Organizations in Palestine & Israel

Organizations & Faith Communities in Palestine & Israel

• Al-Awada: The Right to Return Coalition, an organization committed to public education on the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and lands of origin, and to full restitution of all their confiscated and destroyed property in accordance with International Law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
• B’Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
• Breaking the Silence, “an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories.”
• Combatants for Peace, a group of Palestinians and Israelis who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence and who now work together through non-violent means to promote peace. 
• Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) — Palestine, which bear witness to violence and oppression in the Occupied Territories. CPT teams escort children to school under threat of attack, live with families under threat of eviction, and document the daily oppression of military occupation.
• Defense for Children International – Palestine, an independent, local Palestinian child rights organization dedicated to defending and promoting the rights of children living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
• Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
• Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
• Extend Tours introduces participants to human rights leaders and grassroots organizers in Israel and Palestine. 
• Gisha is an Israeli non-profit that works to protect Palestinians’ freedom of movement, especially for residents of Gaza. 
• Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel is “building inclusion and equality between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel through a growing network of bilingual, integrated schools and communities.”
• Holy Land Trust, a non-profit Palestinian organization committed to fostering peace, justice and understanding in the Holy Land.
• Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) is a nonprofit organization working for the rights and the well-being of children in the Middle East.
• Musalaha Reconciliation Ministries, led by an executive board of Palestinian and Israeli community leaders, promotes, teaches, and facilitates “reconciliation and unity within our society and internationally.”