Wexler and Ackerman to Hold Hearing on Strengthening the European and Israeli Relationship

(Washington, DC) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe, and Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, will hold a joint hearing on Wednesday, July 9 at 2:00 p.m. focused on strengthening the partnership between Europe and Israel.  The witnesses testifying at the joint hearing include Ambassador Oded Eran, General Director of the World Jewish Congress Israel Branch and former Israeli Ambassador to the European Union and Jordan; Rafael Bardaji, Director of International Policy at the FAES Foundation and Advisor to Former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar; Dr. Ian Lesser, Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States; and Dr. Nile Gardiner, Director of the Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom.

Wednesday’s joint subcommittee hearing will focus on the growing economic, political, and security relationship between the Europe and Israel as well as efforts to upgrade European Union-Israeli relations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-Israel relations and European bilateral relations with Israel. It is expected that the hearing will also focus on key security challenges facing the United States, Europe and Israel, including combating terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda as well as joint efforts to deter the leading state sponsors of terror Syria and Iran.  Finally, the hearing will shed light on American, European, Israeli and international efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.  

The complete hearing notice is below.

Congressman Wexler is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and House Judiciary Committee.

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SUBCOMMITTEE JOINT HEARING NOTICE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20515


Subcommittee on Europe

Robert Wexler (D-FL), Chairman

And

Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Chairman

                       
July 2, 2008


TO:    MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

You are respectfully requested to attend the following OPEN joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building:

DATE:        Wednesday, July 9, 2008

TIME:        2:00 p.m.

SUBJECT:    Europe and Israel: Strengthening the Partnership   

WITNESSES:   

H.E. Rafael Bardají
Director of International Policy
FAES Foundation
(National Security Advisor to former Prime Minister José María Aznar of the Kingdom of Spain)

Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom
The Heritage Foundation

Ian Lesser, Ph.D.
Senior Transatlantic Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the Unites States


H.E. Oded Eran, Ph.D.
Director General
World Jewish Congress Israel Branch
(Former Israeli Ambassador to the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)


By Direction of the Chairman

The Committee on Foreign Affairs seeks to make its facilities accessible to persons with disabilities.  If you are in need of special accommodations please call 202-225-5021 at least four business days in advance of the event, whenever practicable.  Questions with regard to special accommodations in general (including availability of Committee materials in alternative formats and assistive listening devices) may be directed to the Committee as noted above.

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