ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC
ALLMEP is a coalition of over 170 organizations—and tens of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis—building people-to-people cooperation, coexistence, equality, shared society, mutual understanding, and peace among their communities.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The power of both people-to-people programs and economic development as conflict resolution tools is clear: less fear, hatred and violence, increased economic growth, and greater understanding of the other, as well as the stake each party has in a shared future. The U.S.'s support of these priorities, via the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) and USAID's Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM) programs have helped to build stronger societies in spaces that have been ravaged by war and internal strife in conflict zones. Despite wide awareness of the efficacy of such tools, they have too rarely been harnessed at a significant scale in the Israeli-Palestinian context. We know that they can change lives, but we have never funded them at scale where they can transform entire communities. We can see the consequences all around us. Support for a two-state solution has dropped significantly, while support for violence or zero-sum agendas denying the legitimacy of the other have increase
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
International Advocacy: Partnership Fund for Peace
Inspired by the success of the International Fund for Ireland, the bicameral and bipartisan Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019 (H.R. 3104/ S. 1727) will leverage and increase public and private contributions worldwide, funding joint economic development and civil society projects that promote coexistence and a broad support for peace, improving both social and economic conditions on the ground.
This important legislation was introduced on June 5th, 2019 by Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE).
The legislation works toward promoting contact, cooperation, dialogue, shared community building, peaceful coexistence, joint economic development and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. Specifically, the legislation calls for:
● Establishing a Partnership Fund for Peace to facilitate and finance joint ventures and people-to-people exchanges between Israelis, Palestinians and Americans, authorized for $50 million for the first five years and a yearly report to Congress and the public;
● Establishing a board of governors, comprised of five private US citizens with relevant experience, and additional board seats open to other donor countries, to manage the fund, as well as two technical boards made up of specialized experts in people-to-people and economic development to approve small-sized investments;
● Requiring all people-to-people partnerships to include either a Palestinian NGO, an Israeli NGO, or an international NGO that brings Palestinians and Israelis together for coexistence and reconciliation programs, or NGOs that facilitate such programs between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel;
● Prioritizing partnerships between Palestinian entrepreneurs/companies and counterparts in Israel or the United States; and
● Requiring that all expenditures from the Fund follow mission directives applicable to the West Bank/Gaza that have been issued by USAID and specifically prohibits any assistance from the Fund to be provided to national governments, any individual/group involved/advocating for terror activity and to Hamas, the PA or the PLO.
ScaleHub
Building organizational capacity by providing trainings, consultations, and online resources for strategic planning, effective communication for advocacy and fundraising, and sound methodologies for programming and resource management. We also review MEPPA concept papers and share them with philanthropic funders.
AlumHub
Institutionalizing formal alumni engagement fieldwide by training organizations to cultivate their alumni networks, collaborate on alumni reengagement opportunities, and to turn their alumni into lifelong peace ambassadors. ALLMEP has also recently surveyed alumni to assess peacebuilding programs’ efficacy, and will coach outstanding alumni to become storytellers to create positive narratives for the peacebuilding community to adopt.
MembersHub
General assistance and efforts to consolidate the field, including networking, amplifying visibility, consultations (e.g. communications, fundraising), securing permits for cross-border work, an online platform for organizations to interact, and events such as the Annual Peacebuilders’ Conference.
WomensHub
Increasing the prominence of women on matters of security and conflict resolution by mentoring emerging women leaders and movements in the peacebuilding field to play larger roles within their societies, and conducting ongoing research to highlight the importance of gender diversity in decision-making circles on these far-reaching issues.
Where we work
Awards
Peace Projects Award 2014
Turkish Journalists and Writers Foundation
External reviews

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Our results
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Number of meetings with policymakers or candidates
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Related Program
International Advocacy: Partnership Fund for Peace
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of conference attendees
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MembersHub
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Youth Attitudes in Israel and Palestine -
Now 26 years after the Oslo Accords, hope for a just and sustainable peace seems remote. After a generation of well-intentioned but unsuccessful diplomacy, public support for peace is at historically low levels. Reports indicate that 47% of Israeli Jews and 71% of Palestinians perceive the conflict as zero-sum: what is good for one side must be bad for the other. Support for a Two-State Solution has been similarly declining over the past decade, dropping below 50% as of December 2017.
At the grassroots level, surveys report that only 25% of Israeli Jews trust Palestinians while only 11% of Palestinians trust Israeli Jews. Israeli Jews believe that Palestinians are determined to do them personal harm while Palestinians see Israeli Jews through the singular lens of the military, which is often the only channel for their exposure to each other. Subsequently, there is a dramatic lack of basic recognition for rights of the Other, reflecting increased dehumanization across all spheres.
