Elie Rekhess participated in a symposium organized in Paris by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2006 on relations between the Mediterranean, the Gulf and Europe. On November 12, 2006, he gave a lecture on “Recent Trends in Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel” to the National Board of Hadassah at the Chicago Town Hall. Rekhess spoke on “The Status of Arab Citizens in Israel” at the London Symposium on the Opportunities and Challenges Facing Israel as a Vibrant Democracy, convened in March 2007 by the Pears Foundation. On March 26, he discussed “The Arabs in Israel and the Future Vision Documents” at the Tauber Institute, Brandeis University. Rekhess lectured on “Approaches to Arab-Israeli Relations” at a symposium organized by Northwestern University on “The University and the Near East in the Twentieth Century,” held in mid-May. He co-edited, together with Arik Rudnitzky, the updated entry on “The Arab Population in Israel,” published by the Encyclopedia Judaica in late 2006.

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