AID grant no. NEB-0168-G-SS-1059-00 to the City University of New York (CUNY) to support a joint Arab-Israeli study of perceptions of the Middle East conflict

CUNY will (1) coordinate a team of Israeli, Palestinian, and Egyptian social scientists who are jointly carrying out applied research based on conflict resolution theory, using data provided by some 500 Egyptian, Israeli, and Palestinian community leaders; (2) conduct six seminars at which Israeli and Arab social scientists will examine the data and explore opportunities for its use in furthering the Middle East peace process; and (3) carry out an information campaign to familiarize the public on both sides of the conflict with the results and analyses of the data. Evaluation of the project will focus on identifying new forms of official or unofficial Arab-Arab or Arab-Israeli interaction resulting from the research.