President Nilsson met today (29.11.2010) a series of high officials of the Israeli government and Parliament (Knesset). The EESC delegation met with Minister of Welfare and Social Services, Mr. Isaac Herzog, and the Minister of Trade, Industry and Labour, Mr Benjamin Ben-Eliezerin Israel, and with a member of Knesset, Mr. Meir Sheetrit. They discussed ways to increase cooperation between the EESC and the Israeli counterpart, and explored possibilities on how the EESC could facilitate a dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian civil society players.
From left: Yehuda Talmon, Staffan Nilsson, Isaac Herzog
From left: Sandy Boyle, Meir Sheetrit, Staffan Nilsson, Dimitris Dimitriadis, Yehuda TALMON
From left: Staffan Nilsson, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Yehuda TALMON