The Foundation for Middle East Peace has documented at least 28 bills introduced since 2015, targeting Israel boycotts and including in its definition of Israel its settlements in the West Bank. Critics say these anti-BDS bills are problematic because they conflate Israel with its illegal settlements, and stifle free speech.

Lara Friedman explains why Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations should not be treated as every other diplomat.

“Bottom line is that Bibi [Netanyahu] had plenty of warning from his own security people that this wasn’t simply a security matter,” Lara Friedman, the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.

Watch FMEP President Lara Friedman discuss the 50th anniversary of the Israeli occupation and debate the two state solution on this Al Jazeera UpFront special.

Ahead of President Trump’s visit to Israel, VICE interviewed Lara Friedman on what to expect.

Vox News interviews FMEP’s Matthew Duss on what Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Israeli-Palestinian peace means.

Daveed Gartenstein Ross and FMEP’s Matthew Duss discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy under Donald Trump.

FMEP’s Mitchell Plitnick joins a panel of experts brought together by Churches for Middle East Peace to explore President Obama’s options for advancing peace between Israelis and Palestinians in the final months of his term.

“I have serious concerns with Erdogan,” FMEP’s Matt Duss tells The Huffington Post. “But the idea that a military coup would’ve solved these problems is a fantasy.”

“Phares is one of a number of close Trump advisers with extremely troubling foreign- policy views which basically mirror those of Islamic extremists: Islam and the West are at war. It’s difficult to overstate how counterproductive it would be for the US to adopt this vision,” FMEP’s Matt Duss told The Jerusalem Post.