Preventing Incitement and Promoting Peace: Obstacles and Opportunities for Religious Peacemaking in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Feb 28, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm EST (Stay tuned for webcast information)
CRIHL members met with then Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in 2008 to present a united call against violence of all kinds.
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is pleased to host a distinguished delegation from the Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land (CRIHL): the consultative body that comprises the most senior official Israeli and Palestinian religious leaders. CRIHL was established as the implementing body of the historic declaration signed in Alexandria, Egypt in 2002 in which Israeli and Palestinian religious leaders pledged to work together to end the violence and promote peace. Since the signing of the Alexandria Declaration, USIP has provided strong support to ongoing efforts to implement the document’s goals.
This event will feature the following speakers:
- Rabbi Shlomo Amar
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel - Canon Trond Bakkevig
Convener, CRIHL - Sheikh Yousef Ed’ees
Chief Judge of the Sharia Courts, Palestinian Authority - Dr. Mahmoud Habash
Minister of Religious Affairs, Palestinian Authority - Rabbi Yona Metzger
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel - His Beatitude Fouad Twal
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem - Bishop Dr. Munib Younan
Head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land - Dr. Richard Solomon, Introductory Remarks
President, USIP - Dr. David Smock, Moderator
Senior Vice President of the Religion and Peacemaking Center, USIP
