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The Middle East Quartet: A progress Report

The report assesses progress made on ten of the Quartet’s own objectives, using data gathered by the humanitarian and human rights organisations that work on the ground. The objectives include

Israel to freeze all settlement activity including natural growth and to dismantle outposts

Urgent steps needed to improve access and movement

Respect of cessation of violence between Hamas and Israel

Increased humanitarian and commercial flows through the Gaza crossings and the immediate resumption of stalled UN and other donor projects in Gaza

Continued Palestinian efforts to fight terrorism and to implement a more comprehensive security strategy

The report found that in five of the ten areas - including the most critical - rather than securing progress, there had either been no change or a marked deterioration.

It reveals that, since Annapolis, the Quartet has had partial achievements - in supporting Palestinian security sector reform, securing donor pledges, increasing fuel for Gaza and stimulating private sector activity - but has been unable to deliver change in the most pressing areas. The report warns that the Quartet’s failures could pose a fatal threat to peace.

Read the report here

Also available in Franch and Arabic

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