Dear Dr. Rynhold,

I am Markus Schneider, the German student at the INDC, 44th class and I got your email-address from Dr. Josh Krasna, who might have “warned” you already.

I am a German Lieutenant Colonel of the Army and living with my family here in Ramat Aviv since July 2016.

As you might know, the students at MABAL have to write a Final Paper for the MA certificate.

My topic is “The German Role in the European Union with regard to the ISR-PSE Conflict -- Challenges and Opportunities”

Without going too much into detail, the main background of this paper is the triangle of GERMANY, the EUROPEAN UNION and the ISRAELI-PALESTIAN Conflict - all three have a special relationship

o   Germany is one of the leading countries in the EU. The DEU position in the EU is due to its economic and political positioning good, but not unquestioned and by some states seen with a kind of concern.

o   The EU could be due to its possibilities and its own ambitions a good mediator in the ISR-PSE conflict, but besides of its internal problems and the heterogenic structure there seem to be a common one-sided position towards the conflict. Therefore the EU might be limited in acting as a mediator.

o   DEU - despite the EU internal problems and the sometime controversial position in the EU - might be able to consolidate the position of the EU in one direction and make the EU as a whole to an accepted negotiator for Israel and the Palestinians.

The reason I write to you is the following:

I am looking for an Instructor to accompany my work and Josh made the proposal to contact you because of your expertise in this field.

The time lines are the following:

I have already presented my idea to the head of the INDC, MG Haiman, and got an approval. He made some remarks, but in general approved the topic.

The draft should be finished by Mai.

So, my question is, could you imagine to be my instructor?

If so, I would appreciate if we could meet as soon as possible.

If you have further questions, I am more than willing to answer them.

So, I hope to get a positive response by you.

Best regards

Markus Schneider

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