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U.S. Organizations

  • Ameinu The successor to the Labor Zionist Alliance, Ameinu envisions Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, at peace with its neighbors, committed to religious pluralism and social and economic justice for all its citizens. Ameinu's political agenda addresses a range of domestic and international issues, including protection of the environment, support for universal healthcare, preservation of civil liberties, and the ending of foreign and domestic sweatshops.
  • American Editorial Review Assembled and maintained by the Obermayer Foundation, the American Editorial Review includes editorials and op-ed columns from the 15 largest US newspapers concerning Israel and the Middle East.
  • Americans for Peace Now The leading US advocate for peace in the Middle East, APN's mission is to help Israel and the Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) movement to achieve a comprehensive political settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict consistent with Israel's long-term security needs and its Jewish and democratic values.
  • The Avalon Project The Avalon Project at Yale Law School contains a collection of documents in law, history and diplomacy, including a section on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
  • Bitterlemons.org Bitterlemons.org is a website that presents Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints on prominent issues of concern, primarily the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and peace process.
  • Brit Tzedek v'Shalom Brit Tzedek v'Shalom merged with J Street to become J Street Local. It was a Chicago-based American-Jewish organization working toward a just, viable and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinian people. Its political viewpoint is close to that of Meretz USA.

  • CALME The Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East (CALME) seeks to demonstrate the American public's strong support for American leadership toward a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and for the leadership of President Bush in helping the parties reach it. Read CALME's Online Journal here.
  • Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation Established in 1989 by S. Daniel Abraham and Congressman Wayne Owens, the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation sponsors activities aimed at bringing policy makers and private sector leaders together to foster the atmosphere necessary for the promotion and protection of Middle East peace.

  • Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is a coalition of 23 national Church denominations and organizations, including Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions.  It works to encourage U.S. government policies that actively promote a just, lasting and comprehensive resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ensuring security, human rights and religious freedom for all the people of the region. 

  • Engage Engage is a British weblog founded in respose to the actions taken by the Association of University Teachers (AUT) in Britain to launch an academic and cultural boycott of Israel. The boycott decision has since been reversed by a general vote of the AUT membership, but the struggle continues on other issues, such as a boycott of the Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem.
  • Habonim Dror North America Habonim Dror, the Labor Zionist youth movement, operates seven summer camps and 30 city chapters across North America. The movement educates towards Zionism, Socialism, social justice, Judaism, and self actualization.
  • Hashomer Hatzair North America Hashomer Hatzair is a youth movement, based on the principles of Progressive Zionism, Social Justice, Progressive Judaism and self-actualization, and committed to peace and equality.
  • Israel Policy Forum The Israel Policy Forum merged with the Center for American Progress to become Middle East Progress. It was a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization that supports active and sustained American efforts to resolve the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
  • J Street J Street is the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans to advocate for vigorous U.S. leadership to achieve a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to broaden debate around Israel and the Middle East in national politics and the American Jewish community.
  • J Street U J Street U is a student-driven network of activists organizing on campuses across North America for peace, security and social justice in Israel, the future state of Palestine and across the Middle East.
  • Jewish Virtual Library The Jewish Virtual Library is a good source for information about things Jewish and Israeli. Their angle tends to be a bit right-wing, but the wealth of material is impressive.
  • New Israel Fund The New Israel Fund works to safeguard civil and human rights, promote Jewish-Arab coexistence, advance the status of women, foster tolerance and religious pluralism, bridge social and economic gaps, pursue environmental justice, and encourage government accountability.
  • Palestine Mission to the UN The website of the Palestinian Mission to the United Nations is a good source for documents and background information from the Palestinian perspective.
  • Rabbis for Human Rights - North America (RHR-NA) is an organization of rabbis from all streams of Judaism dedicated to expanding support for the mission and work of RHR in Israel, and to education and advocacy on human rights issues in North America.

  • Seeds of Peace Seeds of Peace is a non-profit, non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making peace.

  • Seeking Peace, Pursuing Justice Seeking Peace, Pursuing Justice is the Reform Movement's campaign to educate and mobilize North American Jewry to support peace efforts and social justice causes in Israel.

  • Shalom Center Led by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, the Shalom Center is a network of American Jews who draw on Jewish tradition and spirituality to seek peace, pursue justice, heal the earth, and build community.

  • Union of Progressive Zionists A joint venture of Meretz USA, Habonim Dror North America, Hashomer Hatzair and the Labor Zionist Alliance, UPZ merged with J Street to become J Street U. It remains a campus-oriented initiative to support liberal pro-Israel student activism.