Druze Community in Israel: – Another Perspective on the Israeli Arab Conflict
Zeidan Atashi
Tuesday, 22 Feb 2005 at 8:00 pm – 1414 Molecular Biology Auditorium
Zeidan Atashi is a member of the Israeli-Druze community. In 1972, he was appointed Consul and Head of Information Affairs at the Israeli Consulate General in New York. He then served as a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations, becoming the first non-Jewish Israeli to hold such a post. After being elected to the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) he acted as a liaison between the Lebanese Druze in the Golan Heights and the Government of Israel. During his terms in office, he conducted many joint activities with Palestinian leaders in the occupied territories and overseas.
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