ACDA hosts discussion with Dr. Alon Liel on Israel and Syria

February 2008 Israel & Syria: A Deal At Hand A discussion with: Dr. Alon Liel Former Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs In 2005 and 2006, Dr Alon Liel led a series of informal unofficial meetings between Israelis and Syrians. These meetings formulated a landmark set of understandings for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and Syria. Dr Liel will share the outcomes and the ideas emerging from those talks, and the challenges that confronted both sides in reaching these understandings Dr. Liel will also talk about role that the US might play in facilitating a peace agreement between Israel and Syria, and how the US can best promote a new vision of Israeli and regional security.