We who care about peace between Israelis and Palestinians are urgently searching for new approaches to disrupt the current dynamic. We know from successfully resolved conflicts that people-to-people peacebuilding and a strong civil society are pre-conditions for social and political transformation. They are indispensable prerequisites for peace.
Research overwhelming supports what we in the peacebuilding community have always known: that in deep contrast to mainstream society, graduates of peacebuilding programs have fundamentally different outlooks and attitudes toward the Other. After surveying the work of 164 NGOs, a report by Ned Lazarus, “A Future for Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilding,” noted a “profound long-term impact for significant numbers of adult graduates 10 to 15 years after their initial encounter experiences.” USAID’s own evaluation of people-to-people peacebuilding programs in Israel & the West Bank confirmed that three to five years after participation, program alumni: stay connected with each other; have enduring positive feelings about the Other side; and maintain an increased belief that peace is possible.
In 2018, ALLMEP conducted a year-long assessment of alumni engagement in our member organizations, encompassing NGOs working in both the shared society & cross-border realms. The conclusions were decisive, finding that Israelis and Palestinians who pass through our members’ programs emerge with opinions & perspectives greatly aligned with the pursuit of peace and are less likely to fall prey to the racism, dehumanization, and calls for violence that are on the rise in both societies.
Despite the empirical knowledge of peace NGOs and research-driven conclusions by authoritative institutions, the obvious centrality of alumni engagement is not matched by resource allocation in the field.
These results led ALLMEP to take determinative action with the creation of the Alumni Leadership Forum.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
ALLMEP’s theory of change is rooted in people-to-people partnerships and focused on the work of our 110+ member organizations. ALLMEP strives to radically raise the capacity and visibility of the field, fostering cooperation, and creating a culture for ourselves and our members of best-in-class programming. Our ultimate goal is to create transformative social and political change through scaled collective impact as these NGOs work together to improve and strengthen Arab-Jewish and Israeli-Palestinian relations through people-to-people peacebuilding.
To advance these goals, ALLMEP has three interlocking strategic objectives.
1. People-to-People Peacebuilding:
ALLMEP’s growing network is comprised of over 100 Israeli and Palestinian member organizations doing grassroots, people-to-people peacebuilding in both the cross-border and shared society sectors. We work with our members to incentivize partnerships and cooperation, improve effectiveness, and make our community more than simply the sum of its parts.
2. Alumni Leadership:
Rooted in our theory of change is an understanding that Israelis and Palestinians who have passed through our members’ programs form a privileged constituency in the region who together can form the foundations of lasting peace. Following a year-long, full-scale needs assessment ALLMEP conducted of Israeli and Palestinian NGOs’ alumni programming, we have recently launched the pilot year of our Alumni Leadership Forum. Bringing together 21 alumni coordinators from our member organizations and others in the region, our aim is to ensure sector-wide improvement in the sphere of alumni engagement, ensuring that alumni are leveraging their experiences toward social and political transformation.
3. International Advocacy:
ALLMEP leverages a proven track record in advocating for government funding for people-to-people work, which has to date infused over $130 million in global governmental support to bolster regional peacebuilding projects. The flagship campaign in that effort is an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, modeled on the International Fund for Ireland. As part of this project, in June of 2019, ALLMEP’s advocacy resulted in the introduction of the Partnership Fund for Peace Act, promising to annually inject $50 million of funding for people-to-people partnerships in the region. The Fund was introduced into Congress with bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate, and endorsed by an unprecedented coalition of supporting organizations, including both J Street and AIPAC. The UK government has publicly announced support for this effort, with significant progress made across Europe toward the same goal: an international fund with unprecedented resources dedicated to long-term peacebuilding in the region.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC
Board of directorsas of 07/13/2023
Annie Spar
Avi Meyerstein
Jackson Lewis LLP
Deanna Armbruster
American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
Maysa Baransi-Siniora
All For Peace Radio
Giorgio Gomel
Former Economist at the Italian Central Bank
Michal Caspi
Olivestone Trust
Giorgio Gomel
Anne Kaplan Spar
Max (Bud) Shulman
Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP
Ruth Jarmul
New York Stem Cell Foundation
Mark Zivin
Rafiq Masri
PALECO
Jean-Daniel Cohen
Danny Hakim
Budo for Peace
Charles Kremer
Access Leasing Corporation
Lisa Greer
Nancy Kaufman
Katia Mrowiec
Yuval Lion
Barak Lazoon
Greg Rack
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes