[Peace] FMEP applauds Kerry speech on Israeli-Palestinian peace

[Robert Naiman]

http://fmep.org/media/press/fmep-applauds-passage-unsc-
resolution-settlements/

FMEP applauds Kerry speech on Israeli-Palestinian peace

PRESS RELEASE
December 28, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 28, 2016
Matthew Duss
202-835-3650 <(202)%20835-3650>

Washington, DC: The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) applauds the
speech delivered today by Secretary of State John Kerry outlining his
vision for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. FMEP also commends
President Barack Obama and his administration for the decision last week to
allow passage of a resolution at the United Nations Security Council
declaring Israeli settlements inconsistent with international law and
calling for freezing all settlement construction as well as an end to
incitement and attacks on civilians in the region.
Both of these are consistent with longstanding U.S. policies, supported by
Republican and Democratic administrations alike.

“Last week, the Security Council sent a powerful message from the
international community warning that continued Israeli settlement activity
is seriously jeopardizing the possibility of a two-state solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” said Matthew Duss, President of FMEP.
“Today, Secretary Kerry followed up on that message by laying out a
pragmatic vision of the components of a resolution to that conflict.
Secretary Kerry made it clear that the Israeli occupation, which is about
to hit its 50th year, is leading toward the entrenchment of a system that
is, in his words, ‘separate and unequal.’

The Foundation for Middle East Peace was founded in 1979 to promote a just
resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Foundation advances
this goal through education and advocacy, publications about the conflict,
a speakers’ program to introduce Israeli, Palestinian, and other experts to
U.S. audiences, public speaking by officers of the Foundation, and a small
grant program to support groups that advance the cause of peace in Israel
and Palestine.

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1 <(202)%20448-2898>
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