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

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A Palestinians girl sits at the site of an Israeli strike on a house whose residents were warned to evacuate before the attack, near a tent camp sheltering displaced people that was damaged in the strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 7, 2026. (Reuters)
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A view shows houses and buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters/File)
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Updated 11 June 2026
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UK, Australia and Canada launch $4 million fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts

  • The fund will focus ⁠on new and existing ‌grassroots projects — ‌particularly those ​that ‌include youth groups, ‌civil society organizations and women

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.
Fund ⁠announced ahead of meeting in Britain between UK foreign minister Yvette Cooper and her Australian and Canadian counterparts, Penny Wong and Anita Anand.