Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Joint Conference
100 Years Since the Balfour Declaration
February 28, 2017 – Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Jerusalem
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100 Years Since the Balfour Declaration – Jerusalem Center Resources
| 8:30-9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Opening RemarksAmb. Dore Gold – President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affair Dr. Michael Borchard – Director, Israel Office of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung |
| 9:30-10:45 |
First Session: The Balfour Declaration: Past, Present and FutureChair: Amb. Zvi Mazel – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs The Historical Paths to the Balfour DeclarationProf. Andrew Roberts – Department of War Studies, King’s College, London; and Founding Member, Friends of Israel Initiative Israel as a Strategic Asset to BritainCol. Richard Kemp – Former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan 100 Years Later, What Will the Future Hold?Prof. Julius H. Schoeps – Director of the Moses Mendelsohn Centre of European Jewish Studies at Potsdam University |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:15 |
Second Session: Legal IssuesChair: David Horowitz – Founding editor of The Times of Israel Was the Declaration a Legally Binding Document?Prof. Ruth Lapidoth – Hebrew University, Israel Prize recipient The Continued Relevance of the Balfour DeclarationProf. Nicholas Rostow – Colgate University From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the Rebirth of Israel in 1948 – Connecting the Dots from the Perspective of International LawDr. Jacques Gauthier – International lawyer and scholar, served as legal counsel to the governments of France, Spain, Mexico and Canada |
| 12:15-13:00 |
Break |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Third Session: Diplomatic and Political AspectsChair: Dan Diker – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Israel and the International Community 100 Years After the Balfour DeclarationAmb. Clemens von Goetze – German Ambassador to Israel Lessons for Diplomats from the Balfour DeclarationAmb. Daniel Taub – Director of Strategy and Planning at the Yad Hanadiv (Rothschild) Foundation in Jerusalem How the Palestinians View the Balfour Declaration TodayBrig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs From the Balfour Declaration to a Palestinian State?Moshe Arens – Former Israeli Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs |
Simultaneous Translation – Hebrew/English
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