Palestine/Israel Peace and Justice Resources
Organizations working for justice for Palestine and Israel
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Useful articles on Palestine
Updated July 29, 2006
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Addameer http://www.addameer.org
Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association is a Palestinian
non-governmental, civil institution that focuses on human rights issues. Activities focus
on supporting Palestinian prisoners, advocating the rights of political prisoners, and
working to end torture through monitoring, legal procedures and solidarity campaigns.
Site includes human rights reports on torture, administrative
detention, and political prisoners. Describes Addameer’s legal program, prisoner
visit program, and lobbying program. Documentation of statistics regarding detainees.
Al-Haq http://www.alhaq.org
Al-Haq is a Palestinian human rights organization founded by Palestinian lawyers to defend Palestinian human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Located in Ramallah, Al-Haq's program includes the monitoring, and documentation of human rights violations; research pertaining to the rule of law in occupied territories; and the publication of studies on various aspects of the legal and human rights situation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Contains press releases, updates on the Intifada, reports on human rights violations, and a database of relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions. English, French, and Arabic.
Al Mubadara (Palestinian National Initiative) http://www.almubadara.org/eng/index.html
The main objective of the Initiative is the realization of Palestinian national rights and of a durable, just peace. Both of these objectives can be best achieved at this juncture through the establishment of a national emergency leadership, the immediate implementation of democratic elections at all levels of the political system, and reform of political, administrative, and other institutional structures in order to meet the needs of the Palestinian people.
Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem http://www.arij.org/
Founded in 1990, this non-profit organization is dedicated to promoting sustainable development in the occupied Palestinian territories and the self-reliance of the Palestinian people through greater control over their natural resources. Site includes useful maps.
Badil http://www.badil.org
Background information on the issue of Palestinian refugees and durable solutions (including the right of return, restitution and compensation). Overview of international refugee protection and the status of Palestinian refugees under international refugee law. Overview of international assistance to Palestinian refugees. Analysis of the right of return, restitution, and compensation under various bodies of international law. Badil publications on Palestinian refugees. English and Arabic.
Birzeit University Web
Guide http://www.birzeit.edu/links/
Birzeit University, located near Ramallah, was the first institution of higher education to be established in Palestine. The guide to Palestine web sites offers direct access to categorized reviews of web sites published by individuals and organizations located in Palestine.
Defence for Children International http://www.dci-pal.org/
Defence for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI/PS), established in 1992, is a branch of the Geneva-based organization of the same name. It is a non-governmental organization established in 1979, with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, UNICEF, UNESCO, and the Council of Europe. DCI/PS is dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza.
Gaza Community Mental Health Program http://www.gcmhp.net/
The
Gaza Community Mental Health Program, directed by Eyad El Sarraj, is a non-profit
Palestinian non-governmental organization that provides mental health support to the
community. The program works to help victims, their families, and their communities cope
with the aftermath of torture and systematic violence.
Provides abstracts of research on psycho-social problems; descriptions of training courses; description of a women’s empowerment project; and press releases.
Ibdaa Community Development Project http://www.dheisheh-ibdaa.net/ (registration required)
The Ibdaa Community Development Project is located in the Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem, West Bank. Dheisheh refugee camp was established between 1949-1950 as a result of the 1948 War.
Contains a history of the camp, a description of the Ibdaa children’s cultural center and development project, news from Dheisheh, oral histories of camp residents, and a list of 30 villages from which residents were expelled. This list gives information about the location and pre-1948 population of each village. The site also provides descriptions of cultural institutions of Dheisheh camp: a sports club, cultural center, and folklore ensemble.
International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org
Very up-to-date news briefs, commentary, editorials, op-eds, and interviews, by Ghassan Andoni and associated journalists, discussion of political developments, photos -- all directly from the Occupied Territories.
International Solidarity Movement to End the Occupation (ISM) www.palsolidarity.org
The International Solidarity Movement is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and International activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation. We utilize nonviolent, direct-action methods of resistance to confront and challenge illegal Israeli occupation forces and policies.
Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights http://www.jcser.org/english/
A Palestinian
non-governmental human rights organization based in Jerusalem, established in
1997 by lawyers and members of the Palestinian community of Jerusalem. JCSER
provides legal assistance and representation to Palestinian residents of East
Jerusalem subjected to discriminatory policies by the Israeli authorities.
Fact sheets and press releases on rights issues and home demolition.
Reports on legal services, advocacy work, and research.
LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment http://www.law-society.org
Based in Jerusalem, LAW is dedicated to preserving human rights through legal advocacy. It seeks to protect human rights through an intensive program of documenting abuses and through providing legal and financial help to people in need. LAW issues various kinds of reports, studies and other publications.
Contains news reports, press
releases, updates on the Intifada, and human rights reports.
Palestine Chronicle http://www.palestinechronicle.com
Palestine
Chronicle has large numbers of frequently updated news briefs, each with a
link to a longer story.
Palestine Hydrology Group http://www.phg.org
PHG is striving, in cooperation with the local communities, to protect and develop water and environmental resources and to ensure just and equal provision of water and sanitation services to the rural and marginal communities in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestine Report Online http://www.jmcc.org/media/reportonline/
Palestine Report Online is a project of the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center in
Jerusalem. It is a continuation of the print Palestine Report, which was established in the early 1990s as a means of informing English-speakers about Palestinians and their daily
Includes issues of Palestine
Report, an occupation update, and articles on refugees, Jerusalem, Gaza, U.S.
diplomacy, and other subjects.
Palestine-net http://www.palestine-net.com
Palestinian Centre For Human Rights http://www.pchrgaza.org/
The Centre is an independent Palestinian human rights organization based in Gaza City. It was established in 1995 by a group of Palestinian lawyers and human rights activists to protect human rights and promote the rule of law, as well as to create and develop democratic institutions and an active civil society.
Provides
a weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Territories,
news updates, internship opportunities, and in-depth studies and reports on human rights
issues. English and Arabic.
Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement between People http://www.rapprochement.org/
Among other
things, organizes the International Solidarity Movement activities.
Palestinian Counseling Center http://www.pcc-jer.org/
The Palestinian Counseling Center was established in 1983 by a group of psychologists, educators, and community activists to provide professional and quality mental health care to the Palestinian society in the West Bank.
Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON) http://www.pengon.org/
A non-profit, non-governmental organization whose role is to serve the Palestinian environment by acting as a coordinating body for the Palestinian environmental organizations located in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip). Formed of 21 member organizations whose mandates cover a wide and interconnected range of environmental issues.
Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) http://www.palestinemonitor.org/
The Palestinian NGO Network
(PNGO) is an association of Palestinian NGOs that work in various human, social and
development fields. The PNGO set up this web site, a gateway to civil society, as
part of the newly created information clearinghouse of the same name.
Contains fact sheets, maps,
news updates, eyewitness reports on the occupation, and a list of links to international
law sources.
Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
(PHRMG) www.phrmg.org
The PHRMG
documents human rights violations committed against Palestinians in the West
Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, regardless of who is responsible. The
PHRMG has dedicated much of its work to the monitoring of human rights
violations committed by the Palestinian Authority. Provides reports on
assassinations and settler violence. Includes, articles. press releases, and
archives of the “Palestinian Human Rights Monitor.” Also provides a
database of fatalities. Arabic and English.
Palestinian Red Crescent Society http://www.palestinercs.org/
Enter specific dates (i.e. March 16, 2003 -- March 16 2004) and get the exact number of deaths for that time period. Includes details, if desired, about how many killed by live bullets, how many killed by rubber bullets, and much more.
Stop the Wall http://www.stopthewall.org/
Regularly
updated site with maps and news postings on the latest developments with the
Wall.
Fact sheets, activist resources, maps, and photos.
Tamer Institute for Community Education http://www.tamerinst.org/
The Tamer Institute for Community Education is an NGO concerned with urgent problems in education under the occupation. Goals of the Institute include encouraging expression and improving the skills and abilities of the young in community work.
Contains descriptions of various projects: a reading campaign, an oral history project, summer camp, a resource center coordinated with 60 OT libraries, and the organization’s publishing unit.
Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees http://www.upmrc.org/
The Union of Palestinian
Medical Relief Committees, founded in 1979, is a grassroots Palestinian health
organization of Palestinian doctors and health professionals seeking to supplement the
decayed and inadequate health infrastructure caused by years of Israeli military
occupation. Its national health programs emphasize prevention, education, community
participation, and the empowerment of the individual.
Site documents Israeli army and settler attacks on Palestinian civilians, issues press releases and emergency appeals. It offers published material and other resources on Health in Palestine, back issues of newsletters, and profiles the following programs: Community Health Centers in towns and villages throughout the West Bank and Gaza; Programs for Comprehensive Health; Health Education; and The School of Community Health.
