli Presidential Conference. The panel also featured leading journalists Mustafa Akyol from Turkey, and Salameh Nematt from Jordan.
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Quartet Head Tony Blair Outlines Key Elements for Future of Middle East
June 19, 2012 – Jerusalem, Israel – In an emotional ceremony, Israeli President Shimon Peres awarded fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger with Israel’s first Presidential Award of Distinction, for Kissinger’s lifetime of contribution to the Jewish State. The ceremony took place as part of the evening session which closed the opening day of Facing Tomorrow 2012.
Joining Peres and Kissinger in offering his perspective on The Compass that Navigates the Future, as the session was entitled, was former British prime minister, and current Quartet envoy Tony Blair. Also in attendance were the President of Albania, the President of Croatia and the President of the Ivory Coast, as well as Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman and many other dignitaries.
