{"id":151646,"date":"2023-12-04T10:26:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=151646"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:28:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:28:03","slug":"iaf-brings-director-of-united-nations-university-think-tank-on-water-to-nmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=151646","title":{"rendered":"IAF Global Hotspot | Israel-Palestine: Conflict in Context"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Northwestern Michigan College\u2019s International Affairs Forum comes together on Thursday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum Center for a Global Hotspot event\u2014Israel-Palestine: Conflict in Context. The program will include an examination of historical foundations of the current conflict and welcome back two past leaders of IAF to share their informed insights.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Leila Hilal is a human rights attorney and former IAF executive director. Hilal served as Senior Policy Adviser to the Commissioner-General of the Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) and as a legal adviser to Palestinian negotiators from 2002-2008. Now a director at the Detroit Workforce Funder Collaborative, Hilal recently returned from a visit to Jordan.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Jack Segal is a former IAF Board co-chair and a retired senior U.S. diplomat who served in the U.S. Embassy in Israel as counselor for political\/military affairs during the first Intifada and the Gulf War. Jack also served at the NSC as Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, and later, Director for Non-Proliferation, and at NATO as Senior Political Adviser to NATO&#8217;s operational commander in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Hilal and Segal will provide vital context on this complex issue and answer audience questions, in person via question cards and online via livestream.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The Dec. 14 in-person event at the Dennos Museum Center Milliken Auditorium is open to the public and available to livestream online. Admission is $15 per person. Admission is free for all students and educators. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the program begins promptly at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The International Affairs Forum is member-supported program of Northwestern Michigan College and a member affiliate of the World Affairs Councils of America. For in-person tickets, online tickets, and all event details, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tciaf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\">TCIAF.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tciaf.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53354 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/iaf-web-logo-cropped.png\" alt=\"IAF logo\" width=\"220\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwestern Michigan College\u2019s International Affairs Forum comes together on Thursday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum Center for a Global Hotspot event\u2014Israel-Palestine: Conflict in Context. 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