Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Peace and Justice Groups
The agencies below include Israeli and Palestinian organizations, and groups inside Israel working on co-existence and peacemaking. If you are traveling in the area, they are often able to furnish speakers for your group. Ask what they charge before making a definite commitment. A more comprehensive list is available through the Alternative Information Center (see below). These are also organizations from which to get good on-the-spot information by Email or Website. The information on each group varies but the website will get you more.
A + before a number is a reminder to use your country’s international access code.
The Abraham Fund (coexistence focus in Israel)
Website: www.abrahamfund.org
Alternative Information Center (AIC) (Joint Israeli/Palestinian organization coordinating human rights projects. Provides information especially to Israeli public. Publishes “News From Within”)
POB 31417
Jerusalem 91313
Bldg. 111, Main St. Near Beit Sahour municipality, Beit Sahour,
West Bank
Tel.: +972-2-277-5444; Fax: +972-2-277-5445
Jerusalem office:
4 Queen Shlomzion
Tel.: +972-2-624-1159; Fax: +972-3-725-6006;
Email: aic@alt-info.org;
Website: www.newsfromwithin.org
Amnesty International (Worldwide organization to protect human rights, especially among prisoners of conscience and political prisoners)
Palestinian Group
Sourani Bldg.
POB 543
Gaza
Tel.:+972-8-282-4311; Fax: +972-8-284-1605
POB 3887, El Bireh
Ramallah, West Bank
Tel and Fax: +972-2-298-4366
Israeli section
98 Allenby St.,
POB 14179
Tel Aviv 61141
Tel.: +972-3-560-3357/5021; Fax: +972-3-560-3391
Email: amnesty@palnet.com; amnesty@netvision.net.il
Applied Research Institute Jerusalem (ARIJ)
POB 860, Caritas St.
Bethlehem
Tel: +972-2-274-1889; Fax: +972-2-277-6966
Email: jad@arij.org or pmaster@arij.org; Website: www.arij.org
The Arik Institute of Reconciliation, Tolerance and Peace
The aim is to bring reconciliation between individuals in Israel.
Website: www.arikpeace.org
The Association of Forty
This association works on the recognition of Arab unrecognized villages in Israel. These 40 villages are not on maps and lack basic infrastructure.
Website: www.assoc40.org
Bat Shalom (Israeli Women for Peace) (See The Link below)
BADIL– (Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights)
POB 728, Bethlehem
Tel: +972-2-274-7346 and 277-7086; Fax; +972-2-274-7346
Email: info@badil.org; Website: www.badil.org
Beit Hagefen (Funded by the Haifa municipality, this is a metting place for social and cultural encounters between Arabs and Jews.)
Website: www.haifa.gov.il/beit-hagefen
Bitter Lemons (financed by the European Union) produces a weekly report on its website with a balance of Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints.
Website; www.bitterlemons.org
B’Tselem (Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories)
8 HaTa’assiya St. (4th floor)
Talpiot, Jerusalem 93420
Tel.: +972-2-673-5599; Fax: +972-2-674-9111
Email: mail@btselem.org; website: www.btselem.org
The Coalition of Women for Peace (A group that brings together individual women and peace organizations advocating for a just and viable peace.
Website: www.coalitionofwomen.org
Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace (A faculty network with an affiliated group called Students for Human Rights and Justice in Israel/Palestine.
Website: www.ffipp.org
Family Forum (see Parents Circle)
Givat Haviva (Kibbutz Givat Haviva engages in peace education through its Jewish-Arab Center for Peace.)
Website: www.dialogate.org.il
Gush Shalom (Block for Peace)
POB 3322
Tel Aviv 61033
Email: info@gush-shalom.org Website: www.gush-shalom.org/
HaMifkad HaLeumi (Also known as The People’s Voice, it is promoting a mass signing of a Joint Statement of Intentions.)
