ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Between 2001-2004 IMTD hosts an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue Group to provide a neutral environment for discussion, and to give the participants the opportunity to develop contacts, exchange views, explore differences, and search for common ground on sensitive issues.

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IMTD hosted the first meeting of the Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue Group in March, 2001 and most recently again in July and August, 2004. As with IMTD’s other Dialogue Groups, the purpose of the Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue Group is to provide a neutral environment for discussion, and to give the participants the opportunity to develop contacts, exchange views, explore differences, and search for common ground on sensitive issues. The participants share a personal and/or professional background related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Topics discussed during previous dialogue were as follows:

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• The role, purpose and usefulness of an Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue Group in Washington, DC

• How conflict resolution and peacebuilding initiatives can profit from one another and work together in the Israeli-Palestinian context

• The role of the U.S. Government in the Middle East and its impact on mediation, compared to that of private citizen diplomacy