3D Security Initiative

This new Forum provides Congress with timely and reliable analysis on key policies and strategies and expertise in peacebuilding and peace processes to achieve sustainable peace and security between Israelis and Palestinians within the context of US interests in the region. The initiative is a response to Congressional staff seeking analytical support to navigate politically sensitive issues.

New Member Briefing on US Policy and the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:30-10am A briefing for newly elected U.S. Congressional Members and their foreign policy legislative staff to hear from former U.S. government officials who have recently worked in the region. The briefing took place in the US Capital Building. Panelists focused on current U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and their analysis of what is and is not working to promote peace in the region.

The Day After the Settlement Moratorium - Can the Peace Process Outlive the Freeze?
Monday, September 27, 2010, 12 noon–1pm
Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Americans for Peace Now. Former U.S. Foreign Service Officer Ghaith Al-Omari, Advocacy Director, American Task Force on Palestine, Lead Palestinian Drafter of Geneva Initiative and Former Advisor to Palestinian Negotiation Team (Camp David, Taba) Lunch will be provided with RSVP; Congressional Staff Only Rayburn House Office Building 2103 For more information or to RSVP for lunch contact: Jennifer Kuiper at 202-250-3458 or Jennifer@3dsecurity.org

Israeli Politics and Public Opinion: Potential and Pitfalls for U.S. Peace Efforts
July 26, 2010
Congressional Briefing with Dahlia Scheindlin, Israeli-American Independent Public Opinion and Jim Gerstein, Gerstein Agne Strategic Communications and Former Executive Director of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace; Member of U.S. campaign team for former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

The Arab Peace Initiative - Can it make a difference?
June 21, 2010
Congressional Briefing with Toni Verstandig, Center for Middle East Peace at the Aspen Institute, Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Former Ambassador to Israel, Jordan, and the UN, Daniel Meron, Embassy of Israel and Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordon to the U.S.

Gaza - Finding opportunities in the current crisis
May 17, 2010
Congressional Briefing with Ambassador Philip C Wilcox, Former Chief of Mission and US Counsel General, Jerusalem
and President of Foundation for Middle East Peace, Sarah Ferris, Deputy Country Representative Gaza, Mercy Corp, Ellen Willmott, Deputy General Counsel, Save the Children and Taghreed El Khoudary, New York Times Correspondent based in Gaza



For more information contact 3D's Israeli-Palestinian Congressional Initiative Director
Jennifer@3dsecurity.org

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