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of Palestine An Online Resource of Jewish Activists for a Free Palestine www.jewishfriendspalestine.org |
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"The Academic and Research Community traditionally played an important role in advancing justice and human rights throughout the world. The aim of AFJ is to work for justice and human rights, to defend academic freedom of speech and association, to educate the public, and to help bring about peace with justice. A current area of emphasis is working toward a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." | ||
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"In late 1998, a group of Palestinian professionals and refugee camp residents in the West Bank initiated a dialogue on the importance of bringing computer and internet technology into Palestinian refugee camps. Across Borders Project (ABP) was launched in February 1999, under the umbrella of Birzeit University (BZU), with the aims of (i) enhancing educational and vocational training opportunities for camp residents and (ii) building, otherwise nonexistent, internet linkages between Palestinian refugees spread around the world." | ||
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"Adalah is an independent human rights organization, registered in Israel. It is a non-profit, non-governmental, and non-partisan legal center. Established in November 1996, it serves Arab citizens of Israel, numbering over one million people or close to 20% of the population. Adalah ("Justice" in Arabic) works to protect human rights in general, and the rights of the Arab minority in particular. Adalah's main goals are to achieve equal individual and collective rights for the Arab minority in Israel in different fields including land rights; civil and political rights; cultural, social, and economic rights; religious rights; women's rights; and prisoners' rights." | ||
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"Established as an independent, non-profit organization to promote education for democracy and peace, the Adam Institute teaches the principles of democracy, focusing on breaking down stereotypes and teaching non-violent methods of conflict resolution." | ||
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"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." | ||
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"Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition affirms that the Palestinian Arab people, regardless of their religious affiliation, are indigenous to Palestine. Therefore, they are entitled to live anywhere in Palestine which encompasses present-day 'Israel', the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Al-Awda regards the 'Israeli' definition of Jewish nationals, granting exclusive rights to citizenship and land to any Jew from anywhere in the world, as part of the racism and discrimination inherent in Zionist ideology which underlies the policies and laws of the settler state of 'Israel'." | ||
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"By proposing the Right of Return, the organizers wished to reinforce the Palestinian cause and to develop projects for the return of refugees who find themselves in a situation of statelessness. They also wished to put this question into the center of the political debate in Israel, and to counteract a historical policy in Israel that aims to delegitimize the Right of Return. In their view, these attempts are the main obstacle for a just peace." | ||
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"The Association's goals are: * Durable peace in Israel/Palestine through building a single democratic state for those who live in historical Palestine and all Palestinian refugees who desire to return to their homeland. * Democracy as the provision of universal human rights. Such is the path of justice, measured in non-violence, and the true road to peace. * A society in which no ethnic or religious group can dominate others. * Reconciliation to heal the wounds of a troubled past. * Promote inter-ethnic understanding and solidarity through educational and cultural activities." | ||
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"In December 1988, residents from several unrecognized villages and other localities - both Arabs and Jews - met in the village of Ein Hod to discuss ways to confront the recommendations of the official Markovitch Commission Report which the authorities ordered to investigate the so-called phenomenon of unlicensed construction in the Arab sector in Israel. They formed The Association of Forty which now represents the residents of the unrecognized villages and their problems, and promotes support locally and internationally." | ||
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"Our first meeting took place at Rauda Morcos's apartment, and from the first hand shake the ice between us was broken and the rest of the evening was like magic. From that day, we started to get more organized as a group in order to provide support for one another, and to put the issue of sexual preference on the Palestinian societal agenda. ... Aswat's women come from different cities and so different backgrounds, whether from Palestine (The Occupied Territories) or Israel, and this is where the name Aswat (voices) comes from. " | ||
