On the 23rd of april, Tomás Alcoverro, correspondent for La Vanguardia in Beirut, Lebanon, was speaking at a conference entitled: "Adventures and misadventures of a Middle Eastern correspondent", in the Javea Neighbourhood Forum facility.  He wias speaking reflect on his wide experience as a journalist since 1970, and on his overall view of the Palestine-Israeli conflict.

Tomás Alcoverro, born in Barcelona, is possibly one of the most prestigious of the Spanish journalists at international level, who has covered wars, invasions, revolutions, coup-d’etats, Palestinian intifadas, and the most important issues of one of the areas of the world most in conflict, whose events have wide repercussions for the rest of the world.  He has been, and remains, a reference point for all other journalists who want to understand the Middle East and especially for those who wish to develop their work as journalists in areas of conflict.

With this conference, the Javea Neighbourhood Forum is following its objective: to offer clear evidence and testimony in order to improve dialogue and relations between the countries of the Mediterranean area, helping the understanding of the reality of a world which may appear far off, but which necessarily conditions our own existence. The board of the Foundation, is proposing this conference of Tomas A as an occasion to understand at first hand his experience as correspondent, and as an exceptional witness of the Middle East, to enrich our understanding of the key issues for peace in the area.

 

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