Israeli Organizations

  • Adva Center The Adva Center conducts policy analysis, advocacy work, and public outreach to inform policy makers and the general public in Israel and abroad about equity and social justice issues in Israeli society. Adva analyzes equality and inequality in Israel in a way that integrates gender, ethnicity and nationality.

  • Ariga Ariga is a web-based source of news and resources from Israel, emphasizing the peace process. It carries information from pro-peace and human rights groups in Israel and Palestine.

  • B'Tselem An Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem strives to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that the Israeli government protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under international law.
  • Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development (CJAED) is an Israeli non-profit organizations, established in 1988 by a group Jewish and Arab Business people. The guiding principle of the Center and its activities is that Jewish-Arab economic cooperation in Israeli is essential for peace, prosperity, and economic stability in Israel and the region at large.  CJAED acts through a wide range of programs on the premise that Israel's primary resource is its people; that Israel's strength lies in its pluralism and democracy, and that the Arab community must be integrated into Israeli mainstream economy and society.  
  • Council for Peace and Security The Council for Peace and Security is an association of national security experts, including former high-ranking officers in the army, police and security agencies, retired diplomats, directors general of government ministries, and academics. The Council for Peace and Security believes that peace is a necessary requirement for Israel's security.

  • Courage to Refuse Courage to Refuse ("Ometz Lesarev") is the group of over 550 (and counting) Israeli reserve soldiers who have declared their unwillingness to serve in the Occupied Territories.

  • The Geneva Initiative The official home page of the Geneva Initiative includes a wealth of information, mostly in Hebrew, about the Initiative, such as background info., press clippings, interviews, key elements, and maps. The full text of the Initiative is also available here in English (as it is on the Meretz USA web site) and Arabic. Also check out the Joint Partner Campaign in English.

  • Givat Haviva Institute Givat Haviva, the educational, research and archival center of the Kibbutz Artzi Federation, is Israel's premier institute devoted to Jewish-Arab rapprochement, trade union studies, kibbutz education, and diverse other areas of educational and cultural content.

  • Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information The only joint Palestinian-Israeli public policy think-tank, IPCRI is devoted to developing practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • MidEastWeb - Middle East News, Views & ReferenceMidEast Web strives to promote dialogue and coexistence through the internet by weaving a world-wide web of Arabs, Jews and others who want to build a new Middle East based on coexistence and neighborly relations.

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website contains a wealth of valuable information about Israel.

  • Peace Now Peace Now (Shalom Achshav), the largest grassroots movement in Israel's history, was founded in 1978 by 348 reserve IDF officers who believe that while Israel must always be ready to defend itself, violence and occupation are not the answers to the Middle East conflict. Of particular interest is Peace Now's "Settlements Watch" project.
  • The People's Voice The People's Voice ("Hamifkad HaLeumi") is an Israeli-Palestinian public intiative spearheaded by Sari Nuseibeh and Ami Ayalon that aims to advance the peace process by collecting signatures of Palestinians and Israelis on a joint statement of intentions based on the "two states for two peoples" formula.
  • Rabbis for Human Rights Rabbis for Human Rights is a multi-denominational group of rabbis and rabbinical students that seek to counter Israeli abuses of human rights in the Occupied Territories.
  • Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research A multi-disciplinary academic framework shared by the faculties of the humanities, social sciences, and law at Tel Aviv University, the TSC promotes systematic research and thinking on issues connected with peacemaking processes and conflict resolution.

  • The Other Israel The Other Israel is the bimonthly publication of Gush Shalom - the Israeli Council for Israeli/Palestinian Peace, founded by Uri Avnery. Their positions tend to be somewhat left of Meretz.

  • Yachad Yachad (aka "Yahad" or "Yakhad") - Social Democratic Israel, the successor to the Meretz party in Israel, changed its name on June 26, 2005 to Meretz/Yahad. See above.
  • Zionism-Israel Information Center Zionism-Israel.com is a website that provides a wealth of general information in English about Zionism and its history, including many links and source documents.