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"BADIL was established in January 1998 to support the development of a popular refugee lobby for the right of return through professional research and partnership-based community initiatives. The center is registered with the Palestinian Authority. ... BADIL ('badeel') is an Arabic word that means 'alternative'. BADIL's alternative approach to the question of Palestinian refugees and displaced persons is based on international law, relevant UN resolutions, and the participation of refugees themselves." | ||
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"The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development (CJAED) is a non-profit organization, established in 1988 by a group of Jewish and Arab businesspeople. The guiding principle of the Center and its activities is that Jewish-Arab economic cooperation in Israel is essential for peace, prosperity and economic stability in Israel and the region at large. CJAED acts 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 the Israeli mainstream economy and society" | ||
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"In this booklet we attempt to find a way out of this mutual cycle of lawlessness, calling for a return to uncompro-mising respect of the international law in all issues. The majority of Arab politicians outside of Palestine have already found their way out of the darkest age of lawless-ness (with a few glaring exceptions). It is only a matter of time when the leaders of the Arab League will convert also Palestinian politicians to the path of peace and justice. But will the western world be able to convert Israeli politicians, or will Israeli politicians be able to convert the western world to permanently cancel the right of Palestinians to their legal private lands?" | ||
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"he Council for the National Interest is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization advocating a new direction for U.S. Middle East policy. As CNI Founding Chairman Paul Findley notes, CNI is "motivated by the national interest of our country in Middle East policy... CNI provides a way for all citizens, regardless of religious affiliation or national origin, to speak out in an effective way. Those who participate can help advance the national interest in the Middle East and at the same time help repair the damage being done to our political institutions by the over-zealous tactics of Israel's lobby."*" | ||
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"Flowers Against the Occupation sprang from Women for Life, a Palestinian women’s group that works to support Palestinian women and struggles nonviolently against the Israeli occupation. In July 2004, Women for Life planned and ran a summer camp for their daughters and other girls in the region. Girls attended from many of the Salfit villages affected by the Wall the Israeli government is building through the West Bank." | ||
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"Because of the importance of Israeli settlements as a factor in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Foundation has published since 1992 the bimonthly Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories, edited by Geoffrey Aronson. The Report contains detailed, authoritative analysis, data and maps on settlements and their relationship to the peace process. Current and previous editions of the Report are available on this website (see FMEP Reports). You can also subscribe to receive the Report via e-mail, or write us for a paper copy." | ||
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"We are a group of Jews in Britain from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights. We come together in the belief that the broad spectrum of opinion among the Jewish population of this country is not reflected by those institutions which claim authority to represent the Jewish community as a whole. We further believe that individuals and groups within all communities should feel free to express their views on any issue of public concern without incurring accusations of disloyalty. We have therefore resolved to promote the expression of alternative Jewish voices, particularly in respect of the grave situation in the Middle East, which threatens the future of both Israelis and Palestinians as well as the stability of the whole region." | ||
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"The 'New' Sanhedrin was conceived and is being used by heretics, Jewish and Gentile, who want to overthrow HaShem's Torah (given to bring peace in the world) and turn it into a fanatic's torah to bring anarchy into the world. There are kooks behind this who want to create 'warrior Noahides.' The innocent and the ignorant are doing the grass-roots work for the heretics by drooling over these sugar-coated articles that they are feeding to the media! The Halachic authorities of this generation including Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the leading haredi Ashkenazi spiritual leader, and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, who are premier Sephardi halachic leaders, have refused repeated requests to offer their support. ... There is NO support for this "Sanhedrin" from the Rabbis that actually count, who the kooks in the 'New' Sanhedrin have labeled as traitors for not joining them or giving their support." | ||
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"Our website has 3 primary goals: (1) To serve as a professional level resource for civil rights and human rights lawyers doing legal work in Israel and the Palestinian territories she occupies; (2) To provide primary and secondary source material for researchers and activists interested in civil rights and in fighting the legalized discrimination practiced by the State of Israel; (3) To provide educational materials for educators and the public interested in learning about and teaching about civil rights in the State of Israel and the territories she occupies. " | ||
