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| Founders | Robert K. Lifton, Yizhak Rabin |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
| 90-0653286 | |
| Focus |
Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
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Area served
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 Israel /  USA
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| Method | Advocacy |
| David A. Halperin | |
| Susie Gelman | |
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Key people
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Charles Bronfman(Board) Alan Solow (Board) Robert Sugarman (Board) S. Daniel Abraham (Advisory Council) Robert Lifton (Board) Haim Saban (Advisory Council) E. Robert Goodkind (Board) Nimrod Novik (Israel Fellow) Michael Koplow (Policy Director) Eli Kowaz (Communications & Digital Director) |
| Mission | To shape the discourse and mobilize support among American Jewish leaders and U.S. policymakers for the realization of a viable two-state solution. |
The Israel Policy Forum (IPF) is a New York, NY based American Jewish organization that works for a negotiated two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict though advocacy, education and policy research. The organization lobbies American policymakers in support of this goal and writes opinion pieces that have appeared in many Jewish and non-Jewish newspapers. It was founded in 1993.
The organization's Chair is Susie Gelman and its Executive Director is David Halperin.
The stated mission of Israel Policy Forum (IPF) is to shape the discourse and mobilize support among American Jewish leaders and U.S. policymakers for the realization of a viable two-state solution. Israel Policy Forum believes that a two-state solution to the conflict will "safeguard Israel’s security and future as a Jewish and democratic state."
Throughout its history, Israel Policy Forum has mobilized prominent Jewish leaders and American policymakers in support of pragmatic approaches to advancing Israel’s security alongside the pursuit of a lasting, negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In 1997, it absorbed Project Nishma, a Washington-based organization that specialized in mobilizing Israeli military authorities who argued that the peace process was in Israel’s security interests.
IPF trains advocates to promote a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through educational programs. IPF holds an annual Leadership Event to support key figures who promote peacemaking efforts. Previous speakers at the Leadership Event include President Bill Clinton,Vice President Al Gore, Senator Joseph Biden,Prime Minister Ehud Barak, then-Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon.
During the Clinton Administration, IPF served as a base of influential American Jewish support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and President Clinton publicly announced the “Clinton Parameters” at an IPF event in his last address on the subject before leaving office.
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