The Middle East Institute is pleased to welcome Ghaith al-Omari and Khaled Yazji, two former Palestinian Authority officials, to examine the domestic political crisis in Palestine.

Currently a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, Mr. al-Omari served until 2006 as director of International Relations at the Office of President Mahmoud Abbas. A member of the Palestinian negotiating team throughout the permanent status negotiations, he was the lead Palestinian drafter of the Geneva Accords.