Monday, May 19, 2008

Israel News Agency Releases Facing Tomorrow Conference Videos

Israel News Agency Releases Facing Tomorrow Conference Videos


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The Israel News Agency covered the historic arrival of US President George W. Bush for Israel's 60th birthday celebrations.


Facing Tomorrow, the first annual conference of Shimon Peres' presidency took place in Jerusalem, Israel, May 13-15, marking Israel's milestone 60th anniversary, at the International Convention Center.

World leaders both Jewish and non-Jewish, thinkers and doers, artists and scientists, rabbis and entrepreneurs including the next generation of leadership will take part in the Facing Tomorrow Israel 60 Birthday event.

The Facing Tomorrow Israel 60 Birthday Conference examined what the future holds for the global community, the Jewish people and the State of Israel. It also focused on Jewish and Israel contributions to humanity.

Attending Facing Tomorrow Israel 60 Birthday conference participants includeed: former British PrimeMinister Tony Blair; French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner; formerPresident of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev; former US Secretary of State, Dr.Henry Kissinger; former Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Havel; President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili; Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, Ambassadors MartinIndyk and Dennis Ross, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman and Professor Alan Dershowitz.

Business luminaries such as Google founder Sergey Brinn, Mark Zuckerman, founder of Facebook, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch and Ratan Tata, Chairman, the Tata Group also attended.

Honorary Chairs of The Israel President's Conference are: Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson. Sheldon Adelson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofthe Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Miriam Adelson heads the Dr. Miriam andSheldon G. Adelson Drug Rehabilitation Clinics in both Tel Aviv and LasVegas. Yair Green, attorney-at-law, will serve as Co-Chair. Elliott Broidy,Chairman of Markstone Capital Group, is heading the Conference's Benefactor Committee.

The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI) is developing the Facing Tomorrow Israel 60 Birthday conference program. Ambassador Dennis Ross serves as the Chairman of the Board of JPPPI, Professor Yehezkel Dror is its Founding President, and Avinoam Bar-Yosef is the JPPPI's Director-General.


The Conference's steering committee is headed by Israel Maimon, former Israel Cabinet Secretary.

Eyal Arad, co-Chairman of the Euro Israel Group, will serve as spokesman.

Charley J. Levine, CEO of Lone Star Communications, is managing the conference's international media relations and public relations.

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