Us Middle East Project Inc

Co-hosted workshop with the doha forum the usmep co-hosted a two-day private workshop program in collaboration with the middle east council on global affairs immediately following the doha forum on december 11&12, 2023. The workshop brought together policymakers, practitioners and experts to explore new initiatives on israel-palestine. During the doha forum itself, the usmep co-hosted a plenary panel at the main forum entitled "palestine has become a global crisis; does it have a global solution?" usmep president, daniel levy, spoke at that panel which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thotlgz_nd4 futures project the futures project which commenced in 2018 with a round of workshops convened by the usmep at stoke park in buckinghamshire, entitled "moving beyond existing paradigms on israel/palestine," has continued its work. The usmep serves in an oversight, coordinating and guiding capacity for the overall project. The project which focuses on reshaping the policy and strategy frameworks through which the israeli/palestinian issue is thought was especially focused on the impact of the constantly changing landscape in the region since october 7th. This was reflected in some of the discussions that took place at the in-person meeting that took place in madrid, spain during january 21-23, 2024. Participants included members from the region and beyond. As with previous meetings, there was no structured agenda, but rather a less prescriptive and more fluid outline. Instead of formal presentations, the fluid agenda facilitated discussions within the group enabling members to be engaged and to grapple with ideas that emerged over the course of the 2-day meeting. The fluid agenda included the following subjects: - what is going on and how did the present emerge in this way and where is it heading into the future? - assessment of the palestinian political landscape/state of play/key developments. - assessment of the israeli political landscape/state of play/key developments. - the regional political landscape after october 7th: key fault-lines; balance of forces; state of normalization. - how global geopolitical dynamics and fault-lines are playing out on palestine/israel; the significance of shifts; north-south divide; how to work in these spaces.

Examples of international engagements and interventions on march 6&7, 2024, leadership participated in a panel during the hiwaraat symposium on palestine hosted by georgetown university in qatar's center for international and regional studies (cirs). On may 15-16, 2024, leadership was part of the framing, shaping and convening of participants and also led sessions at a three-day conference held in abu-dhabi on the two-state solution to the israeli/palestinian conflict hosted by the middle east institute and the emirates policy center. On may 22 & 23, 2024, leadership participated in a two-day program in the hague. Mr. Levy briefed diplomats, ministers and former civil servants. He also took part in a public meeting at leiden university. Publications and media throughout the year, the u.s./middle east project's leadership produced a number of private policy notes as well as publicly published opinion pieces and articles and engaged in various media appearances. During the period of this report, daniel levy, president of the usmep, conducted frequent media interviews including bbc, cnn, al jazeera, npr, newsnation, sky news, and some australian, canadian, indian, nigerian, and other international news outlets. Mr. Levy also did various radio shows and podcasts. Mr. Levy also published opinion pieces and guest essays in the new york times, orient xxi, the irish times, foreign policy, middle east eye, and others.