Women's Affairs Technical
Committee - WATC
The WATC is a coalition of women’s organizations that lobbies on behalf of women's rights, opposes discrimination against women. It promotes international and local cooperation in women's issues.
Includes a petition, press releases, updates, archives of articles
by women, description of advocacy program for women’s rights, description of media
program.
Also: archives of "Sout Al Nisa'" (The Voice of Women) www.pal-watc.org/voice_00.html
Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling http://www.wclac.org/
The Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling is a Jerusalem-based Palestinian NGO working to promote the legal and social status of Palestinian women. The Center provides a legal and social network of protection for women. It is a resource center for women and a leader of collective action on the governmental and non-governmental level, locally, regionally and internationally.
Provides reports on the state of Palestinian women; report on the situation of Palestinian. women’s rights during second Intifada; report on honor killings of women in Palestine (upcoming); and a report on women’s health in the Occupied Territories.
Alternative Information Center http://www.alternativenews.org/
Based in Jerusalem, the Alternative Information Center is a Palestinian-Israeli organization which disseminates information, research and political analysis. The AIC is a leader in anti-occupation activism.
Includes reports on settler violence, articles from back issues of the AIC’s monthly publication “News from Within,” and information about internship possibilities.
Bat Shalom http://www.batshalom.org/
Bat Shalom is a feminist peace organization of Israeli women. It advocates a Jerusalem shared by Palestinians and Israelis, and opposes demolitions of Palestinian houses and revocation of Palestinians’ residency rights in Jerusalem. Bat Shalom calls for the recognition of a Palestinian state side-by-side with Israel, and with Jerusalem as the capital of both states. Bat Shalom, together with The Jerusalem Center for Women, a Palestinian women's peace organization, comprise The Jerusalem Link.
Describes ongoing
activities, upcoming events, introduces The Jerusalem Link: the coordinating body
of two independent women's centers: Bat Shalom - The Jerusalem Women's Action Center,
located in West Jerusalem, and Marcaz al-Quds la l-Nissah - the Jerusalem Center for
Women, located in East Jerusalem.
B'tselem
http://www.btselem.org/
For regular updates on human rights violations under the occupation,
see
http://www.btselem.org/English/Email_Update/Index.html
B'tselem - The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories documents and educates the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories. As an Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories.
Includes press releases, statistics, studies of Israeli human rights violations in Palestine, information sheets, and case studies. English, Arabic, and Hebrew.
Courage to Refuse http://seruv.org.il/english/default.asp
Founded
following the publication of The Combatants Letter in 2002, by a group of 50
combat officers and soldiers. The initiators of the letter, Captain David
Zonshein and Lieutenant Yaniv Itzkovits, officers in an elite unit, have
served for four years in compulsory service, and another eight years as
reserve soldiers, including long periods of active combat both in Lebanon and
in the occupied territories.
"A
Combatant's letter," Refusenik news, press coverage.
Gush Shalom http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en
Gush Shalom
(Israeli Peace Bloc) is an Israeli grassroots movement composed of Jews and Arabs, whose
aim is to influence public opinion. It calls for: Israeli willingness to withdraw from all
territories occupied since 1967; recognition of the PLO as the representative of the
Palestinian people; and recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to establish a
state of its own, with East Jerusalem as its capital, alongside the state of Israel.
Includes a detailed criticism of Barak’s offer to withdraw from parts of the Occupied Territories; archives of articles including many written by Uri Avnery, writer and founder of the organization; and a chronicle of direct actions against the occupation. English, Hebrew, Arabic.
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions www.icahd.org
ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories.
New Profile http://www.newprofile.org/
New Profile, a “Movement for the
Civilization of Israeli Society,” addresses issues of militarism in Israel and gives
support to conscientious objectors. The organization criticizes conscription, advocates
for demilitarization, and provides a support system to those who resist induction
into the army.
Provides updates on anti-militarist activities, profiles Israeli conscientious objectors, and includes a discussion of alternatives to military service in Israel.
Peace Now http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/homepage.asp?pi=25
Peace Now is an Israeli peace group that has held many demonstrations against the occupation of Palestine.
Rabbis for Human Rights http://rhr.israel.net/
The rabbinic
voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human
rights. We promote justice and freedom, while campaigning against
discrimination and inhumane conduct.
Updates and statements on human rights issues in Israel and the Occupied
Territories.
Photos, press coverage.
