With the Middle East experiencing a democratic awakening, the future looks both hopeful and uncertain, while the need for Israel to move forward on a path towards peace and strengthening its democracy is more crucial than ever.

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As General Director of Peace Now, Oppenheimer is Israel's leading advocate for a sustainable resolution to the Israeli-Arab conflict that provides for Israel's security and is consistent with Israel as a Jewish state and a democracy. Towards this end, Oppenheimer and Peace Now support bringing a negotiated end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the implementation of a "two-state solution" for Israel and Palestine.

Oppenheimer is one of the most significant political figures in contemporary Israeli society. He speaks throughout the country and internationally, is regularly interviewed and cited by the Israeli and foreign press, and is a frequent interviewee on radio and television broadcasts.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1976, Oppenheimer was just 18 years old and newly conscripted into the Israeli Army when he attended the 1995 peace rally in Tel Aviv where Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was killed. Oppenheimer says "that night made me more committed and eager to continue my activity and to fight for peace." Fifteen short years later, he now sits at the highest level of peace activism by leading the Israeli Peace Now Movement, the very same organization that coordinated that fateful rally in 1995.

Oppenheimer was Commander of New Recruits in the Israeli Defense Forces (1995-98), Youth Department Director of the Israeli Labour Party (1998-2002), and has a Law & Public Policy Degree from the College of Interdisciplinary Center of Learning in Herzliya.

Here are opportunities to meet and hear Peace Now General Director Yariv Oppenheimer, a leading figure in contemporary Israeli society (bio below):



SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Monday, May 2, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

Israel's Peace Imperative

Community Program at the University of Washington Hillel

4745 17th Ave NE Seattle
206-527-1997



DENVER, COLORADO

Thursday, May 5.

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

The Conflict Resolution Institute at the University of Denver presents..."Israeli-Palestinian Peace: A Negotiated Necessity"

7:30 p.m.

Private APN Reception to Welcome Yariv to Colorado

at a home in East Denver (RSVP for location)



Friday, May 6, 7:00 p.m.

Discussion with Yariv Oppenheimer at Temple Micah

2600 Leyden Street - Denver
(303) 388-4239


For further information on any of the above and interest in arranging a meeting during Yariv's visit, please contact David Pine, Americans for Peace Now West Coast Regional Director at dpine@peacenow.org or 310-871-2234

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As General Director of Peace Now, Oppenheimer is Israel's leading advocate for a sustainable resolution to the Israeli-Arab conflict that provides for Israel's security and is consistent with Israel as a Jewish state and a democracy. Towards this end, Oppenheimer and Peace Now support bringing a negotiated end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the implementation of a "two-state solution" for Israel and Palestine.

Oppenheimer is one of the most significant political figures in contemporary Israeli society. He speaks throughout the country and internationally, is regularly interviewed and cited by the Israeli and foreign press, and is a frequent interviewee on radio and television broadcasts.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1976, Oppenheimer was just 18 years old and newly conscripted into the Israeli Army when he attended the 1995 peace rally in Tel Aviv where Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was killed. Oppenheimer says "that night made me more committed and eager to continue my activity and to fight for peace." Fifteen short years later, he now sits at the highest level of peace activism by leading the Israeli Peace Now Movement, the very same organization that coordinated that fateful rally in 1995.

Oppenheimer was Commander of New Recruits in the Israeli Defense Forces (1995-98), Youth Department Director of the Israeli Labour Party (1998-2002), and has a Law & Public Policy Degree from the College of Interdisciplinary Center of Learning in Herzliya.