Daniel Levy

Senior Fellow and Director

Prospects for Peace

Prospects for Peace in the Middle East

July 22, 2008

Launch Video
Plenary: Wars
Organization: www.prospectsforpeace.com

Speaker Bio

Daniel Levy has served as an official member of Israeli delegations for peace negotiations with the Palestinians, and as the lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative, a joint Israeli- Palestinian effort that suggests a detailed model for a peace agreement. Levy is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Initiative at the New America Foundation and a Senior Fellow and Director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation. He worked in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office as special advisor and head of Jerusalem Affairs, and later as senior policy advisor to the Israeli Minister of Justice, where he was responsible for coordinating policy on peace negotiations, civil and human rights, and the Palestinian minority in Israel. Levy also founded the Israel-Palestinian Peace Coalition. His articles have appeared in The International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, and The American Prospect, and he is a regular blogger at The Huffington Post and other sites.

What is your momentum? Not only the consequences of the Arab-Israeli conflict/occupation for the locals— but also its devastating impact regionally, globally and for Americans, most notably progressives.