Refuser Solidarity Network http://refusersolidarity.org/
Formed in
April of 2002 to provide support for the growing Refuser Movement in Israel.
The initial impetus for the establishment of the RSN was the publication in
January 2002 of the
Combatant's Letter
by a group of 52 reserve officers, which later became Ometz Le'sarev or
Courage to Refuse. RSN's objective is to support all Israelis who refuse to
serve Occupation.
News of refusenik activities. Events, photos, resources.
The Other Israel
The Other Israel, an English-language newsletter published by the Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, is an invaluable source of information on the Israeli peace movement. The Other Israel, published bimonthly reports on a great variety of peace activities and contains commentaries on events in Israel and the Middle East from a perspective in which the interests of Israelis and Palestinians are ultimately reconcilable.
Contains back issues of the newsletter and a collection of articles against occupation.
Yesh Gvul http://www.yeshgvul.org.il/index_e.asp
Yesh Gvul ("There is a limit!") is an Israeli peace group that supports soldiers who refuse assignments of a repressive or aggressive nature. Yesh Gvul was founded in response to the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, as growing numbers of soldiers realized that they wanted no part in the campaign
Includes a history of Yesh Gvul, description of its activities, statements from “refuseniks,” and information on a support network for reservists who refuse assignments.
Zochrot http://www.nakbainhebrew.org/index.php?id=114
Zochrot (Remembering) puts up signs of history: "Square where Majdal Arabs were collected and deported to Gaza." They appear by the dozens around Israel. Posting signs at destroyed Palestinian villages is part of a larger effort to bring civil and national equality to the country. Physically marking these villages and holding public discussions on the Palestinian Nakbah may encourage a more ethical discourse and reveal both the victims and the initiators of the hardships. The act of making the destroyed villages visible is intended to set in motion a process of catharsis within the Jewish public, as well as serve as an expression of humanity.
ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS
Coalition of Women for Peace http://coalitionofwomen.org/home/english
We Jewish and Palestinian women, citizens of Israel, representatives of various women’s organizations, and individuals, have agreed to coordinate and organize joint activities in order to work together for a just peace.
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) http://www.ipcri.org
Founded in Jerusalem in 1988, IPCRI is a joint Palestinian-Israeli public policy think-tank devoted to developing practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. IPCRI deals with the cardinal issues in the Israeli-Arab conflict - issues where the two sides find themselves at loggerheads, and where cooperation is necessary.
Ta'ayush Arab-Jewish Partnership http://www.taayush.org/
"Ta'ayush" (Arabic for "life in common"), a grassroots movement of Arabs and Jews working to break down the walls of racism and segregation by constructing a true Arab-Jewish partnership. Past and present activities, upcoming events, news updates.
Amnesty International: Israel and Occupied Territories section http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/countries/israel/occupied+territories
Amnesty
International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human
rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international
standards.
Provides investigative human rights reports and reports from delegation to Israel and Palestine.
The Electronic Intifada http://electronicIntifada.net/
The Electronic Intifada project is a focused network of pro-Palestinian activists with a history of Internet and media activism. The project focuses on the struggle in the media for representation of the Palestinian point of view.
Includes a daily press digest on events in Palestine and Israel from ABC, Jerusalem Post, Los Angeles Times, and other media. Also: action alerts, Intifada fact sheets (updated daily), analysis of media coverage on Palestine issues, a book list, and a very extensive link list.
Grassroots International Protection for the Palestinian People, GIPP http://www.pngo.net/GIPP/index.htm
A grassroots initiative providing international protection for the Palestinian people. This initiative will take the form of a joint Palestinian and worldwide campaign which will unite NGOs, churches and church-related institutions, aid agencies, solidarity groups, human rights activists and concerned individuals, in their efforts to protect the Palestinian people.
Human Rights Watch Israel section
Human
Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
Includes reports on human rights violations in Palestine, news updates, policy recommendations, and human rights reference material.
International Women's Peace Service http://www.womenspeacepalestine.org/
IWPS Palestine is an international team of 16 women based in Hares, a village in the Salfit Governorate of Palestine's West Bank. IWPS documents human rights abuses, works with the media, and non-violently intervenes in abuses. IWPS engages in acts of non-violent civil resistance to oppose human rights abuses and the confiscation and destruction of land and property of Palestinian civilians. This includes helping remove roadblocks, accompanying Palestinians whilst they farm, accompanying ambulances, taking food and water to those besieged. IWPS supports Palestinian and Israeli peace movements in their civil resistance to end the illegal military Occupation.
