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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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Dutch Diplomat Calls for Building Trust
- Monday, January 1, 2007
The son of a Dutch father who wouldn’t buy German-made products after World War II became foreign minister of The Netherlands now proposes the growing European unity as a model of how people in the Middle East might live together.
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American Religious Leaders Spread Peace Message in Lebanon
- Tuesday, December 12, 2006
A delegation of twenty-two Ambassadors for Peace visited Lebanon after the summer 2006 war to bring a message of peace. In groups of two or three, they conducted several events together, building bonds among local and international Ambassadors for Peace.
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Lebanon - Thirty-Six Meetings in Three Days
- Thursday, November 30, 2006
As part of UPF's fourth Peace Tour, Lebanon received a special delegation of 22 Ambassadors for Peace who flew directly there from the United States to spend three days delivering Peace Messages around the country.
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Engaging in Dialogue
- Monday, October 23, 2006
The 19th Middle East Peace Initiative featured several opportunities for first-hand learning about the current situation in Israel. In Jerusalem on October 22, 2006, Ambassadors for Peace from the United States engaged in discussions with representatives of various aspects of Israeli society.
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Americans Engage in Dialogue in Jerusalem
- Sunday, October 22, 2006
The October 2006 Middle East Peace Initiative trip featured several opportunities for first-hand learning about the current situation in Israel. In Jerusalem, Ambassadors for Peace from the United States engaged in discussions with representatives of various aspects of Israeli society.
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Jewish-Christian Dialogue, May 2006
- Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The second Jewish-Christian Dialogue of the Middle East Peace Initiative took place May 17-18, 2006, in a beautiful sun-drenched space, with floor to ceiling windows in Jerusalem's Olive Tree Hotel.
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Jewish-Christian Dialogue, March 2006
- Tuesday, March 14, 2006
A Jewish-Christian Dialogue March 13-14, 2006 called for conflict resolution that includes religious and spiritual, political and social dimensions.
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Interfaith Peace Conference in Amman
- Thursday, March 31, 2005
A conference in Amman March 30-31, 2005, provided the opportunity for 72 North American Ambassadors for Peace to meet and dialogue with leading Jordanian figures and Ambassadors for Peace.
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Visiting Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Communities in the Holy Land
- Monday, September 20, 2004
The Middle East Peace Initiative program in Sept. 2004 offered participants opportunities to visit neighborhoods in Jerusalem and surrounding villages to get a sense of the people, their challenges of daily life, and their hopes and dreams of peace.
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Women Bring a Mother's Heart for Peace to Israelis and Palestinians
- Monday, May 31, 2004
A Mother's Heart for Peace was the theme of the Middle East Peace Initiative program in May 2004 that brought together 500 women from 40 nations.
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R. Glaubach: A Grandmother's Heart for Peace
- Tuesday, May 18, 2004
I am an Israeli woman who has lived here all my life. I am a wife, a mother and a grandmother. I am also an Ambassador for Peace, which means I am dedicated to bringing peace wherever I go. It also means that even though I am terribly nervous, I found the strength to stand here on the stage to share my heart with you.
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M. Kamar: A Mother's Heart Can Heal Pain
- Tuesday, May 18, 2004
I would like to extend our warm greetings to all of you, women, men and families, who arrived here from all over the world and from Israel; from various religions and different nationalities. I would like to thank Dr. and Mrs. Moon for their endless work for peace and for giving us the inspiration for our peace work in the Middle East.
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