Middle East Peace Programs
The Middle East Peace Initiative has been promoting peace since 2003 through dialogue, people-to-people diplomacy, fact-finding trips, interfaith pilgrimages and conferences. It brings religious leaders, parliamentarians, academicians, women leaders, youth and civil society representatives together in Israel, Palestinian Territories and Jordan. Forums explore Track II approaches to the crisis in Syria. Read UPF's Statement about Middle East Peace.
UPF's Jerusalem Office for Interfaith and Cooperation among Religions and Office for Peace and Security Affairs convene forums of academics, political and religious leaders, and peace advocates. UPF-Israel organizes culture of peace tours and leadership seminars for international youth. For information email
- Written by: David Fraser Harris, secretary general, UPF Middle East
Geneva, Switzerland—The webinar “A European Angle on Peace in the Middle East" was organized by UPF's Europe-Middle East chapter and featured the perspectives of two diplomats.
- Written by: David Fraser-Harris, secretary general, UPF Middle East; and Artan Kurti, UPF-EUME
Tirana, Albania—Ambassadors for Peace from the Middle East and North Africa held a special consultation over three days.
- Written by: David Fraser Harris, secretary general, UPF-Middle East
The Middle East—A UPF webinar focused on international cooperation in providing health care, particularly to Palestinians.
- Written by: Hod Ben Zvi, president, UPF-Israel
Jerusalem, Israel—UPF held a Middle East Peace Initiative program under the theme, “Toward Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”
- Written by: Dr. Nurit Hirschfeld, Secretary General, UPF-Israel
Jerusalem, Israel - A conference brought together people of diverse religions and nations to discuss the highly sensitive issue of the status of the holy sites in Jerusalem.
- Written by: UPF International
Statement by participants in UPF's interfaith and interdisciplinary consultation on “Jerusalem and the Holy Sites: A Call for Peace at a Time of Crisis” held in Jerusalem Jan. 9-13, 2015.
- Written by: UPF International
On the foundation of decades of interfaith effort in the Middle East region, UPF offers a civil society peace initiative as a support mechanism to strengthen and stabilize the peace process being led by governments.
- Written by: William Aso, UK and Religious Youth Service, Israel
Daliat El Carmel, Israel - Sixteen youth from Europe and the Americas visited sacred and historic sites in Israel July 14-31, 2014, and spent several days in a Druze community doing service projects, teaching good sportsmanship and engaging in cross-cultural dialogue.
- Written by: UPF - Israel
- Written by: UPF International
Jerusalem, Israel - A Middle East Peace Initiative program in Jerusalem brought together religious leaders, academics and NGO delegates with the theme of “Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace and Development” beginning May 12, 2014.
- Written by: Dr. Nurit Hirschfeld, Director, Jerusalem Forum for Interfaith and Cooperation among Religions
Jerusalem, Israel - Approximately 45 religious leaders, academics, civil society leaders, diplomats and Middle East experts were in Jerusalem Dec. 19-22, 2013, to explore the theme “Interreligious and International Relations in the Middle East: Toward Peace and Stability.”
- Written by: UPF Interfaith Consultation on Prospects for Dialogue and Reconciliation in Syria
Participants in the interfaith consultation on “The Prospects for Dialogue and Reconciliation in Syria” in Amman, Jordan, Oct. 11-13, 2013, issued a joint statement.