UK, Australia and Canada launch $4 million fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts

LONDON: Britain, Australia and Canada on Thursday launched ​a peace fund to complement broader efforts toward a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with each country ‌contributing £1 million ($1.34 million) ‌to ​the ‌initiative. Below ⁠are ​key details about ⁠the fund as set out by the British government: The fund will focus ⁠on new and existing ‌grassroots projects — ‌particularly those ​that ‌include youth groups, ‌civil society organizations and women. The £3 million fund will seek to ‌scale up and attract additional donors once operational.

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