Wow, that was one of the most interesting two-hours that I have spent in class all year. I have seen Dr. Hermann introduce speakers at Mershon Center events that I have attended. However, this was my first time hearing him give a talk. I would love for him to come in class again. Is he available by email? I believe that I could not only learn from about the political part of the conflict for class, but also my Final Project, and my special interest in gaining interest on the OSU campus for the Darfur genocide. I took about five pages notes so I can only touch on a few of his comments. I enjoyed his description of the differentiating between the West Bank and the East Bank. Also, the two different maps (Israeli/Arab perspectives) explained a lot. His map of the Muslim world (Sunni/Shia) was informative. “Hezbollah is not very sympathetic towards Palestinians,” said Dr. Hermann. This is was something that I did not know. I would like to ask him to elaborate on his work under Secretary of State James Baker. The Muamar Quaddafi (Libyan Leader) op-ed that he mentioned is below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/opinion/22qaddafi.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
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