Website: www.mifkad.org.il/en
Al Haq: Law in the Service of Man (human rights organization providing legal services)
31 Main St.
POB 1413
Ramallah, West Bank, via Israel
Tel.: +972-2-295-6421; Fax: +972-2-295-4903
Email: haq@alhaq.org; Website: www.alhaq.org
The Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA) (Founded in the belief that religion can and should be a source of the solution for conflicts, the group works on a grassroots interfaith movement through cross-cultural study and inter-religious dialogue.)
Website: www.interfaith-encounter.org
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)
Shlomzion Hamalka 4
POB 2030
Jerusalem 91020
Tel.: +972-2-624-5560 and +972-5-065-1425; Fax: +972-2-623-6210
and +972-3-725-6006
Email: info@ICAHD.org; Website: www.icahd.org/eng
Israeli Council for Israel-Palestinian Peace
POB 3322
Tel Aviv 61033
Tel: +972-056-709-603; Tel. and Fax: +972-3-556-5804;
Email: info@gush-shalom.org; Website: www.gush-shalom.org
Israel/Palestine Centre for Research and Information (IPCRI) (Think tank concerned with development of public policy, advancing peace and cooperation.)
Tantur Ecumenical Institute
Corner of Hebron Road and Ha’Rosmarin
POB 9321, Jerusalem 91092
Tel: +972-2-676-9460; Fax: +972-2-676-8011;
Email: IPCRI@IPCRI.org; Website: www.IPCRI.org
Jerusalem Link (Coordinating body of two independent women’s centers, which promote women’s political, social and cultural activities and leadership)
Jerusalem Center for Women (Palestinian)
Al-Hirbawi Bldg, Dahlet Al-Barid
POB 51630
Jerusalem
Tel.: +972-2-234-7068 aand 7653; Fax: +972-2-234-7069
Email: jcw@palnet.com; Website: www.j-c-w.org
Bat Shalom Jewish Women’s Action Center
43 Emek Ref’aim St.
POB 8083
Jerusalem 91080
Tel.: +972-2-563-1477; Fax: +972-2-561-7983
Email: batshalo@netvision.net.il; Website: www.batshalom.orrg
LAW – Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights & the Environment (Focuses on land confiscation, property destruction and environmental issues)
Al-Sha’rawi Bldg.
Dahiet Al-Barid
POB 20873
Jerusalem
Tel.: +972-2-234-5572, 3, 4; Fax: +972-2-234-5575
Email: law@law-society.org
Website: www.law-society.org
Machsom Watch (Israeli women provide a quiet but assertive presence at checkpoints reporting the results of their observations publicaly and demanding accountability of the security forces towards civilians.)
Website: www.machsomwatch.org
Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND) (Through training and awareness building, MEND promotes the principles and practices of nonviolence. It is related to the FOR.)
Website: www.MEND-PAL.org
The Middle Way (Shvil Zahav) (They hold silent peace pilgrimages and dialogues on suffering to promote healing.)
Website: www.middleway.org
Miftah (Also known as the Palestinian Iniative for the PRomotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy. The organization is especially concerned with transparency.)
Website: www.miftah.org
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam (Community of Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel living together by choice and developing models of co-existence)
D. N. Shimshon 99761, Israel
Tel.: +972-2-991-5621; Fax: +972-2-991-2098
Email: pr@nawas.com
Open House (Open House Center is located in Ramle and serves Israeli Arabs and Jews.)
Website: www.openhouse.org.il
Palestine Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)
18 Hatem At-Ta’i St.
Wadi Al-Joz, POB 19545
Jerusalem
Tel: +972-2-626-4426 and 628-6566; Fax: +972-2-628-2819
Email: passia@palnet.com: Website: www.passia.org
Palestine Center for Human Rights (PCHR) (Free legal advice and representation regarding human rights issues in Gaza)
POB 1204/1328
Gaza, via Israel
Tel. and Fax: +972-8-282-4776 and 5893 and 3725
Email: pchr@pchrgaza.org
Website: www.pchrgaza.org
Palestinian Center for Rapproachment Between People (Community based projects working for peace and reconciliation. They have a commitment to youth and non-violence.)
