UPCOMING EVENTS:
NB. events are open to FPA members only by invitation - registration in the usual way.
FPA Events 2010
June 17th, Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Benny Ganz http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/about/staff/Benny_Gantz.htm
April 26th, The FPA Annual General Meeting. Guest Speaker was Adv. Gilead Sher on the subject of Middle East Peace Plans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead_Sher
FPA Events 2009:
December 8th, Brig. Gen. Aviv Cochavi, IDF Head of Operations.
October 14th, Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayad.
October 13th, Minister without portfolio Benny Begin.
September 7th, Daniel Dayan, Yesha Council Chairman
August 31st, Nabil Shaath
June 29th, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor.
April 27th, FPA Annual General Meeting, speaker Dr. Saeb Erekat
January 19th, Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salam Fayyad.
January 13th, M.K. Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader of the Opposition Likud Party.
FPA Events 2008:
December 11th: Press briefing with Brig. Gen. (Ret) Shimshon Issaki, of the Israeli Intelligence services
November 24th: Press briefing with Minister of Interior Meir Sheetrit
November 13th: press briefing with Colin Smith, head of EUPOL COPPS
September 23rd: Human Rights activists, Adv Michael Sfard
August 21st: Press event with Foreign Minister Zippi Livni.
June 29th: Reuters wins the FPA soccer cup !
More than 50 soccer players and scores of supporters turned out on Sunday June 29th, to make the first FPA 5-a-side Football Cup a roaring success. Despite the warm weather, the quality of the football was high and the crowd of friends and families were treated to many notable performances and enjoyable matches.
In the end - the Reuters Galacticos Geriatricos prevailed, seeing off Los Yanquis from AP in a tense and hard-fought final which the Galacticos held on to win 3-1.
Les Rosbifs from the BBC and Los Sancho Panzas, a team of Spanish journalists, also put in stellar performances to make it to the semi-finals before gracefully bowing out.
Special thanks to Itzik Ederry at Contact for providing the big screen where players and spectators enjoyed the finals of the Euro 2008. Big thanks also to Gil Malka and Eli Berlzon of Reuters for their help in organising the event.
Regular Sunday evening soccer sessions will resume in September - please contact julian.rake@thomsonreuters.com or eli.berlzon@thomsonreuters.com to get involved - we'd love to see you there.
May 5th: Press Event with President Shimon Peres onthe occasion of Israel's 60th Anniversary.
April 17th: AGM and Press Event with Riyad al Malki, Palestinian Foreign Minister and Minister of Information
March 19th; Dr Saeb Erekat, PA negotiator.
January 18 - February 20th : FPA Historic Photo Exhibit, Jerusalem Theatre:
The Board and members of the FPA wish to thank those involved in the recent 50th anniversary photo exhibition at the Jerusalem Theatre. David Rubinger, Eric Silver, Matt Rees and of course Glenys, all made significant contributions of time and effort to this successful event.
The quality of the presentation and the fascinating historical span of the photographs were widely appreciated, and reminded all of us of the extraordinary legacy we inherit from 50 years of our organization's existence.
For those of you who missed it, the exhibit will be re hung at Beit Sokolov in Tel Aviv from September 4th to 25th.
Background: Members of the Foreign Press Association have written the first draft of Israel's history, through war and peace, for 50 of its 60 years. The FPA has grown from 31 enterprising reporters who started the organization in 1957 to over 460 today, representing television correspondents, radio journalists, stills photographers and print reporters from 32 countries from Australia to Africa, Qatar and India to Norway, China to the USA from ABC News to ZDF TV !
The first guest speaker to address the FPA in 1957 was a young official by the name of Shimon Peres. Last year President Shimon Peres hosted the organization as part of its jubilee events.
The exhibition shows FPA members "in action" at work following the newsmakers in the region over the past fifty years.
Participating photographers: David Rubinger of TIME, Shlomo Arad of NEWSWEEK, Havakuk Levison and the late Andre Brutmann of Der Spiegel
FPA Events 2007:
October 16th, Ambassador Zalman Shoval, Foreign media liaison, Likud.
September 18th, Jubilee Press event with President Shimon Peres.
August 16th, Press event with the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
August 14th, Finance conference
April 17th, Annual General Meeting. Guest Speaker Prof. Asher Susser, Director of the The Moshe Dayan Center.
April 12th, Ibrahim Soliman on Syrian negotiations.
March 19th, Uri Lubrani Special adviser to the MInistry of Defense.
January 31st, Dr. Alon Liel,
January 15th, Dr Elie Rekhess, http://www.dayan.org/kapjac
FPA events 2006
December 12th, Atalla Mansour, www.atallahmansour.com
November 22nd, M.K. Yossi Beilin
October 4th, the Prime Minister's media adviser, Miri Eisin.
September 7th, Security briefing.
June 26th, Efraim Halevi, former head of the Mossad, presently Heads the School of Public Policy at the Hebrew University.
May 10th, Giora Eiland, outgoing Head of National Security Council
April 30th, Annual General Meeting, guest speaker Menashe Amir
March 23rd - Press event with the Hon. Shimon Peres.
March 20th - Pre election discussion with Israeli political analysts from Ynetnews.com, Sever Ploczker, Nahum Barnea,
Ofer Shelah and Attila Somfalvi.
March 7th - Press event with Deputy MInister Dr. Marina Solodkin of the Kadim a Party.
FPA events for 2005
February 4th - Press event with Brig. Gen Jibril Rajoub in Ramalla
February 11th - Press event with The Hon.Shimon Peres, Leader of the Opposition
March 30th - Press event with Prof. Sari Nusseibeh and Ami Ayalon
April 28th - FPA Annual General Meeting
May 4th - Press event with Brig Gen Ruth Yaron, IDF Spokesperson
May 5th - Farewell to Dan Perry - jointly with AP.
October 25th - Event with the Hon. Shimon Peres
December 7th - Press event with IDF Chief of Staff Yaalon
December 13th - end of year cocktail !
FPA events for 2004
January 6th - Press event with former Mossad Head Efraim Halevy
January 19th - Press event with Minister for Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom
December 11th - End of year party !
December 4th - Press event with Chief of Staff Gen. Dan Halutz, Tel Aviv.
August 29th - Press event with MInister of Interior Ofir Pines Paz, Jerusalem.
July 18th - Press event with Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza city.
July 5th - Press event with Head of Ezion Regional Council Shaul Goldstein.
June 9th - Press event with Palestinian Minister Gen. Mohammed Dahlan in Ramalla.
April 15 - FPA Annual General Meeting including press event wiht the Director General of the Foreign Ministry Ron Prosor
February - FPA arranges a charter flight to cover the summit meeting at Sharem el Sheikh
FPA events for 2003:
April 28th - FPA Annual General Meeting and press event with Minister of Trade and Industry Ehud Olmert
June 3/4 - the FPA arranges a charter flight to cover the Summit Meeting in Aquaba
August 4th - Press event with Minister of Interior Poraz
August 19 - Press event with Minister of Justice Josef Lapid
December 21 - Press event with Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
FPA events for 2002.
June 11 - Press Event with Dr. Jossie Beilin
July 30 - Press Event with President Moshe Katsav
Oct. 1 - Expanded Board meeting with chief censor Rachel Dolev
Oct. 3 - Board dinner with IDF spokeswoman Ruth Yaron
Occt. 23 - Press Event with Indian Amb. Raminder Singh Jassal
Nov. 25 - Press Event with Amram Mitzna
Dec. 10 - Press Event with Palestinian Cabinet Minister Dr. Ghassan Khatib
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