Partner Organizations
The following organisations are working towards pro-peace, pro-democracy and pro-civil society goals in their various communities and societies. Check them out and find out how you can support the global move towards democratisation and peaceful-resolutions.
J-Link Network
J-Link is an international network of progressive Jewish organizations from Israel, the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, South Africa, and Australia.
Standing Together
Standing Together is the grassroots people's movement in Israel. We organize Jews and Arabs, localy and nationally, around campaigns for peace, equality, and social justice, in order to build power and transform Israeli society.
Sikkuy
Sikkuy is a shared Jewish and Arab nonprofit organization that works to advance equality and partnership between the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel – descendants of those who remained within the Israeli borders after the founding of the state in 1948 – and the country’s Jewish citizens.
Na’Amod
From website: “We are a movement of British Jews seeking to end our community’s support for the occupation, and to mobilise it in the struggle for freedom, equality and justice for all Palestinians and Israelis”
Yachad
From website: “Yachad works to mobilise British Jews in support of a political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
We do this through education, debate and advocacy.”
New Israel fund
The New Israel Fund (NIF) helps Israel live up to its founders’ vision of a society that ensures complete equality to all its inhabitants. Our aim is to advance liberal democracy, including freedom of speech and minority rights, and to fight the inequality, injustice and extremism that diminish Israel.
Btselem
From website: “The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories strives to end Israel’s occupation, recognizing that this is the only way to achieve a future that ensures human rights, democracy, liberty and equality to all people, Palestinian and Israeli alike, living on the bit of land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.”
Hamoked
From website: “HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual is an Israeli human rights organization with the main aim of assisting Palestinians of the occupied territories whose rights are violated due to Israel's policies.”
JCall
From website: “JCall brings together Jewish European citizens who are deeply attached to Israel’s existence and security, while at the same time are very concerned for its future. JCall does not underestimate external threats to Israel, but it considers that the state is endangered by its occupation of the West Bank, along with the steady growth of the settlements both there and in the Arab areas of East Jerusalem.”
JStreet
From website: “J Street organizes and mobilizes pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans who want Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewish people.”
Breaking the Silence
From website: “Breaking the Silence is 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 Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. We endeavor to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a reality in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of that population’s everyday life. Our work aims to bring an end to the occupation.”
Plus 61J Media
From website: “Plus 61j is a balanced, contemporary, bold publication established in April 2015 which focuses on Israel and the Palestinians, the Middle East region and also on issues of more general interest or concern in the Jewish world with a strong focus on social justice. It is pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-human rights and supports a two-state solution.”
Machsom Watch
From website: “MachsomWatch is a volunteer organization of Israeli women who are peace activists from all sectors of society. We oppose the Israeli occupation in the area known as the West Bank, we oppose the appropriation of Palestinian land and the denial of Palestinian human rights. We support the right of Palestinians to move freely in their land and oppose the checkpoints which severely restrict Palestinian daily life.”
Rabbis for Human Rights
From website: “…Rabbis for Human Rights is the only rabbinic voice in Israel that is explicitly dedicated to human rights…we derive our authority from our Jewish tradition and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our mission is to inform the Israeli public about human rights violations, and to pressure the State institutions to redress these injustices.”
Ir Amim
The mission of Ir Amim is to render Jerusalem a more equitable and sustainable city for the Israelis and Palestinians who share it and to help secure a negotiated resolution on the city through sustained monitoring, reporting, public and legal advocacy, public education and outreach to re-orient the public discourse on Jerusalem.