itineraryields gaza

itinerary

day one – tuesday, 18 july

* welcome and orientation - David Harris, Shula Bahat

* briefing by Eric Lerman, Director of AJC Jerusalem Office, Former Colonel IDF Intelligence

* meeting with General Yaacov Amidror (retired), Former Head of Military Intelligence, Vice President of the Lander Institute for Higher Education

* meeting with Benny Dagan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

* visit to camp for children and dislocated families near Ashkelon

* visit the town of Sderot and inspection of sites damaged by Qassam rockets

* meeting with the Mayor of Sderot, Eli Moyal

* meeting with the Minister of Transportation, Shaul Mofaz (former Minister of Defense)

* proceed south to the lookout point of Nabih Mar’i near Gaza

* return to Jerusalem

* dinner with senior diplomats, newly assigned to ambassadorial posts throughout the world

day two – wednesday, 19 july

* travel to Haifa

* tour of Nahariyya and villages in the area hit by Katyusha rockets (cancelled because of road blocks)

* visit the family of abducted soldier Gil’ad Shalit at Mitzpe Hilla (cancelled because of road blocks)

* condolence visit to the family of Wisam Nazzal in the Druze village of Yanuah (cancelled because of road blocks)

* meetings with Directors of University Medical School and Ramban Hospital in Haifa; visits with hospitalized victims of recent attacks and their families

* meeting with mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav and Director of Haifa Police

* dinner with AJC program alumni and other Israeli guests at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Haifa

* return to Jerusalem and overnight at David Citadel

day three - thursday, 20 july

* breakfast with Gideon Meir, Deputy director General for Public Affairs

* depart for Tel Aviv

* meeting with Minister of Tourism Isaac Herzog

* meeting with Uri Lubrani, Coordinator of Policy on Lebanon and Iran

* meeting with Amira Dotan, Member of Knesset, Chair, Foreign Defense Committee

* closing dinner with Uzi Arad, Head of the Herzog Institute of Policy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center of Herzliya

* concluding analysis