CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America,

and Dartmouth Students for Israel (DSI) present a special lecture by Mr.

Barak Barfi of the New America Foundation on internal Palestinian

politics. The lecture is scheduled for 5 PM on May 29th in Carson

L01. The lecture is cosponsored by Dartmouth's History Department,

Government Department, and CHABAD.

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With the Middle East peace process frozen and the region adrift, many

commentators have blamed Israel for the lack of progress.  Lost in the

debate are the internal difficulties and challenges facing the Palestinian

national movement.  The West Bank and Gaza Strip are under the control of

different political factions.  The jockeying for power within the Fatah

organization and the Islamist Hamas movement has paralyzed the Palestinian

territories.  Join us as New America Foundation Research Fellow Barak

Barfi explores the challenges perpetuating the divisions within

Palestinian politics.  Barak lived in the region for several years and has

met the major political players on both sides of this intra-Palestinian

conflict.  

Barak Barfi:

Barak Barfi is a research fellow with the New America Foundation,

specializing in Arab and Islamic affairs. His articles have appeared in

the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, New Republic, Jane's Islamic Affairs

Analyst, and CTC Sentinel, in addition to being regular featured in

Project Syndicate. He is also a frequent commentator on CNN, BBC, MSNBC,

Fox News, and France 24, and has testified before Congress about the

threats posed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. A former visiting

fellow with the Brookings Institution, he spent six months in Libya during

the revolution.