Top Negotiator Shares Insight Into Middle East Peace: U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross To Speak At Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas on April 21st

New fighting between the Israeli's and the Palestinians opens old wounds. Middle East expert Ambassador Dennis Ross offers insight on the latest occurences, and the role of the United States

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) April 6, 2004 --For more than a decade, Dennis Ross was America's top negotiator in the Middle East. Ross played a leading role, helping shape US involvement in the struggle toward peaceful resolution of an ages-old conflict, as this country's Middle East point man in both the Clinton and Bush administrations. He will share his perspective and insights on the potential for peace, and the path to get there, Wednesday, April 21st at Temple Beth Sholom. His lecture, "Middle East Peace: The Role of the United States" is sponsored by the Shirley and Sidney Chaplin Lecture Series, and is open to the public.

A highly skilled diplomat, Ross was an architect of the peace process. He was instrumental in Israelis and Palestinians reaching a 1995 Interim Agreement, and helped broker the Hebron Accord in 1997. He facilitated the Israeli-Jordan peace treaty and intensively worked to bring Israel and Syria closer.

Dennis Ross was right there, through the negotiations; credited for managing the peace process through periods of crisis and stalemate. His approach centered on making progress wherever possible, building new baselines of understanding, and refusing to accept failure as an option.

Ross currently serves as Director and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He is also the first chairman of a new Jerusalem-based think tank, the Institute for Jewish People Policy Planning, funded and founded by the Jewish Agency.

Additionally, Ross is a Foreign Affairs Analyst for Fox News Channel, as well as a frequent commentator in The Washington Post, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He is nearing completion of a book entitled The Missing Peace, to be published August, 2004.

The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, April 21st at 7:00PM. For further information, and to make a reservation, contact the Temple Beth Sholom office at (702) 804.1333.

Temple Beth Sholom is located at 10700 Havenwood Lane, off Town Center, between Desert Inn and Sahara in Summerlin.