United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL) http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf
Provides full-text U.N. documents relevant to Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1946. Also includes links to all aspects of UN concern with Palestine.
Advocacy Project http://www.advocacynet.org/news_view/news_vol_16.html
Series on Palestine: Civil Society Under Occupation (Summer 2001)
AFSC Middle East Program in Chicago www.afsc.org
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Click on “Where we work” to see programs on Israel, Palestine, and U.S. work on both areas.
Al Aqsa Intifada http://www.alaqsaintifada.org/
"Your Complete Intifada Resource." Press Releases, recent articles regarding the Intifada, News, Links, a Palestine on-line store, and action opportunities via Palestine Media Watch.
Al-Awda http://www.al-awda.org
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, is a global association of grassroots activists who advocate the right of Palestinians to return to their homeland and to full restitution of all their confiscated and destroyed property.
Includes urgent alerts, event announcements, book list, and fact sheet.
Ali Abunimah's Bitter Pill http://www.abunimah.org/
“Uncovering media myths about the Middle East.” Archives of letters and articles written by Chicago-based pro-Palestinian writer, media critic, and activist Ali Abunimah.
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
(ADC)
Founded in 1980, the ADC is an Arab-American civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent. It offers counseling in cases of discrimination and defamation and selected impact litigation in the areas of immigration.
Contains action alerts, press releases, fact sheets, and documentation of anti-Arab discrimination cases in the United States.
Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) http://www.cpt.org/hebron/hebron.php
Christian Peacemaker Teams
(CPT) is a religious-based pacifist organization that has worked
in Haiti, the Middle East, Bosnia, Chechnya, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and the USA. Since
1995 CPT has supported a team of violence reduction workers in Hebron, West Bank. CPT is committed to reducing violence by
"Getting in the Way" – challenging systems of domination and exploitation.
Provides a description of the project in Hebron, urgent action bulletins, information about delegations to Palestine, case studies, and an excellent Middle East bibliography.
Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
http://www.ccmep.org/index.html
Handy daily listing
of important articles from independent sources.
Foreign
Policy in Focus http://www.fpif.org/indices/regions/mideast.html
A collaborative
project of the Interhemispheric
Resource Center (IRC) and the Institute
for Policy Studies (IPS).
Foundation for Middle-East Peace http://www.fmep.org
A nonprofit
organization dedicated to informing Americans about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and assisting in a peaceful solution that brings security for both
peoples.
See its large, detailed
map
of Jewish settlements in Occupied Territories as of January 2002.
Global Exchange Palestine section http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/palestine/
Global
Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political,
and social justice around the world.
Provides updates on events in and around Palestine, background on the Israel-Palestine conflict, tips on ways to get involved, and information about a solidarity trip to Palestine.
Grassroots International www.grassrootsonline.org
Grassroots International is an independent, non-profit agency working for social change. Provides financial and material support for community-led development in Brazil, East Timor, Eritrea, Haiti, Mexico, and Palestine. In the U.S., does educational and advocacy work on issues of concern to our partners.
Contains fact sheets on Palestine, information about development projects, reports from the Intifada, and action alerts.
Jewish Unity for a Just Peace http://www.junity.org/
Jewish Unity for a Just Peace is an international gathering of grassroots Jewish activists who support a just, viable and lasting peace based on the principles of international law, requiring a complete end to Israel's Occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
Provides a list of local participating organizations around the U.S.; proposals from its first international conference (May 2001), anti-occupation educational materials; and a database of articles by Jews who oppose the occupation of Palestinian territories.
Jewish Voice for Peace
A Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a San Francisco Bay Area grassroots organization dedicated to the human, civil and economic rights of Jews, Palestinians, and all peoples in the Middle East. JVP criticizes U.S. policy in the Middle East and calls for removal of Israeli settlements and other occupation installations in the Palestinian territories, and for the right to self-representation for Palestinian Arabs.
Describes JVP projects and provides action alerts, an events calendar, a petition, and a link list of Jewish peace groups.
Jews Against the Occupation http://www.jatonyc.org/
An organization of progressive, secular and religious Jews of all ages
throughout the New York City area advocating peace through justice for
Palestine and Israel.
Bibliography, news articles on JATO, Photos of Jewish anti-Occupation
activities, maps, fact sheets, timelines, key documents.
Jews for Justice in the Middle East http://www.cactus48.com/
See the article "The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict," http://www.cactus48.com/truth.html
Media Monitors Network http://usa.mediamonitors.net/
Updated collection of articles concerning Israel, Palestine, and the U.S. relationship with the region.
