Dov Weissglas

Duke AGS welcomes back Dov Weissglas for a conversation about Israel and the Middle East. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 2nd from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM - location to TBC.

Bio:
Dov Weissglas is an Israeli lawyer and business man who has been closely linked with the Middle Peace process, particularly under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. In 2002, Weissglas was appointed Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office under Ariel Sharon, serving until August 2004. In this role, he served as a diplomatic delegate for negotiating with U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and was one of the key architects of the Israeli disengagement from Gaza. After his term finished in 2004, he continued to act as a special adviser to the Prime Minister for the rest of Sharon's term, and he remained in this role under Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after Sharon's stroke until his resignation in June 2006, when he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bezeq.