Christian Media Summit October 15-18, 2017

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Christian Media Summit October 15-18, 2017 Sunday, October 15 th 14:00-16:00 Check-in and summit registration at the Leonardo Hotel 16:30 Depart from

cradle of Christianity: see the scriptures come to life 18:30-19:15 Entrance, via security, to the auditorium 19:30 Welcoming remarks 19:30-20:00

1 Christian Media Summit October 15-18, 2017 Sunday, October 15 th 14:00-16:00 Check-in and summit registration at the Leonardo Hotel 16:30 Depart from the hotel Gala Opening- the Israel Museum 17:00 17:45 Cocktail reception at Modern restaurant 17:45-18:30 Optional tour at the Israel Museum The cradle of Christianity: see the scriptures come to life 18:30-19:15 Entrance, via security, to the auditorium 19:30 Welcoming remarks 19:30-20:00 Musical performance 20:00-20:45 Speech, Q&A with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 20:45 Deserts **Optional: Jerusalem night life tour Overnight: Leonardo Hotel

2 Monday, October 16 th 06:30-09:00 Breakfast at hotel 09:00 Greetings by GPO Director Nitzan Chen 09:15 The Only Democracy in the Middle East - Challenges, Dangers and Opportunities- with MK Avi Dichter (Likud), Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and former head of the ISA. MK Dichter started his service in the ISA at the southern district, focusing on the Gaza Strip. During his tenure, the Palestinians launched the second intifada. MK Dichter has also served as the Minister of Public Security. 10:00 Diversity within Israeli Society, with Dr. Micha Goodman Dr. Micah Goodman is a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. He is a leading voice on Judaism, Zionism, the Bible, and the challenges and opportunities facing Israel and contemporary world Jewry. 10:45 Break 11:00 50 Years since the Reunification of Jerusalem: Gordon Robertson, CBN CEO and Erin Zimmerman, Director and writer of "In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem", the film that brings to life the miracle battle of paratroopers' hardwon victory at Ammunition Hill that reclaimed Jerusalem's Old City and the Western Wall. 11:40 Panel #1 Emcee: Lazar Berman Israel and the fight against radical Islam: the difficulty of fighting terror organizations, the international arena against ISIS, the axis of evil: Iran- Syria- Hezbollah, and can the radical Islam be defeated? With: Caroline Glick - American-born Israeli journalist, newspaper editor, and writer. She writes for Makor Rishon and is the deputy managing editor of The Jerusalem Post. She is also a Senior Fellow for Middle East Affairs of the Washington, DC-based Center for Security Policy.

3 Maj-Gen. (ret.) Gershon Hacohen - Veteran of the Yom Kippur War, first and second Lebanon wars, Operation Cast Lead and Operation Pillar of Defense. Currently at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies; writer for the "Liberal Magazine". Major General, res. Amos Gilad Director of Policy and Political Military Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. Served as IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories and the Head of the Military Intelligence Research Division Sima Shine - former head of research at the Mossad Intelligence Division. Served as the head of the National Security Council for Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, where she also served as deputy director general. Dr. Mordechai Kedar- Israeli scholar of Arabic culture and lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, and an academic expert on the Israeli Arab population. He served for 25 years in IDF Military Intelligence, where he specialized in Islamic groups, the political discourse of Arab countries, the Arabic press and mass media, and the Syrian domestic arena. 13:00 Lunch at hotel 13:45 Departure from the hotel for a half-day tour Track 1: Track 2: Track 3: Track 4: Start Up Nation: High Tech, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Security and Israel's Security Fence Coexistence and Settlements Archeology and Biblical Roots 19:30-20:30 Special Dinner at the Herbert Samuel Hotel 20:30 Meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat 22:00 Sound and light show at the Tower of David Museum. Overnight: Leonardo Hotel

