Arab-Israeli Peace and the Next President - Marwan Muasher August 8, 2008

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/08/Marwan_Muasher_Calls_for_Moderates_in_the_Middle_East

Marwan Muasher, former Jordanian Ambassador to Israel and to the United States, argues that the next U.S. President must act quickly if he wishes to influence the stalled Arab-Israeli peace process.

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Marwan Muasher on "The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation."

Is there any hope for moderate voices in the Arab world? Many international leaders and scholars agree that compromise and centrist policies will help to broker peace and stability in the Middle East, but religious and political extremism has been growing.

Muasher served as Jordan's first ambassador to Israel and as ambassador to the U.S. He will discuss the importance of and the challenges facing moderates in the Arab world - The Commonwealth Club of California

Marwan al-Muasher is a Jordanian diplomat and politician.After having served as the first Jordanian ambassador to the state of Israel after the 1994 Peace Treaty and as ambassador to the United States, al-Muasher was the Jordanian foreign minister from January 2002 until October 2004. At that time, he gained the post of deputy prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle which was designed to continue the process of reform and the shrinking of the bureaucracy.

He was the deputy prime minister of Jordan in Adnan Badran's cabinet from October 25, 2004 to November 28, 2005. He was at the Jordanian Senate until March 16, 2007, when he joined the World Bank as senior vice president of External Affairs.He has written a book called The Arab Center which will be released on the May 9, 2008.