Good afternoon, my name is yonah alexander, im the director by the Potomac Institute of International Studies as well as the Inter University Center Institute in cooperation with many academic institutions, universities around the world, specifically i would like to mention the center for National Security of the university of Virginia School of law. On behalf of ceo and chairman of the Potomac Institute, he extends his welcome to you. Unfortunately he is out of the country, as i understand. At any rate, our colleagues and the Vice President in the back is with us and, of course, general gray, the chairman of the board of regents and 29th commandant of the marines corpse corps. But at any rate, let me welcome the speakers. First right here professor Mohamed Dajani to my left with currently fellow, the Washington Institute and he obviously contributed a great deal to understand islam and served as professor of Political Science university in jerusalem and will make a presentation today