Contribute

NEW@IPF

The views shared on The Mideast Peace Pulse are those of the author(s) and not those of Israel Policy Forum.

New Phone Number

By Israel Policy Forum
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:07am

Please note that IPF's phone number has changed. We can now be reached at 212-354-1812. 

We will not stand for this

By Israel Policy Forum
Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 7:46pm

Israel Policy Forum is shocked and appalled by the column published in the Atlanta Jewish Times by its owner and publisher Andrew Adler calling for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States policy includes its helping the Jewish state obl

Amb. Daniel C. Kurtzer on 'Reviving the Peace Process' (TRANSCRIPT)

By Israel Policy Forum
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 10:13am
In an ideal world, if we were writing this up as a scenario we would say let’s put this all on hold, and everyone stays away happily and nothing changes for the worse, and we pick it up perhaps when everyone is stronger. But status quos are not status quos and people know that. They either get better – or more commonly – they actually get worse because they are left neglected. I fear that this status quo, over the next 10 or 11 months if there isn’t some very significant policy activity, will deteriorate into violence.

more

What We Do

Israel Policy Forum is an advocacy-tank, combining the policy development and publications of a think tank, with the educational programming and advocacy initiatives of a lobby.

Our work is concentrated in four areas:

 

Contributors to Policy Roundtable papers have included:

  • Jon Alterman
  • Marshall Breger
  • Nathan Brown
  • Thomas A. Dine
  • Aaron David Miller
  • Frederic C. Hof
  • Geoffrey Kemp
  • Scott Lasensky
  • Ambassador Samuel Lewis
  • Robert Malley
  • Lenore Martin
  • Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr.
  • Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering
  • Jeremy Pressman
  • Ambassador Dennis Ross
  • Steven L. Spiegel
  • Ambassador Edward S. Walker, Jr.
  • Toni Verstandig
  • Tamara Cofman Wittes

See Also: Advisory Councils

Policy Development

IPF regularly convenes a "Policy Roundtable" on US diplomacy in the Middle East. Led by IPF's National Scholar Dr. Steven L. Spiegel, the Policy Roundtable consists of IPF's US Advisory Council and other leading policy analysts, academics, and former government officials. The Roundtable meets several times a year in Washington, DC to discuss, produce and publicly endorse succinct policy recommendations for the United States government to advance peacemaking in the Middle East.

Click to View the Policy Roundtable's Recommendations

IPF delivers the Policy Roundtable's recommendations to legislators, policymakers, community leaders and the media. The endorsement of the Roundtable's leading figures bolsters IPF's advocacy in Washington, in the Jewish community and beyond.

IPF has also begun to engage our Israel Advisory Council in similar Roundtables.

Advocacy

Recent Advocacy Initiatives:

  • Ackerman-Boustany Letter
  • Palestinian Aid Package
  • Support for General Dayton
  • Egyptian Aid Renewal
  • Opposing Unnecessary legislation

IPF delivers timely messages of support to key legislators and policymakers regarding specific U.S. legislation and policies.

IPF's Washington Policy Center mobilizes leaders of the Jewish, political, business and academic communities in support of targeted advocacy campaigns, often in coordination with other like-minded institutions. In this regard, IPF actively advocates on behalf of legislation and policies that can advance US interests and peace and security in the Middle East.

As part of our advocacy efforts, IPF also regularly meets with representatives of the international community to demonstrate the widespread support for coordinated efforts to advance Mideast peace and security.

Media and Publications

IPF produces two weekly publications by email, a daily blog, and interviews, all serving to drive debate and discussion on the role of the United States in Mideast peacemaking.

IPF Interviews

IPF interviews are online, text, audio, video and conference call discussions with leading current and former officials, journalists, academics and community leaders.

Education

IPF conducts local, regional and national programs as well as missions to the Middle East that seek to educate community leaders on the critical issues facing US diplomacy in the Middle East.

IPF brings speakers for public and private discussions in offices, homes, synagogues, think tanks and community centers in major cities across the country.

Each year, IPF convenes an Annual Leadership Event as a major demonstration of support for active and sustained US peacemaking efforts in the Middle East. In his address to IPF's Annual Event in January 2001, President Clinton publicly announced the 'Clinton Parameters' for Mideast peace. Other leaders who have spoken at IPF Events include Vice President Al Gore, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, then-Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon, Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr, and, most recently Senator Chuck Hagel.

Each year, IPF convenes delegations of American Jewish, policy, business and academic leaders to Israel and the Middle East to discuss developments in the region and convey support for peacemaking in meetings with leading Israel and Arab politicians, journalists and activist.

Home