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January 19, 2010

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Israel Policy Forum Announces its Next Chapter with Middle East Progress

By Israel Policy Forum

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3:52pm

Dear Friends and Supporters of Israel Policy Forum:

On behalf of Israel Policy Forum (IPF), including our President Peter Joseph and Chair Larry Zicklin, I am pleased to inform you that IPF is embarking on its next chapter.

2010 Must Be Showtime for Mideast Peace

By David Halperin

Assistant Director, IPF - NY

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 12:27pm

As 2009 draws to a close, we are bombarded by the annual litany of commentary features recapping the year in Hollywood movies to the year in international conflict, and everything in between.

When it comes to the Middle East peace process, current conventional wisdom suggests the 2009 recap might go something like this:

US-Iran Negotiations: Simulation Exercise at INSS

By Institute for National Security Studies

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 9:45am

Ephraim Asculai, Emily B. Landau, and Tamar Malz-Ginzburg

INSS Insight No. 154, December 29, 2009

Despite the tendency to denote any simulation exercise on security issues a "war game," the recent simulation designed and held at INSS did not focus on the option of a military attack. Rather, it developed the scenario of a bilateral US-Iranian negotiation over Iran's nuclear program.

Read the letter from CAP Senior VP Rudy deLeon

As we all know, right now is a critical time for the efforts to make peace. George Mitchell has been charged with leading a sustained and committed U.S. effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. He and the President face tough challenges in meeting this goal. As always, any serious American efforts to make progress have and will continue to run up against serious resistance. It is therefore cirtical to bring our forces together in order to build and hold a consensus for a two-state solution as a U.S. national security interest.

Israel Policy Forum and Middle East Progress (MEP), a Center for American Progress (CAP) project, share this world view and our goals and measures of success are also the same. Uniting our efforts under the banner of Middle East Progress would leverage our ability to support U.S. policy, bring pragmatic voices into the debate and develop public support for sustained U.S. peacemaking efforts in the region.

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