FOR- Interfaith Peacebuilders Program

Interfaith Peace-Builders: An Independent Program Nurtured by, and Remaining in Partnership, with FOR

Building on a long history of delegation work in the Middle East, the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) began Interfaith Peace-Builders in 2000 as a response to the intensified violence of the second intifada. Since that time IFPB has consulted and worked in partnership with Palestinian and Israeli organizations. We stand in support with Palestinians and Israelis striving to end the occupation of Palestine, working to ensure the human rights of both Israelis and Palestinians, and advocating an enduring peace with justice for both peoples.

In April 2006, FOR and Interfaith Peace-Builders reached the mutual decision that IFPB would become an independent program working in partnership with FOR, starting July 1, 2006.  Building on the foundation of FOR’s strong support for IFPB’s work over the last five years, IFPB and FOR are confident that a new partnership relation provides the best opportunity to continue our crucial work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Most things formerly on the FOR Interfaith Peace-Builders website have now moved to our new web site. Please visit us there to learn more about the program.

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Interfaith Peace-Builders sends delegations to Israel/ Palestine so that U.S. citizens can see the conflict with their own eyes. Participants have the opportunity to learn directly from Israeli and Palestinian nonviolent peace/human-rights activists, to spend time in Palestinian and Israeli homes, and to experience the situation of Palestinians living under military occupation.

The delegations focus on seeing, listening to, and recording the experiences and perspectives of a wide range of Palestinian and Israeli voices.

Interfaith Peace-Builders places a strong emphasis on continuing work on the conflict when participants return to their homes. The program asks for a commitment from participants to educate people in their communities and organizations about the conflict, to write and speak about their experiences, to join with IFPB, our partner organizations, and other local and national organizations working to end the conflict, and to work to change U.S. policy in the region.

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