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Jews Against The War |
"America’s reputation in the region has been significantly compromised, seriously affecting its ability to have a positive influence in the future. There is no escaping the hard fact that the American military presence in Iraq is causing far more harm than good. We the undersigned implore our elected officials to act according to the will of the people of this great country and end this war! We ask that Congress set hard and fast limits on the ability of the President to expand this war or to extend it further in a military action against Iran." | ||
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"Give thanks the thankless task of being at the cutting-edge of radical judaism in these times of war on terror, american hegemony and the unopposed rule of the board of deputies would almost be too much were it not for the flow of support received from our loyal readers." | ||
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"(MNMC) is the only international, full-time educational, dawah group with a team of Jewish converts to Islam ( Jews for Allah ) and natural born Muslims devoted to countering the schemes of deceptive Zionists and Judaic groups that target the Unity among Muslim families in the Islamic World. ... (MNMC) provides FREE Lectures, educating Muslim groups on the importance of inviting Jews to Islam and the problem of Israel from an Islamic perspective..." | ||
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"We launched JewsOnFirst.org in October 2005 because we wanted to oppose the growing strength of the Christian right and the accelerating pace of its theocratic agenda. We knew there had to be thousands of Jews around the country who were already working hard to protect the First Amendment or were seeking a way to get involved in stopping theocracy. And we surmised that many of those who were engaged in resistance to Christianization, or were offended enough to get engaged in it, were looking for encouragement, for resources and for a supportive community." | ||
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A Palestinian Christian initiative of the of the East Jerusalem YMCA and YWCA of Palestine. The "Joint Advocacy Initiative" runs campaigns, like the Olive Tree Campaign, which aims to replant 50,000 olive trees in the Palestinian Territories, to keep hope alive for the farmers whose land is threatended with confiscation by the Israeli army. | ||
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Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit |
"Hakeshet Hademocratit Hamizrahit is an apolitical, non-parliamentary social movement whose goal is to affect the current public agenda in the aim of bringing a change into the Israeli society as a whole and to its institutions. The organization is Mizrahi (Jews from Arab and Muslims Lands and the East) in its goals, universal in its beliefs and open to all those who identify with its values. The movement strives to bring about a meaningful change among the Israeli society and implement values of democracy, human rights, social justice, equality and multi cultures." | ||
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"While recent historiography of the Palestine question has shown a growing awareness of the importance of recording the events of 1948 from the perspective of those previously marginalized in nationalist narratives – peasants, women, camp refugees, poorer city dwellers, Bedouin tribes, etc. – there is still little documentation on the events of 1948 as experienced and remembered by the non-elite majority of Palestinian society. Since 2002 the Nakba Archive has recorded filmed interviews with first generation Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon about the events of 1948." | ||
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"Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet is a non-partisan project devoted to the dissemination of ideas and scholarly information, in an effort to foster scholarly collaboration, policy research, and innovative thinking on the Palestinian refugee issue. PRRN is maintained by the Inter-University Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (Montreal), with the support of the Arts Computing Network, McGill University, the International Development Research Centre and the Canadian International Development Agency. The site coordinator retains sole responsibility for the materials included herein." | ||
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"The Public Committee against torture in Israel aims at strengthening democracy and the rule of law by protecting human and civil rights. PCATI believes that the use of torture as a method of interrogation undermines the foundation of democracy in an enlightened society is contrary to Israeli and international conventions, is contrary to the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom, the Penal Code, the laws of evidence and the UN International Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment which was signed by the state of Israel." | ||
