IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
We express our determination to bring an end to bloodshed, suffering and decades of conflict between our peoples; to usher in a new era of peace, based on freedom, security, justice, dignity, respect and mutual recognition; to propagate a culture of peace and nonviolence; to confront terrorism and incitement, whether committed by Palestinians or Israelis.
on November 27, 2007
The full report produced by an American fact-finding committee, appointed following the Middle East Peace Summit at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to look into the causes of the outbreak of violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories that began in mid-2000.
on October 10, 2007
Christian Zionism is a modern theological and political movement that embraces the most extreme ideological positions of Zionism, thereby becoming detrimental to a just peace within Palestine and Israel. The Christian Zionist programme provides a worldview where the Gospel is identified with the ideology of empire, colonialism and militarism. In its extreme form, it places an emphasis on apocalyptic events leading to the end of history rather than living Christ's love and justice today.
on August 22, 2006
UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for the end of hostilities between Israel and Hizballah and for an international peacekeeping force to be staged in southern Lebanon.
on August 18, 2006
UN Security Council 1544 draws attention to the well-documented demolition of Palestinian homes by Israeli forces, and calls for them to be halted.
on May 19, 2006
After concluding that "there is currently no reliable Palestinian partner with which it can make progress in a bilateral peace process," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel drew up this unilateral plan to remove Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip and redeploy Israel's military outside the borders of the territory, thereby claiming that Gaza was "no longer occupied territory."
on April 20, 2006
Letters exchanged by US President George W Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2004, reflecting a shift in US policy to support Israeli expansion into the West Bank.
on April 14, 2006
The text of the Saudi peace initiative, as adopted at the Arab summit in Beirut between 26 and 28 March 2002. At this meeting, the Arab governments present called upon Israel to withdraw to 1967 borders, address the Palestinian refugee problem, and recognize the existence of a Palestinian state, in return for the normalization of relations with all Arab governments.
on March 30, 2006
The Permanent Status Agreement ends the era of conflict and ushers in a new era based on peace, cooperation, and good neighborly relations between the Parties. The implementation of this Agreement will settle all the claims of the Parties arising from events occurring prior to its signature. No further claims related to events prior to this Agreement may be raised by either Party.
on December 25, 2005