Middle East Children’s Alliance http://www.mecaforpeace.org/
The U.S.-based Middle East Children's Alliance works for peace and justice in the Middle East; focusing on Palestine, Israel, Lebanon and Iraq, especially focusing on the rights of children.
Contains photographs of Ibdaa refugee center in Dheishe camp, information about internships with Volunteers in Peace for Palestine, information about delegations to Israel/Palestine, letters from volunteers in Palestine, and reports from delegations.
Middle East Policy Council http://www.mepc.org/main/main.asp
The MEPC,
since its formation in 1981, has provided political analysis of issues
involving the greater Middle East. Through its programs, publications and Web
site, the Council strives to ensure that a full range of U.S. interests and
views are considered by policy makers.
Much useful, up to date material, including conflict statistics with both
Israeli and Palestinian deaths on a daily basis.
Middle East Report http://www.merip.org/
The quarterly publication “Middle East Report” (MER), published by the Middle East Research and Information Project (Merip), provides information and analysis on the Middle East. One of the most important scholarly publications on general Middle East issues.
Contains back issues of MER, news updates, and a primer on the Palestinian uprising.
Not In My Name http://www.nimn.org/
A U.S.-based Jewish organization formed to provide an alternative voice for Jews who criticize the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. The organization is forming a national network.
Provides news on events in Palestine and Israel; maps and facts about Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories; information on U.S. aid to Israel; historical background; a calendar of anti-occupation events; and links to relevant sites.
Palestine Remembered http://www.palestineremembered.com/
Dedicated to educating the world of the 420 towns destroyed by Israelis in 1948, and to emphasize that the CORE issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are the DISPOSSESSION and ETHNIC CLEANSING (compulsory population transfer for political gains) of the Palestinian people for the past five decades.
Palestine Right to Return Coalition http://al-awda.org
Al-Awda, The Palestine
Right to Return Coalition, is an association of grassroots activists and organizational
representatives. Its objective is to educate the international community to fulfill its
legal and moral obligations vis-à-vis the Palestinian people. Al-Awda develops,
coordinates, supports and guides, as needed, global and local grassroots initiatives for
action related to Palestinian rights.
Contains action alerts, petitions, updates, Palestine crisis chronology, and articles.
Palestinian Justice Campaign http://www.palestinianjustice.com
The Campaign is committed to ensuring that full information about the nature and extent of Israeli crimes against Palestinians is available to all persons in all places. The group is initiating a wide range of special litigation and advocacy projects designed to reverse in the courtrooms, the classrooms, and the communities of the world decades of Palestinian injustice and inequality at the hands of Israel.
Seattle Palestine Solidarity Committee http://www.palestineinformation.org/
Provides educational outreach programs focusing on human rights issues in Palestine and Israel, and on the key role of the United States in supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land; listings for Seattle events related to Palestinian human rights; a starter packet of information about history and contemporary situations in the region; and links to other more in-depth websites.
Stop Caterpillar Coalition http://www.stopcat.org
The Caterpillar bulldozers that destroy Palestinian homes are partially financed by U.S. tax dollars. As U.S. taxpayers, we need to take personal responsibility for ensuring that our money is not used to support brutality, oppression and military occupation. We do not support the executives of Caterpillar in their decision to sell D9, D10 and D11 bulldozers to the Israeli military with the full knowledge that they are used as a weapon in illegal home demolitions. We demand that Caterpillar cease all sales to the Israeli military and government!
Stop the Wall U.S. http://www.stopthewall.us/
U.S. anti-Wall organization. Background information, photos, maps, news, and eye-witness reports.
Stop US Military Aid to Israel http://www.stop-us-military-aid-to-israel.net/
Provides a petition to sign and details on the following:
Israel Is Illegally Occupying Palestine
Israel Systematically Violates the Human Rights of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories
Israel is an Apartheid State
US Military Aid to Israel Violates US Law
US Military Aid to Israel threatens US Security and Global Stability
U. S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation http://www.endtheoccupation.org
The Campaign informs, educates, and mobilizes the public regarding the U.S. Government's current as well as potential role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Campaign provides groups working against settlements, land confiscation, house demolitions, and other violations of international law, with a common platform to challenge U.S. policies supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Washington
Report on Middle-East Affairs http://www.wrmea.com/
See also index
of back issues.
More links: Coalition of Women for Peace