On Friday-Saturday, August 8th-9th, 36 leading Russian-speaking Israelis from Kazakhstan and Central Asia attended a Geneva Initiative seminar on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Participants, who arrived from 17 cities across Israel, heard a lecture by GI representative Yuval Benziman on the principles of the Geneva Accord and heard from fromer deputy defense minister Ephraim Sneh about the current political situation. They also met with veteran Palestinian journalist Elias Zananiri about the Palestinian perspective.

Additionally, the seminar included a panel discussion of political left and right with Co. (ret.) Shaul Arieli and former IDF spokesman Ephraim Lapid and a discussion on the role of journalism with journalist Yevgeni Zadiran.