4 Tuesday, October 17 th 06:30-09:00 Breakfast at hotel 09:00 Greetings by Akiva Tor, Head of the Bureau for World Jewish Affairs and World Religions, MFA 09:00-10:15 Israel, perception and reality: A look at the way Israel is understood and misunderstood in the press, as seen by journalist (AP) and army veteran Matti Friedman, author of Pumpkin Flowers and The Aleppo Codex. 10:15-11:15 Panel #2 Emcee: Caroline Glick How to report the Middle East from the Middle East: Is it possible to remain objective when Reporting about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Is there a built-in bias in the media against Israel? Differentiating between legitimate criticism of the State of Israel to Anti- Israel bias. With: Chris Mitchell The Israel CBN News Bureau Chief. Chris began reporting on the Middle East in the mid-1990s. He repeatedly traveled there to report on the religious and political issues facing Israel and the surrounding Arab states. David Parsons - Is an attorney, writer and Middle East specialist, currently serves as ICEJ Vice President Senior International Spokesman with the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, former executive producer of the Front Page Jerusalem radio program and former contributing Christian editor of The Jerusalem Post Christian Edition Judy Maltz - Haaretz correspondent. Born in New York and educated at Barnard College, Maltz has worked as a journalist in Israel for many years and was a senior lecturer in journalism at Penn State University in Pennsylvania. In addition to Haaretz, she has written for the Financial Times, Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem Report and Globes

5 11:15-11:30 Break 11:30-13:00 Panel #3 Emcee: Miriam Hershlag Human Rights, Media and law: The three aspects of telling the Israeli story The legality and practicality of the BDS movement, Palestinian Human rights in Israel, How does the UN enforce and interpret the international law when it comes to Israel? The warfare against Israel and how to fight back, incitement in the media against Israel, international Palestinian media "contributing" to the conflict, is the media for better or for worse- an agent for change in the public? With: Khaled Abu Toameh, Israeli Arab journalist, lecturer and documentary filmmaker. His articles appeared in numerous newspapers around the world. Abu Toameh is also a senior distinguished fellow at the Gatestone Institute, He is a producer and consultant for NBC News since Itamar Marcus, Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch an Israeli research institute that studies Palestinian society from a broad range of perspectives by monitoring and analyzing the Palestinian Authority through its media and schoolbooks. Prof. Eugene Kontorovich teaches at Northwestern University School of Law, and is a senior researcher at the Kohelet Policy Forum in Jerusalem. He specializes in constitutional and international law. He is a leading expert on the legal issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and has advised top officials and government departments in both the US and Israel. Dexter Van Zile a Christian Media Analyst for CAMERA a Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America is a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East. CAMERA fosters rigorous reporting, while educating news consumers about Middle East issues and the role of the media. 13:00 Lunch 13:45 Departure from the hotel for half-day tour Track 1: Track 2: Start Up Nation: High Tech, Innovation and entrepreneurship Security and Israel's Security fence

6 Track 3: Track 4: Coexistence and settlements Archeology and Biblical roots 19:00-20:30 Dinner, Popera show with Efrat Rotem and dialogue with speakers from among summit participants, at Zedekiah's Cave in Jerusalem. Overnight: Leonardo Hotel Wednesday, October 18 th 06:30-09:00 Breakfast in hotel 09:00 Greetings by Ran Yishai, Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage Director 9:15 The State of Israel and the Christian Media: moving forward with Ward Simpson, President and CEO of GOD TV 09:45 The relationship between Israel and the diaspora: Jews and Christians- Minister of Education and Diaspora and MK Naftali Bennet- Jewish Home Party Switching Tables: Israel in the Shape of things to come Emcee: Tal Schneider, Israeli political journalist Participants: * MK Elazar Stern- Yesh Atid Party * Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and MK Tzippi Hotovely- Likud Party * MK Erel Margalit- Labor Party

7 11:15 Departure from hotel for lunch at President Reuven Rivlin's official Residence, Q&A with the President including group photo. 15:30 Closing session By and for the summit participants. Closing remarks by Nitzan Chen, GPO Director and group photo.

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