Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab (“dah-ood koo-TAHB”) is the Director at the Institute of Modern Media at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. He was the managing editor of Al-Fajr English weekly. He is the recipient of the Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the PEN USA West Freedom to Write Award.
Israeli peace negotiator Uri Savir. He is the Director General at the Peres Center for Peace. A member of the Knesset, he was Chief Israeli Negotiator at the Oslo Peace Accord.
Israeli journalist David Horovitz is the editor of Jerusalem Report, has just released a new book “A Little Too Close to God” (Knopf). It chronicles the last 20 years he’s spent living in Israel. It also examines the ramifications of the country’s history on its culture. He was the recipient of the B’nai B’nai International Award for journalism in 1994.