In a Twitter thread, Lara Friedman of the think tank Foundation for Middle East Peace said the attempt to define working with the PA as support to terrorism would be an attempt at “tarring” all agencies that engage with it. She wrote: “the entire humanitarian/civil society sector is in the crosshairs.”
But Foundation for Middle East Peace president Lara Friedman said Netanyahu’s pledge should be taken seriously. “I don’t think he’s made any promise nearly as clear as this,” she said. Nevertheless, a White House official said after Netanyahu’s announcement that there was no change in American policy against West Bank annexation.
FMEP hosted a panel featuring Sami Abdel Shafi, the Carter Center’s representative on the ground in Gaza since mid-2008, and Elizabeth Campbell, the new director of UNRWA’s Regional Office in Washington, DC.
FMEP President Lara Friedman moderates a panel at the 2018 J Street Conference discussing the future of American diplomacy, especially in the Middle East, under Trump.
Setting Settlements in Stone: a panel of experts, including FMEP's Lara Friedman, discuss Israel's policies of annexation in the West Bank.