About the speaker:  

Many Israelis are used to see Mr. Aharon Barnea every night on the TV screen discussing issues relating to the Israeli-Arab conflict. Mr. Barnea is currently based in D.C and serving as a senior correspondent to the USA for Channel 2 TV News. In the last 9 years he serves as an anchorman and special correspondent on Arab affairs on channel 2 TV News in Israel.  

In the past, Mr Barnea served as an advisor to Ezer Weizman, the President of Israel and as a journalist at Hadashot newspaper and correspondent of Arab Affairs in Israel Radio and Chief Editor and Anchorman on weekly news magazine on Israel Radio.   Mr. Barnea’s academic background includes a Ph.D. (candidacy) in Middle Eastern Studies and Linguistics from the University of California in Berkeley and M.A in Middle Eastern Studies and Linguistics from the University of California. Mr Barnea got his B.A. in Middle East History and Arabic language and Literature from Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

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