Invitation

DATA has the pleasure to announce an evening with lectures by three distinguished speakers to be followed by a Q&A session, as follows:

1. Mrs. SARI BASHI, Executive Director of GISHA NGO - “ The situation in the Gaza strip and its implications”.

2. Mr. WADI ABU NASSER, Director of the International Center for Consultation - “Assessment of the truce between Israel and Hamas”.

3. Mr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at IDC – Herzlyia - “The influence of Iran, Syria, Hizbollah and Hamas on developments in the Middle East”.

The event will be held at the Residence of H.E. the Ambassador of Japan to Israel, in Herzlyia Pituach, 54 Wingate st. on July 10th 2008 at 5.00 pm. Please come 15 minutes earlier to enjoy discourse with colleagues and refreshments.

To confirm your attendance, please contact:

Antonis Mandritis, DATA, President, Embassy of Cyprus
cypemb1@netvision.net.il (054-237-3638)

R. Greg Lyon, DATA, Vice-President, Embassy of USA
lyonrg@state.gov (054-560-9306)

Ina Stoyanova, DATA, Secretary, Embassy of Bulgaria
ina.stoyanova@gmail.com, (0547640083)