Palestine Center
American nonprofit organization
The Palestine Center (previously called the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine until 2002) is an independent educational program based in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C. Their focus is on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and other Middle Eastern issues.
Founding
The Palestine Center was set up in 1991 as an educational component of The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development. The Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit grant-making organization operating in the United States. Its founders include the late professors Hisham Sharabi of Georgetown University and Samih Farsoun of American University. Sharabi was a founder of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University. The founding director of the Center was Muhammad Hallaj who held the post until 1994. The current executive director is Zeina Azzam.
Purpose
The center analyzes relations between the United States and the Middle East with a focus on the Palestinian issue. The center studies specific U.S. policies, publishes reports, briefing, and analysis, and serves as a venue for Palestinian and Arab scholars.
The center also houses the Hisham Sharabi Memorial Library, one of the largest Palestine-centered collections in the United States.
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