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Debate: January 25, 2005

Zionism today is the real enemy of the Jews
Spring 2005 Series

Intelligence² audience confirms 355 to 320 votes in favour of the motion.
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Event Information:
The debate took place at: Royal Geographical Society, Ondaatje Theatre.
Doors opened at 6:00 pm. The debate started at 6:45 pm and finished at 8:30 pm.
Speakers for the motion:

Professor Jacqueline Rose Writer and presenter of "Dangerous Liaison - Israel and America", Channel 4 (2002) and author of "The Question of Zion" (Spring 2005).

Professor Avi Shlaim Professor of International Relations and Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, and author of "The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World".

Amira Hass Correspondent of Haaretz Daily in the occupied territories. She lived in Gaza for 3 years and has lived in Ramallah for the past 7 years. She is the author of "Reporting from Ramallah".
Speakers against the motion:

Melanie Phillips Daily Mail columnist, panellist on Radio 4's The Moral Maze and author. Her 1996 book "All Must Have Prizes", a study of Britain's educational decline, provoked the fury of educationists and the delight and relief of parents. Her latest book "The Ascent of Woman" is a study of the suffragette movement and the ideas behind it.

Shlomo Ben-Ami Former Israel Foreign Minister during the last phase of the peace negotiations. He has written extensively on Israeli affairs, and has just completed a book on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Professor Raphael Israeli Professor of Islamic, Middle Eastern and Chinese history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Professor Israeli is the author of 15 books and some 80 scholarly articles in those domains. A member of the Steering Committee of the Ariel Centre for Policy Research (ACPR), his work in Hebrew, French and English frequently appears in leading international publications including NATIV, a bi-monthly publication of the ACPR.
Chair:

Richard Lindley Former journalist with ITN and BBC Panorama, who now writes about television journalism.
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