CIAO DATE: 09/2008

PolicyWatch #1303: Special Forum Report: Britain and Zionism: Then and Now

November 2007

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On November 2, 2007 -- the ninetieth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration -- Michael Makovsky, Gerard Baker, and Simon Henderson addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Dr. Makovsky is foreign policy director of the new Bipartisan Policy Center and author of Churchill's Promised Land: Zionism and Statecraft (2007). Mr. Baker is U.S. editor for the Times of London. Mr. Henderson, a former journalist with the Financial Times, is a Baker fellow and director of the Gulf and Energy Policy Program at The Washington Institute. The following is a rapporteur's summary of their remarks.

Resource link: PolicyWatch #1303: Special Forum Report: Britain and Zionism: Then and Now [PDF] - 12K

• Michael Makovsky [MP3] - 7.8M - Audio: Part 1
• Gerard Baker [MP3] - 8.4M - Audio: Part 2
• Simon Henderson [MP3] - 4.4M - Audio: Part 3
• Q&A Session [MP3] - 16M - Audio: Part 4