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"Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD served on the faculty of both Duke and Yale Universities (six and five years respectively). He is currently serving on the Steering Committee of the US Camaign to End the Occupation (endtheoccupation.org), the executive commttee of the Palestinian American Congress (http://www.pac-national.org/), and the board of the Association for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine (one-democratic-state.org). His third and latest book is titled "Sharing the Land of Canaan: human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle". ... He is a cofounder of a number of groups including Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition (see http://al-awda.org), Triangle Middle East Dialogue (interfaith) and the Carolina Middle East Association, AcademicsForJustice.org and BoycottIsraeliGoods.org campaigns. ... In CT, he is Vice Chair of the Middle East Crisis Committee (http://TheStruggle.org) and volunteers and participates with several other local groups including CTUnitedforPeace.org and We Refuse to be Enemies" | ||
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"A pesar de que los obstáculos son muchos y complejos, pensamos que la solución del Conflicto Palestino-Israelí es posible, basándonos en las últimas encuestas realizadas tanto en Palestina como en Israel, en que el 75% de ambos pueblos desean LA PAZ aceptando como solución la creación de dos Estados. Siete años sin negociaciones directas, miles de muertos y heridos, deterioro de la vida económica y social en Palestina, Gaza continua sitiada, siguen cayendo cohetes Qassam en Sderot y en el Neguev, y en Cisjordania la ocupación sangrienta, asfixiante y brutal continúa determinando la vida de todos los palestinos. Mientras tanto, los diversos intentos de negociación para alcanzar la Paz no fructifican y se incrementa el temor por una Guerra Civil en el Líbano." | ||
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"The project seeks to provide a resource of authentically Jewish responses to pertinent social justice issues, timed in accordance with their relevancy to the Jewish calendar. Browsable by parsha, topic, holiday, and Hebrew calendar month, the goal is to put “radical Torah” at the fingertips of the Jewish social action community for which there are limited resources available on- and offline." | ||
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"Svensk-palestinsk-kanadensisk skribent, författare och juridisk student. Följer politiska händelser i Sverige och världen. Ibland satiriskt, ibland komiskt, ibland allvarligt. Alltid politiskt!" | ||
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"Established in 1996, Sindyanna of Galilee is a Non profit Association registered by the Ministry of Interior. Sindyanna works among the Arab population in the region of Galilee and seeks to help producers from the Palestinian Occupied Territories. ... In Sindyanna you find a unique cooperation between Arabs and Jews, striving to strengthen the economy of the Palestinian population both in Israel and in the occupied territories." | ||
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"We are a Jerusalem-based nonprofit Fair Trade organization that supports Palestinian craft producers -- women’s groups, artisan cooperatives and disabled people’s organizations. By promoting traditional handicrafts locally and internationally, we support economic self-help efforts of those living in difficult conditions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian minority inside Israel." | ||
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"The US Campaign is a diverse coalition working for freedom from occupation and equal rights for all by challenging US policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Campaign is based on human rights and international law, providing a non-sectarian framework for everyone who supports its Call to Action. Its strategy is to inform, educate, and mobilize the public so as to change the US role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to support peace, justice, human rights, and international law." | ||
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"Women Against Occupation is a network of women across Canada committed to ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and violence against the Palestinian people. Its sole purpose is to call upon the Government of Canada and all Canadian citizens to uphold our values of human rights and international law in the Middle East by supporting justice for the Palestinian people." | ||
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Zionism in the Age of the Dictators |
"The history of Zionist/Nazi collaboration has, for obvious reasons, been downplayed to the extent that many people do not know of it or flatly deny it. Nevertheless it did happen and Lenni Brenner's "Zionism in the Age of the Dictators" is by far the most comprehensive study of the topic publicly available. --- For the record, this collaboration pre-dated the Holocaust and was based on a logical premise: the Nazis wanted the Jews out of Germany and the Zionists wanted the Jews in Palestine. The Zionist movement could not have seen what would come, but the Nazi view of Jewish people was known and the Zionists chose to collaborate anyway. A dramatic example of "the end justifies the means." --- Despite the fact that Mr. Brenner's work has been exploited by Neo-Nazis and Holocaust Deniers, neither this work nor anything else he has written has ever sought to deny or minimize the Holocaust or deny its significance. As a long time anti-racist activist - one of the original "freedom riders" of the civil rights era – Mr. Brenner has publicly condemned them for exploiting his work to advance their aims. " | ||