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Human Rights Organizations

  • Addameer: A Palestinian human rights organization based in Ramallah that concentrates on the rights of Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank and Gaza.
  • Amnesty International (Israel & Occupied Territories): Amnesty is the London-based international NGO that prepares authoritative studies of human rights world wide.
  • Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee: An Arab-American group that has merged the former National association of Arab Americans with the ADC. They have an active educational and government-liaison program for promoting the rights and welfare of all Arab-Americans as well as peace and justice for Palestinians and the rights of Arabs worldwide.
  • Association for Civil Rights in Israel: ACRI is an active and well established NGO that promotes civil rights for all Israelis, Jewish and Arab, through advocacy, education, and litigation.
  • Bat Shalom: This Israeli women's organization advocates peace and justice between Israelis and Palestinians and women's rights. It conducts political action and education programs sometimes with Palestinian counterparts.
  • B'Tselem: A well-established Israeli human rights organization that focuses on human rights of Palestinians in the occupied territories as well as Israeli-Arabs. It publishes a wide variety of well researched and document studies and engages in other forms of public education and advocacy.
  • Global Rights: This Washington DC- based non-profit human rights organization has been working on the ground around the world, with offices and programs in more than 20 countries.
  • Human Rights Watch: This New York based worldwide human rights organization covers human rights in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict extensively.
  • Palestinian Center for Human Rights: This Gaza-based Palestinian human rights groups concentrates on human rights issues in Gaza.
  • Palestine Human Rights Monitoring Group: This is a Palestinian NGO that monitors violations of Palestinian human rights by both the government of Israel and the Palestinian authority in thorough, precise manner. It also conducts an active program research, publication, and public advocacy. It is the largest and most influential Palestinian human rights organization.
  • The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel: This non profit Israeli advocacy group, which is based in Jerusalem, lobbies against torture and related violations of human rights by Israeli authorities and engages in litigation on behalf of victims of torture.
  • Rabbis for Human Rights: This Israeli organization gives voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights. It was founded in 1988 in response to serious abuses of human rights by the Israeli military in the occupied territories. RHR publicizes causes, helps victims, engages in civil disobedience, and promotes Jewish ecumencial dialogue and education in human rights.

Peace Organizations

  • Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.
  • Ameinu: A member of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, Ameinu works for a progressive Israel and America supporting efforts to end the Middle East conflict through active negotiations with the Palestinians and the Arab States.
  • America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc.: AMIDEAST is a private, nonprofit organization seeking to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa.
  • American Task Force on Palestine: The ATFP is a non profit organization based in Washington that aims to educate the American people about the national security interests of the U.S. in establishing a Palestinian state. The ATFP advocates a Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967, living at peace with Israel. It condemns all violence against civilians, Israeli settlement activity, and support renewed negotiations.
  • Americans for Peace Now: APN is an American Jewish organization affiliated with Peace Now In Israel. It has an active advocacy, congressional relations, and public education program, and advocates a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that combines security for Israel and an end to Israeli settlements. Debra DeLee is President and CEO.
  • Bina Kehilla: Activists, peace-workers, and community-builders sought to take part in a delegation of multi-faith youth to travel to Israel and Palestine in August 2005.
  • Brit Tzedek V'Shalom: The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace is a national organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel´s well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  • Churches for Middle East Peace: CMEP, an interdenominational Christian group, advocates peace and justice for Palestinians via a two state solution, a shared Jerusalem, respect for the rights of Palestinian Christians and protection of Christian holy places. It maintains active contacts with the Congress and a wide e-mail network. Corinne Whitlatch is executive director.
  • Courage to Refuse: This is the website, still under construction, of the IDF Reserve Officers who have refused to serve in the occupied territories for reasons of conscience.
  • The Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: ICIPP was founded in 1975 by prominent Israeli Zionists, including retired general Matti Peled, to promote peace with the Palestinians and a Palestinian state in the West bank and Gaza.
  • Jewish Friends of Palestine: This is a U.S-based directory of Jewish activist organizations throughout the world that support an end to Israeli occupation of the territories acquired in 1967. The site contains an extensive database of organizations and media resources.
  • Jewish Voice for Peace: An organization dedicated to supporting the aspirations for security and self-determination of both the Israelis and the Palestinians, Jewish Voice for Peace represents American Jews seeking an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and settlement activity, and who want to see a US foreign policy based on peace, democracy, human rights, and respect for international law.
  • Middle East Endgame: A Comprehensive Proposal for an Arab-Israeli Peace Settlement: This extensive three part report by the Geneva-based International Crisis Group aragues that peace requires a comprehsive plan to give the parties of vision of the "endgame." It includes blueprints for an Israeli-Palestinian peace and for peace for Israel, Syria, and Lebanon.
  • Palestinian American Research Center: A nonprofit, nonpolitical organization that seeks to promote scholarship and exchange on Palestinian issues. Their aim is to increase the range, quality, and quantity of scholarship about Palestinian affairs, as well as increase access to research opportunities.
  • Palestinian Liberation Organization - Negotiations Support Unit: This site contains speeches, analyses, position papers and commentaries with views of the Palestinian Authority on issues concerning peace betweeen Israel and the Palestinians.
  • Peace Now (Shalom Achshav): Peace Now is the leading Israeli peace group. It was established many years ago to promote a just Israeli-Palestinian peace through all forms of political activism. Its "Settlement Watch" program monitors settlement activity intensively.
  • Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land: Utahns for Peace in the Holy Land is a coalition of peace advocates, civil and human rights advocates, faith based individuals, and others who promote peace with justice in Israel and Palestine.

