Top Israelis, Americans at Saban session- Media Barred

Top Israelis, Americans at Saban session
Top Israeli and U.S. officials will meet this weekend in closed session.

The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, a think tank funded by Israeli-American millionaire Haim Saban and headed by former top U.S. Middle East envoy Martin Indyk, is hosting the three-day session in Washington.

Among the many officials attending are Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni; David Welch, the current top U.S. envoy to the region; Shimon Peres, Israel’s deputy prime minister; Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and her husband, former President Bill Clinton; Amos Yadlin, director of Israel’s military intelligence; Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s minister of strategic planning; and many other Bush administration officials and U.S. and Israeli lawmakers.

The only session open to coverage is the formal launch of the conference at the U.S. State Department on Friday night, which is to be addressed by Livni and Welch.

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