Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
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IPCRI
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IPCRI is a joint institution of Israelis and Palestinian dedicated to the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the basis of the “two-states for two peoples” solution.

The Israel/ Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) was founded in Jerusalem in 1988 and in 2013 was renamed Israel-Palestine: Creative Regional Initiatives, as our focus has shifted in recent years to more on-the-ground, peace building work and public outreach.

IPCRI is currently is the only joint Israeli-Palestinian think-tank in the world. We are devoted to developing practical solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the basis of "two states for two peoples." IPCRI recognizes the rights of the Jewish people and the Palestinian people to fulfill their national interests of self-determination within their own states and we promote these two states to establish peaceful relations.

 
History
IPCRI was launched in 1988 to promote dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian civil society. In December 1987, after 20 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the Palestinian territories erupted in a mass popular revolt (the first Intifada) for freedom and for internal social and political reforms. The Intifada emerged from the most dispossessed part of Palestinian society, the refugee camps. It was in this political and social climate that the idea behind IPCRI was constructed to build bridges of communication and cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian civil society.

In March 1988, in the fourth month of the Intifada, Gershon Baskin, founder and co-director of IPCRI, published advertisements in 3 Palestinian newspapers. The ads read:

"If you believe in the possibility of Palestinian-Israeli peace on the basis of a two state solution, if you believe that Palestinians and Israelis can work together on programs of active conflict resolution, if you're a person with initiative, a university graduate, and you're curious, call me"

The Intifada prompted a reassessment of the status quo and demonstrated the need to address the fundamental issue of how to bring about a peace process that would satisfy both the Palestinians legitimate right of self determination and Israel's legitimate security concerns. The advert prompted over 50 phone calls and numerous meetings between Israelis and Palestinians, producing the ideas, principles and networks which would lead to the formation of IPCRI.

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