Mission
The Peres Center for Peace describes its mission as "build an infrastructure of peace and reconciliation by and for the people of the Middle East that promotes socio-economic development while advancing cooperation and mutual understanding... Programs are designed to empower the populations of this region to be actively engaged in peacebuilding in order to advance the creation of a real, effective and durable peace.".
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