Israeli
Peace Movements
Peace Now
Shalom Achshav [Peace Now], was founded in 1978 by
348 reserve officers of the Israel Defense Forces
who believed that only a negotiated end to the conflict
in the Middle East could bring true security to Israel
and her people.
Peace Now is the largest extra-parliamentary
movement in Israel, the country’s oldest peace
movement and the only peace group to have a broad
public base.
The movement was founded in 1978 during the Israeli-Egyptian
peace talks. At a moment when these talks appeared
to be collapsing, a group of 348 reserve officers
and soldiers from the Israeli army’s combat
units published an open letter to the Prime Minister
of Israel calling upon the government to make sure
this opportunity for peace not be lost. Tens
of thousands of Israelis sent in support for the letter,
and the movement was born.
http://www.peacenow.org.il/Site/en/homepage.asp
Americans for Peace Now [APN] was founded to help
Shalom Achshav and to build an informed and empowered
pro-peace American public.
Gush Shalom (Translated from Hebrew,
the name means "The Peace Bloc") is the
hard core of the Israeli peace movement.
For years now, Gush Shalom has played a leading role
in determining the moral and political agenda of the
peace forces in Israel.
Gush Shalom is an extra-parliamentary organization,
independent of any party or other political grouping.
Some of its activists do belong to political parties,
but the Gush is not aligned to any particular party.
The primary aim of Gush Shalom is to influence Israeli
public opinion and lead it towards peace and conciliation
with the Palestinian people.
See: http://www.gush-shalom.org/english/
Jewish Voice for Peace
was founded in 1996, when, despite three years of
participating in a “peace process” under
the Oslo accords, Palestinians and Israelis seemed
increasingly unlikely to achieve the peace they claimed
to seek. JVP members were especially concerned that,
in violation of Oslo, the Israeli government was continuing
to build settlements in the Occupied West Bank, Gaza
Strip, and East Jerusalem. Israel also had opened
a controversial archaeological tunnel in the Old City
of Jerusalem, leading to confrontations in which 65
Palestinians and 14 Israelis were killed. JVP organized
more than 100 people to protest at the Israeli consulate
in San Francisco, becoming one of the first U.S. Jewish
group to criticize Israeli treatment of Palestinians
since the “peace process” began.
See: http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
THE Peres Center for Peace
See: http://www.peres-center.org/
HaMifkad HaLeumi - Hebrew
for 'The National Census'
The People's Voice is a new, broad-based
civil initiative whose founders recognise that a way
exists to bridge the intolerable impasse between Israelis
and Palestinians.
See: http://www.mifkad.org.il/en/about.asp
Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the
Advancement of Peace
See: http://truman.huji.ac.il/
We build trust, respect and understanding
between Jews and Arabs in the Galilee Region of Israel.
We do this through our “people-to-people programs”
that create friendships and impart skills for coexistence.
Committed to coexistence and equality between Jews
and Arabs in Israel, SHEMESH is dedicated to:
· Building friendly relations between Arabs
and Jews of all ages in the Galilee;
· Nurturing understanding and respect for cultural
differences;
· Operating educational and cultural programs;
· Establishing model programs for communities
throughout Israel.
See: http://www.shemesh.org
Rabbis for Human Rights:
See: http://www.rhr.israel.net/
THE ABRAHAM FUND INITIATIVES
is a New York and Jerusalem-based non-governmental
organization working to advance coexistence, equality
and cooperation among Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens.
See: http://www.coexistence.org
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