In Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba was over an International Conference: "Reform, Resistance, and Conflicts in the Middle East. The vision of this conference was exploring democratization, reforms and political struggle in the various contexts of resistance in Middle Eastern societies. An ensemble of scholars, intellectuals, and journalists from 27 Lands, was providing answers to crucial questions concerning the following: how should we study resistance; the complexity of struggle for democracy and domestic crises in different communities; and Weblogging as a space of resistance.

Doctor of Science, Nuclear Physics, Vladimir Herzberg, Beersheba, was participating in conversation with professor Denis Sullivan and Amilcar Antonio Barreto, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, with Turkey journalists  and with Iranian blogger.