The Middle East Institute hosted an event this week – a talk with Daniel Seidmann regarding the current violence taking place in Jerusalem and its political ramifications. He provides very nice summaries of the history of Jerusalem and other aspects of Arab-Israeli relations.
[youtube width=”500″ height=”430″]https://youtu.be/m5kxf8laq4g?t=2m4s[/youtube]
Here is the full description of the event on MEI’s site and here is Seidemann’s bio from the website:
Daniel Seidemann
Founder, Terrestial Jerusalem
Daniel Seidemann is founder of Terrestial Jerusalem, an Israeli NGO that works to identify and track developments in Jerusalem that could impact either the political process or permanent status options, destabilize the city, spark violence, or create humanitarian crises. As an attorney, Seidemann has worked for 25 years on issues related to government and municipal policies and practices, representing Israeli and Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. He has argued more than 20 Jerusalem-related cases before the Israeli Supreme Court. Since 1994, Seidemann has participated in numerous Track II talks between Israelis and Palestinians. In 2000-2001, he served in an advisory capacity to the final status negotiations and on a committee commissioned by Prime Minister Barak’s office to propose sustainable arrangements to implement political understandings with the Palestinians.
