ADVISORY/Mid-East Violence Continues.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2000 TOPIC: Violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians continue, despite a 48-hour deadline issued Sunday by Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Barak for the end of violence. If the protests do not cease, Barak reportedly has threatened to use "all available means" to quell the violence. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Prof. Steven Spiegel is the Associate Director, UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Center for International Relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, Middle East; Research Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Spiegel is extremely well connected in the area of Near Eastern politics. In the past, he has organized conferences with Abdullah Toukan, science adviser to King Hussein Noun 1. King Hussein - king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999) ibn Talal Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Hussein of Jordan, and Israeli scholar Shai Feldman, an arms control arms control Limitation of the development, testing, production, deployment, proliferation, or use of weapons through international agreements. Arms control did not arise in international diplomacy until the first Hague Convention (1899). and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. affairs expert. Spiegel also has served as senior foreign policy adviser to both U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas and Middle East adviser to then-Gov. Bill Clinton. 310/206-0510; PR: Harlan Lebo; Stuart Wolpert (hlebo@college.ucla.edu; stuartw@college.ucla.edu). Prof. Samuel Heilman is a Professor of Jewish Studies and Sociology on the faculty of Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: [kjuni]), is the public university system of New York City. . He has also been Scheinbrun Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, visiting professor of social anthropology at Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל־אביב, את"א) is Israel's largest on-site university. , and a Fulbright visiting professor at the Universities of New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. and Melbourne Australia. In 1993, he gave the Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures at the University of Washington. He is also currently chairman of the Queens College Sociology Department. AUTHOR: He is the author of numerous articles and reviews as well as six books: Synagogue Life, The People of the Book, The Gate Behind the Wall, A Walker in Jerusalem, Cosmopolitans and Parochials: Modern Orthodox Jews in America (co-authored with Steven M. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. ) and most recently Defenders of the Faith: Inside Ultra-Orthodox Jewry published by Schocken Books and Random House. 718/997-2832 or 212/817-8772; 704/337-2200 (University PR Phone) Prof. Illiya Harik teaches political science at Indiana University and specializes in the Middle East. 812/855-9007; 812/855-4848 (University PR Phone) Prof. Seymour Spilerman works at Columbia University and is an expert on Middle East on issues of inequality and living standards, as well as topics related to the Israel/Palestine conflict such as violence, especially racial violence, race riots, etc. 212/866-1323; 212/854-1754 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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