News Sources & Journals

  • Alternative Information Center: The AIC is a Palestinian-Israeli organization which disseminates information, research and political analysis on Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while promoting cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis based on the values of social justice, solidarity and community involvement.
  • Ha'aretz: Israel's most prestigious daily newspaper, published in Hebrew and English, contains accurate reporting and excellent Op-ed and feature sections.
  • Jerusalem Quarterly File: See Institute for Jerusalem Studies above.
  • Journal of Palestine Studies: JPS is a scholarly quarterly published in Washington with serious analysis by Palestinian, Israeli, and other contributors about Palestinian history and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  • Middle East Information Center: This site had some good articles on currents issues and the history of the Arab Israeli conflict.
  • Middle East Journal: MEJ is a highly regarded scholarly quarterly published in Washington by the Middle East Institute.
  • "The Other Israel": The Other Israel is a quarterly publication that provides coverage of the Israeli peace movement at large. It reports on a variety of activities and contains commentaries on events in Israel and the Middle East.
  • The Palestine-Israel Journal: This is a quarterly published in Jerusalem jointly sponsored and jointly edited by by pro-peace Palestinians and Israelis. Co-Editors are Ziad abu-Zayyad and Victor Cygielman. It contains serious analyses of peace-related issues.
  • The Palestine Monitor: This is an extensive website by a Palestinian NGO, with information on all aspects of the Israeli-conflict. It is based in Ramallah.
  • Tikkun: Tikkun magazine is published in California and addresses a wide spectrum of religious, political and social issues relating to Judaism.
  • Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: WRMEA is published ten times a year by the American Educational Trust, incorporated by retired U.S. Foreign Service Officers. It promotes Middle East solutions "consistent with the charter of the UN...human rights, self determination and fair play."
  • Yahoo Middle East Peace Process: This page on Yahoo's website contains daily news reports on the Arab-Israeli conflict and related issues from American, Israeli, Arab and other media. It contains audio, editorial, and opinion sections, and a list of useful links.

Refugee Organizations

  • American Near East Refugee Aid: ANERA is a long-established and highly regarded Washington based NGO that carries out economic development programs in the West bank, Gaza and Jordan. It has offices in Orient house in east Jerusalem and in Gaza. ANERA's President is Peter Gubser.
  • BADIL: Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugees: This Palestinian advocacy groups promotes refugee rights, in general, and support the "Right of Return."
  • FAFO Refugee Working Group: This group, based at McGill University in Montreal, was created as part of the multilateral talks on refugees launched after the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference.
  • The Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Center - Shaml: This independent Palestinian NGO promotes the interests and rights of Palestinian refugees in the diaspora through advocacy, publications, oral histories and other projects.
  • Palestinian Refugee Research Net: This project, sponsored by a consortium of canadian universities and the canadian government, studies and disseminates information about the Palestinian refugee issue.

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