A symposium on “Terrorism and Political Crimes,” which is scheduled to include presentations by an Israeli and an Egyptian, began today in the Sicilian city of Syracuse. Organizers said it was the first time an Israeli and an Arab would be sitting in the same room to discuss this problem. The symposium brings together 35 criminologists, jurists and magistrates from 20 countries.
The scheduled Israeli speaker is Prof. Yoram Dinstein from Tel Aviv, who was listed to speak next week on the theme of “Terrorism and Wars of Liberation With Reference to the Arab-Israeli Conflict.” He was scheduled to be followed by Egyptian university professor Gamal-El-Din who will speak on the same subject. The symposium will deal with such modern phenomena as air piracy and hostage-taking.
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