Mayor Ed Murray Israel Trip
June 8 – 12, 2015
Itinerary

Monday, June 8

Jersualem and Ramallah
Briefing with U.S. Consul General Michael Ratney
A View from City Hall: Meeting and conversation with Nir
Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem at City Hall

Meeting with David Saranga, Senior Foregin Affairs Advisor to
the President of Israel

Meeting with President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin

Ramallah
--Meeting with PLO Lead Negotiator, Saeb Erekat

--Roundtable Discussion/Lunch with Palestinian Students
America House, Ramallah

 --Meeting with Palestinian Columnist/businessman Sam
Bahour & Hebrew University Professor Bernard Avishai

Opening Dinner: Hosted by Ambassador Alon Ushpiz, Political
Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Overnight

Jerusalem

Tuesday, June 9

Jerusalem - The New City
Yad Vashem – Remembering the Holocaust: a comprehensive
tour of the Historical Museum, The Children’s Memorial and
the Hall of remembrance. Including a wreath laying ceremony.

Briefing with Dr. Tal Becker, Deputy Legal Adviser of the Israeli
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Visit OurCrowd, a crowd-sourcing firm, together with Cinq, a
medical cannabis dispenser.

A View from the Knesset: Meeting with MK’s at the Knesset

Meeting with Mr. Avi Hasson, the Chief Scientist of the
Ministry of Economy of the State of Israel.

Visit Magen David Adom – Israel’s national EMS organization.

 Dinner hosted by the Consul General of Israel to the Pacific
Northwest (San Francisco), Andy David.

Visit to the Western Wall
Overnight

Jerusalem

Wednesday, June 10

A View from the South
Meet with Mayor of Be’er Sheva, Ruvik Danilovich
Be’er Sheva

Ben Gurion University of the Negev – Reception at the Jack and
Charlotte Spitzer School of Social Work. Lunch and tour of the
campus, including meeting with the University Rector.

Visit the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev.

Briefing on the Advanced Technologies Park and BGU Cyber
Research with Prof. Dan Blumberg, Vice President and Dean for
Research and Development.

Visit Sderot to overlook Israel’s border with the Gaza strip with
a briefing on the current issues.

Visit a local play area for insight into how children and families
adapt to the security measures taken to address possible missile
strikes and the impact these measures have on day to day life.

 A visit to an Iron Dome battery [pending confirmation], and/or
an IDF base in the area. Briefing from Brigadier General (Res.)
Eitan Yariv, Former Commander of Israel’s Air Defense
Command

Overnight

Tel Aviv

Thursday, June 11

Tel Aviv
Morning briefing on High Tech and the Economy with Yossi
Vardi, Israeli entrepreneur and investor.

Meeting and presentation with Woosh Water at their facility in
Petah Tikva

A Wider Bridge ‘40 Years of Pride Conference’ - Mayor Murray
to give the Closing Keynote Address

Meet with local companies in the areas of IT/Tech, Global
Health/Life Sciences, Clean Energy, Emergency Management at
event titled: The Seeds of Israeli Entrepreneurship, hosted by
Wendy Singer, Exec. Director of Start Up Nation Central

Meet with Former President Shimon Peres

Overnight

Tel Aviv

Friday, June 12

Tel Aviv - Gay Pride Parade
Informal breakfast and meet in greet at the American Embassy

 with interested Embassy staff and members of the diplomatic
corps interested in LGBT issues. Mayor and participating
delegates march with the Ambassador in the parade.
Overnight

Tel Aviv