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Human Rights Issues

Child Detention

Every year between 500 and 700 Palestinian children are tried in the West Bank under Israeli military law. Ensuring that minors receive treatment in accordance with the needs of their age within criminal justice systems is a widely accepted principal of international law.

Settlements & Displacement

The existence and continuing expansion of illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands increasingly dims the hopes and realistic prospects for a two-state solution and is a major threat to peace.

Seperation Barrier

Israel is considering whether to annex large parts of the West Bank with the U.S. government supporting and coordinating the annexation. What does this mean? How will this impact the daily lives of Palestinians and the prospect for peace?

Water Insecurity

Israel is considering whether to annex large parts of the West Bank with the U.S. government supporting and coordinating the annexation. What does this mean? How will this impact the daily lives of Palestinians and the prospect for peace?

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Israel-Palestine Conflict?

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict is quickly approaching its one hundredth year.  A just and lasting solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict would not only serve the cause of peace and justice in the Holy Land but also promote peace in the broader Middle East region in general.

Jerusalem: The Holy City

Sacred to Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike, the status of Jerusalem must be resolved in a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, assuring access to the Holy Sites for all three faiths.

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Middle East Contexts

Learn more about various regional cotexts across the Middle East

Jordan

Not only has Jordan played a seminal role as a peacemaker in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, but has also made significant strides in interfaith dialogue.

Egypt

Home to the largest Christian minority in the Middle East and bordering both Israel and Gaza, Egypt is vital to both the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and interfaith relations.

Oman

Oman is in many ways the “Switzerland of the Middle East.” Oman’s foreign policy approach has been very pragmatic, with a policy of neutrality and non-interference, quietly and consistently supporting Middle East peace, while building strong ties with the West.

Gaza

The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated places on the planet. It is home to more than two million Palestinians living within a stretch of territory 32 miles long by seven miles wide. Since 1967, this territory has been under Israeli military control.

Armenia

Known as the Cradle of Christianity and the oldest Christian nation, the recent history of this country and its people has been one of genocide and displacement.

West Bank

As of 2015, the territory lying between the 1948 Armistice Line (Green Line) and the Jordan River has a population of three million, including nearly 400,000 Israeli settlers. According to the 1947 UN Partition Plan, the West Bank was to become part of an Arab state. However after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the West Bank was annexed by Jordan. Israel gained control over the West Bank after defeating Jordan in the 1967 War.

Yemen

Yemen is a relatively new country within the political landscape of the Middle East that has faced enormous economic and political challenges since its unification in 1990. As the civil war in Yemen has increasingly been depicted as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the United States has taken a strategic interest in the conflict.

Israel

While the State of Israel is less than a century old, the Jewish community has roots in the Holy Land going back at least 3000 years. Ever since the Romans exiled the Jews from Jerusalem in AD 135, the hope of returning to Zion has been a part of the Jewish faith tradition.