POB 24
Beit Sahour, West Bank
Tel. and Fax: +972-2-2772018;
Email: pcr@p-ol.com; Website: www.rapprochement.org
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA) (An Arab non-profit institution specializgin in research and publication.)
Website: www.passia.org
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) (Based in Gaza, PCHR works through documentation and investigation of human rights violations, provision of legal aid and counseling.
Website: www.pchrgaza.org
The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) (This group documents human rights violations, regardless of who is responsible, including the Palestinian Authority. The emphasis is on accountability.)
Website: www.phrmg.org
The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) (Documents human rights abuses including violations by the Palestinian Authority.)
Website: www.phrmg.org
The Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) (An umbrella organization striving to reinforce the role played by civil society.)
Website: www.pngo.net
The Parents Circle (This group was born of the pain of losing a child to violence and is now known as the Family Forum. It includes Israelis and Palestinians.)
Website: www.theparentscircle.org
Peace Child (Uses theater and the arts to educate for tolerance and mutual respect. Plays are performed in Arabic and Hebrew.)
Website: www.mideastweb.org/peacechild
Peace Now/Shalom Achshav (Peace movement in Israel since 1978. and known for its large demonstrations.)
6 Lloyd George St.
POB 8159
Jerusalem 91081
Fax: +972-2-5617254; Website: www.peacenow.org
Peace Research Institute in thte Middle East (PRIME) (Has developed a shared history project with an innovative school booklet that contains beth Israeli and Palestinian narratives.
Email: prime@planet.edu
Peres Center for Peace (People-to-people projects and cooperative activities to continue peace building.)
Website: www.peres-center.org
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR)
POB 592
Tel Aviv 61004
Tel: 972-3-687-3718; Fax: 972-3-687-3029
Email: phr@netvision.net.il
Website: www.phr-il.org
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) (The group monitors compliance with the Israeli High Court decisions against torture. Actively lobbies against legislation.)
Website: www.stoptorture.org.il
Rabbis for Human Rights (Rabbinic voice of conscience expressing the Jewish tradition of human rights.)
42 Aza St.
Jerusalem 92384
Tel.: +972-563-7731; Fax: +972-2-566-2815
Email: info@rhr.israel.net; Website: www.rhr.israel.net
Refuser Solidarity Network (Network for organizations of soldiers and students who have refused to serve in the Israel Defense Forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.)
Website: www.refusersolidarity.net
Sabeel Liberation Theology Center (ecumenical movement for peace and justice)
POB 49084 (Sheikh Jarah)
91491 Jerusalem
Tel. +972-2-532-7136; Fax: +972-2-532-7137
Email: sabeel@Sabeel.org; Website: www.sabeel.org
Seeds of Peace (Provides young leaders with leadership skills in reconciliation and coexistence to prepare them to become tomorrow’s leaders.)
Website: www.seedsofpeace.org
Shemesh (Started by people of an Arab village and a Jewish community to teach skills for coexistence in the Galilee region.)
Website: www.shemesh.org
Ta’ayush (Means life in common in Arabic. Goal is to achieve full civil equality for all Israeli citizens.)
Website: www.taayush.org
Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC) (Founded by doctors and health professionals, they emphasize prevention, education, community participation, and the empowerment of people.)
Website: www.UPMRC.org
Windows (Publishes youth magazine called “Windows” to promote reconciliation between people.)
Website: www.win-peace.org
Wiam (Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center)
Dr. Gmeiner St. (SOS Bldg. #213)
POB 1039
Bethlehem, West Bank,
Tel.: +972-2-647-0513; Fax: +972-2-277-7333
Email: alaslah@planet.edu; Website: www.planet.edu~alaslah
Women in Black (A weekly peace vigil of women in Jerusalem)
POB 6360
Jerusalem 910062
Women’s Coalition for a Just Peace (a new organization coordinating women’s groups for peace)
POB 8083
Jerusalem 91080
Email: Gsvirsky@netvision.net.il
Yesh Gvul
(movement for IDF men and women refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories)
Website: www.yesh.gvul.org
