Process

You will each assume the role of an important player in the crisis. In some classes, students will partner up for roles. Though one person in each group, or pair, will be the active speaker, s/he will be supported by their partner, who will collaborate on the opening speech and support the speaker with information and advice during the panel discussion. **Roles:**
 * //**Moderator**// || * [|Ban Ki-Moon] UN Secretary General, moderating the peace talks. Represent the perspective of the United Nations. Look at relevant Resolutions as 181, 194, 242, 338, etc.
 * Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ||
 * //**Israeli Contingent**// || * Benyamin[| Netanyahu], Prime Minister and leader of Likud Party
 * [|Shimon Peres], President of Israel
 * [|Avigdor Lieberman] – Foreign Minister
 * Ehud Barak – Israel Defense Minister
 * __ [|An Israeli West Bank settler] __ (See __ [|Voices from the Conflict] __
 * Shaul Mofaz- Leader of Kadima Party - Opposition Party in Knesset
 * Orthodox Jew living in Jerusalem (Sam) ||
 * **//Palestinian Contingent//** || * [|Mahmoud Abbas], (Disputed) President of Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Refer to the Fatah Party
 * Salam Fayyad, (Disputed) [|Prime Minister, Palestinian National Authority]. Refer to the Hamas Party, [|Palestinian election])
 * [|Palestinian youth in Gaza] (make sure you describe your feelings about the Intifada. See [|Voices from the Conflict])
 * [|Palestinian refugees]
 * Palestinian born in Jerusalem (Izzy) ||
 * **//Heads of State//** || * [|Bashar al-Assad], President of Syria, focus on the Golan Heights
 * [|King of Jordan, Abdullah bin Hussein al-Hashem, II] (look for variations for this name)
 * [|Ali Khamenei], Iran's supreme leader
 * Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: President of Iran (See also wikipedia article for jumping off point)
 * Kamal Ganzouri, Egypt's Prime Minister
 * Najib Azmi Mikati, Lebanon's Prime Minister
 * Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Prime Minister of Turkey ||
 * **//Quartet//** || * [|Hillary Clinton], US Secretary of State
 * George Mitchell,former US Special Envoy (Current Special Envoy David Hale)
 * __ [|Tony Blair,] __ Middle East Envoy for the Quartet (on behalf of European Union
 * Sergey Lavrov- Russian Foreign Minister ||
 * **//Observers//** || * Nir Barkat- Mayor of Jerusalem
 * Hamas, **Al-Qassam Brigades -**the military wing of the organization.
 * [|Khaled Meshal] - Main leader of Hamas ||

The links above may provide a basic introduction to your roles. Make sure you consult our Biography pathfinder as well as our Middle East Resource page. Through your research, your presentation, and your dialog, you are responsible for class learning! To be truly ready, you will definitely want to //mine// the available resources for important documents, current news, media, and to explore perspectives of the stakeholders involved.