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ECF’s core belief is that the fulfillment of the two-state solution is critical for Israel to remain a democratic and Jewish state.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In pursuit of this mission, ECF designs and promotes policies to: (1) enhance regional contribution to the resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, (2) advance constructive steps enhancing stability and progress towards a two-state reality, and (3) harness international engagement in support of the two-state solution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div><b>Approach and current focus</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since its founding and subsequent launching of the Oslo peace process in 1991, ECF has operated with discretion and professionalism and cultivated effective channels of communication with all Israeli governments – left, right, and center – as well as with relevant Palestinian, regional, and international actors. ECF's discretion has provided all parties with a secure environment to engage in dialogues on issues of mutual concern away from the media and the public eye; some are bilateral (Israel-Palestine, Israel-Jordan, Israel-Egypt), some trilateral (Israel-Palestine-Jordan), and others multilateral-regional (Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With 30 years of involvement in all peace efforts, ECF is renowned for the depth of expertise of its staff and advisors – which include former government and security officials – as well as the quality of its networks and the viability of its ideas. ECF’s practical approach has made it the go-to address for decisionmakers’ inquiries when they need creative, feasible, and implementable solutions to matters relating to the conflict.</div> </main> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="footer-top "> </div> <div class="footer-bottom"> <ul> <li>© ECF 2015-Present </li> <li><a href="/tos/">Terms of Service</a></li> <li><a href="/contact-us/">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="/get-involved/">Get Involved</a></li> </ul> </div> </footer> <script src="/assets/lib/jquery/d90567c4cdad431137dfb61d79a583ed-jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/lib/tether/js/ecdfd3dc464ceda5f483bb5c96a6e3d2-tether.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@popperjs/core@2.9.2/dist/umd/popper.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/lib/bootstrap/js/2abd6b85cc1199365cb08e558d359c40-bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="/jsRoutes"></script> <script src="/assets/js/cff63b73000659f369f5f17093b23d99-Utils.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/87e59f368c5f2af4850b319a60c5becb-BackgroundImageRotator.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready( function(){ BackgroundImageRotator.start(); } ); </script> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-75085410-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </body> </html>