There are 13.5 million Israelis and Palestinians living in the region, yet the international community is spending less than $3 per person, per year, towards peace in the region. By comparison, to achieve a sustainable peace in Northern Ireland, the international community spent over a billion dollars over two decades. This averaged spending of $44 per person, per year—starting twelve years before a peace deal was reached—is almost ten times the amount invested in similar efforts between Israelis and Palestinians. This investment occurred through a multilateral funding mechanism called the International Fund for Ireland (IFI), created by the U.S. Congress and funded by public and private entities across the world.

Inspired by the IFI, and pioneered by the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), there has long been an urgent need for the creation of an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace (IFP), in order to provide the robust, long-term funding that the peacebuilding field needs to achieve genuine societal change. Following more than two decades of dedicated advocacy—moving from a seed of an idea after the Second Intifada to the major breakthrough of the US Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA) in 2020—this vision has officially become a reality. 

In June 2026, the Fund was formally launched through a pioneering joint initiative by the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, establishing a historic, multilateral mechanism to radically scale grassroots peacebuilding.

This milestone is the culmination of an intensive international campaign. A foundational breakthrough occurred in June 2024 when G7 leaders formally committed to institutionalizing support for civil society within global diplomacy. Building on this momentum, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged Britain’s commitment to the initiative later that year, paving the way for the UK to play a central role alongside its allies. Momentum accelerated through 2025, marked by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas announcing €18 million in dedicated funding to peacebuilders at the It’s Time People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, and a major civil society summit with President Macron in Paris that helped shape a the New York Declaration, endorsed by 142 nations. Following the June 2026 launch – jointly unveiled by UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, and Australian Foreign Minister  Penny Wong at Chevening – ALLMEP immediately helped drive this momentum forward at the Paris Conference hosted by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, where 150 Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilding leaders convened alongside dozens of Foreign Ministers to deliver a concrete “Call for Action” directly to the G7 Summit with a joint plan to break the current frozen, violent and unjust status quo.

With the Fund now officially announced and the foundational partners secured, ALLMEP’s advocacy has shifted into its next critical phase: turning this momentum into a fully scaled, global reality. As the initial framework is being established, our urgent call is for more nations to join. The campaign is actively focused on engaging new sovereign partners from across the United States, Europe, and the Arab world to contribute their own backing, scaling the Fund to match the true magnitude of the challenge.All the while, ALLMEP continues to amplify the voices of Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders, increasing their profile and raising support for their work and our shared agenda among policymakers right around the world.