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WHAT'S THE ARC?

A plan to help a Palestinian state succeed: Palestine and Israel living in peace, prosperity, and security.

Friends of the Arc is a growing community of people who care about Israeli-Palestinian peace. Some of us because we care about Israel, Palestine, or both; others because we feel America devotes too much of its limited global political capital to Israel and Palestine; yet others who want to extinguish a smoldering conflict that we believe increasingly fuels political turmoil in corners of the planet far from the Middle East. Many of us care about all of these things. Most important, we want to try something new to break the political deadlock, so another generation of children need not grow up in the shadow of war, death, and lost opportunity.

That something new is the Arc. Developed by the RAND Corporation, in collaboration with Suisman Urban Design, the Arc is a visionary plan for creating  a viable, prosperous Palestinian state that can live peacefully alongside Israel and thrive. The Arc provides for a Palestinian national transportation and infrastructure corridor, along with key links between hub stations and the historic centers of the principal cities of Palestine.

The Arc creates an economic and social development corridor, but it does much more than that.  It inspires people to believe that a viable, positive future for Palestine is attainable.  Thus the Arc can engender an upward spiral of hope and confidence, giving political leaders the space to make the difficult compromises that none currently has the capacity to make.

Our goal is to spread the word about the Arc. Friends of the Arc will be posting news about the Arc's progress, as well as things that you can do to help make this vision a reality.