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Institute for Middle East Understanding
FormationTax-exempt since November 2005; 20 years ago (2005-11)
Type501(c)(3)
202389388
HeadquartersTustin
Revenue3,074,585 USD (2023)
Expenses2,475,493 USD (2023)
Websiteimeu.org

The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) is an American pro-Palestinian advocacy group.[1][2][3]

The organization states that it "works to increase and enhance the public’s understanding about Palestine, Palestinians, and Palestinian Americans through media."[4]

Founded in 2005, it received a grant from the Washington-based Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development in 2006 for Education and Community Development, which was used to undertake the first compilation of profiles of Palestinian-Americans in the fields of the arts, literature, academia, business and community service, which were then disseminated to news media and on the Internet.[5] As an example, the IMEU sent a letter to news outlets in November 2007 that provided the names and profiles of Palestinian-Americans who could be contacted to discuss the upcoming Annapolis Conference. The names included Samar Assad, Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund,[6] Diana Buttu, a Ramallah-based attorney and former advisor to Palestinian negotiators, Omar Dajani, a San Francisco-based law professor and former legal advisor to United Nations Special Envoy Terje Rød-Larsen, and Nadia Hijab, a Senior Fellow at the Washington-based Institute for Palestine Studies.[7]

One of the organization's co-founders is Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, who is also a member of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Seattle chapter. As Secretary and Treasurer of the IMEU, she and the organization were featured in the Non-Profit Spotlight of the e-magazine The Mideast Connect.[8] Its Board of Directors consists of chairman Khaldoun Baghdadi, treasurer Zahira Dahdul, secretary Nadia Tommalieh, Jeanmarie Condon and Isam Salah.[4]

Since 2006, the IMEU has also published Letters from Palestine,[9] a collection of first-hand testimonies from Palestinians about their daily lives.[10]

References

  1. ^ Richter, Paul (28 April 2014). "Kerry draws fire for reported comment about 'apartheid' and Israel". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Propkpo, Andrew (2026-04-20). "Israel's critics are winning the battle for the Democratic Party". Vox Media. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  3. ^ "Democrats clash over influence of pro-Israel lobby". Le Monde. 2026-04-09. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  4. ^ a b "About". Institute for Middle East Understanding. 2005–2025. Archived from the original on September 20, 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Past Humanitarian Grant Recipients: 2006 Grantees". The Jerusalem Fund. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  6. ^ "Samar Assad". C-SPAN. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  7. ^ "Unmasking Israel's Intentions at Annapolis". Booman Tribune. 13 November 2007. Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  8. ^ Zakarian, Ani; Shahid, Kaiser (2006-07-10). "The Non-Profit Spotlight". The Cultural Connect. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  9. ^ "Letters from Palestine". Encompass. 2021-10-08. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  10. ^ Pike, Deborah (2006). "Sharon's Wall and the Dialectics of Inside/Outside". Borderlands. 5 (3).
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