Summary: Speaker bios correct on date of event. The debate took place at: Royal Geographical Society, Ondaatje Theatre. Speakers for the motion: Karma Nabulsi: Fellow of Nuffield College and teaches at Oxford University. She is the author of 'Traditions of War: Occupation, Resistance and the Law', and writes on the history of democratic underground movements in 19th century Europe. She was a PLO representative at the UN, Beirut, Tunis, and London. Dr Ilan Pappe: Senior lecturer of Political Science at Haifa University and Chairman of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian and Israeli Studies. Author of 'The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-1951', 'The Israel/Palestine Question' and, soon to be published, 'The Modern History of Palestine'. Amos Elon: Journalist and writer. His most recent book is 'The Pity of it All'. Among his 14 previous books are 'A Blood-dimmed Tide', 'Between Enemies' (with Sana Hassan) and 'Herzl: A Biography'. He was chief editorial writer and columnist for the Israel paper Haaretz, and is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. Speakers against the motion: Sir Malcolm Rifkind: Former Conservative Foreign Secretary and currently Member of Parliament for Kensington and Chelsea. Lord Weidenfeld: Worked for the BBC Monitoring Service and as a News Commentator. He was political adviser and Chief of Cabinet to Chaim Weizmann, (President of Israel 1948-52). He is also Governor of Tel-Aviv University and Vice Chairman of the EU-Israel Forum. Dr Sa'eb Erakat: Elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in 1996 and is currently Head of the Palestinian Side of the Steering and Monitoring Committee (pending acceptance of his resignation). He is the former Minister of the local Government, Palestinian National Authority and the author of numerous books and researches on foreign policy, oil and conflict resolution. Chair: John Simpson The BBC's World Affairs Editor and senior member of a team of London-based foreign and specialist correspondents. In a BBC career spanning more than 30 years - he joined as a trainee journalist in 1966 - John has earned a reputation as one of the world's most experienced and authoritative journalists.
