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Clinton Global Initiative

Workshop Summation and Action Plan Plenary (September 17th, 2005)

...Rob Malley: The industry of religious peace-building is only in its infancy and we’re only taking the first steps. And it’s in a race with the industry of hate-mongering, and we have to play catch-up. But what a good start we had over the last few days. Of course I want to thank President Clinton for that. I want to thank my colleague, Mickey Bergman, who did so much to make this possible, and everyone else that everyone else has thanked and who deserve a real good hand of applause...

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Echoes of Conflict

(April 19, 2002)

...Beyond the shouting and the rallies, each side maintains literature tables on the campus walk to influence student opinion. Yesterday, we brought together UCLA students from the Arab American and Jewish communities to discuss their views of the Middle East conflict. Palestinian Yara Dahud, a political science major, was born in Jerusalem. Fadi Amir, a sociology student, was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan. Panthea Haverim was studying in Israel until last week, when the University of California canceled her program for safety reasons. Mickey Bergman is a former captain in the Israeli defense force, the IDF. He's studying political science. Ghaith Mahmoud is an Iraqi-American active with the Muslim students association. He is studying international development. And Nicole Guzik is a Jewish studies major who plans to become a rabbi...

Jewish Journal

Survivor, Shmurvivor - Try BCI for a Month / By Debra Askuvich (August 25th, 2000)

...Then there was my Israel awakening. Before BCI, I was always curious about Middle East politics, but from a distance. After 26 days with a group of gifted, intelligent people (six of whom were Israeli), I discovered a deeper interest in Israel. Mickey Bergman, an Israeli advisor on BCI, presented a documentary from his Israeli army unit. It showed tough paratroopers in Lebanon - soldiers reacting to the death of a comrade, soldiers on night patrol, soldiers partying and watching "The Simpsons." The film left me speechless...