Mennonite Central Committee has worked in Israel-Palestine since 1949 and today supports a wide variety of Palestinian and Israeli peace-building initiatives, as well as food, water and education projects.
Based on our work in the region, MCC supports a just, negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We believe this is in the long-term interest of all parties involved.
U.S. support for such an agreement will be critical. But both sides will need to make decisions that will not be easy or popular. Some Palestinian leaders need to continue to make progress on security issues which are of great concern to Israelis. Key steps that Israelis could take would be to halt settlements in the West Bank and end the economic siege on Gaza.
Other important areas that will need to be addressed during the negotiations include: the status of a shared Jerusalem, respect for human rights and international law, and justice and security for Palestinian refugees.
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