The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) is an American nonprofit organization

Non-profit organization

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 that promotes peace between Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 and Palestinians via the two-state solution

Two-state solution

The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the consensus solution that is currently under discussion by the key parties to the conflict, most recently at the Annapolis Conference in November 2007...

. The organization was established in 1979 by Merle Thorpe, Jr. Ambassador

Ambassador

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 Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. is the current President of the Foundation.

Activities

The Foundation advances its goals through education and advocacy and the publication of books and pamphlets about the conflict. FMEP also has a speakers’ program to introduce Israeli, Palestinian, and other experts to U.S. audiences and its own officers also engage in public speaking. The organization also has a small grant program to support groups that contribute to peace between Israel and Palestine.

FMEP pays particular attention to the effect that Israeli settlement

Israeli settlement

An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...

s have on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. In 1992, the Foundation introduced its bimonthly "Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories." The Report contains detailed information and analysis on settlements and related issues.

Trustees, Officers, and Staff

FMEP Officers are:

• Ambassador
  Ambassador
  An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
  
   Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is a retired Foreign Service Officer and former U.S. Consul General to Jerusalem.
• Geoffrey Aronson
  Geoffrey Aronson
  Geoffrey Aronson is the director for Foundation for Middle East Peace. Aronson is also the editor of the bimonthly Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and regularly writes for several newspapers including Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Le...
  
   is the Director of Research and Publications and is the Editor of the Foundation's bimonthly "Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories".

Funding

The Foundation for Middle East Peace supports its publication, education, outreach, and grant programs with funds from an endowment from its founder, the late Merle Thorpe, Jr., and from donations. The Foundation is a non-profit charitable

Charitable organization

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 and educational organization qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

Internal Revenue Code

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External links

• Foundation for Middle East Peace website