Britain will host the first summit of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestine Peace, bringing together aid groups and charities from both sides of the conflict.
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will host the meeting in March next year at Lancaster House in London.
The event is intended to help build peace between the two sides in the Gaza conflict. More than 73,600 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave since the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 Israelis died.
“The goal of the meeting is to try to forge a stronger peace deal in the Middle East,” Ms Cooper said. She added that the fund would be “at the heart of the plans” for reconciliation.
It is also hoped that the conference will be a first step towards building trust to begin discussions towards a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict, something the UK government has consistently advocated.
“This conference will be a crucial step in that journey, bringing together representatives of Palestinian an
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