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PEACE GROUPS IN PALESTINE

http://www.pcusa.org/worldwide/israelpalestine/resources.htm
List adapted from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

http://www.annadwa.org/
Annadwa is a Lutheran-based, ecumenically-oriented institution serving the whole Palestinian community. The programs of the Center serve the entire community from “the womb to the tomb”, with an emphasis on children, youth and women.

http://www.holylandtrust.org/
Holy Land Trust is a Palestinian not-for-profit organization established in 1998 in Bethlehem...
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http://www.j-c-w.org/
Jerusalem Center for Women is a Palestinian
nongovernmental women´s center located in East Jerusalem...
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http://www.mend-pal.org/
MEND, Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy promotes active nonviolence and encourages alternatives to violence among youth and adults throughout Palestine...
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http://www.miftah.org
MIFTAH, The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy is a nongovernmental, nonpartisan, Jerusalem based institution dedicated to fostering democracy and good governance within Palestinian society...
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http://www.phrmg.org
Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group was founded by a group of well-established Palestinians...
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http://www.sabeel.org/
Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center Sabeel (The Way or Spring of Water) is an ecumenical, grassroots liberation movement among Palestinian Christians that seeks to make the gospel contextually relevant.
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http://www.taayush.org
Ta'ayush (Life in Common)
is a grassroots movement of Palestinians and Jews working to break down the walls of racism and segregation by constructing a true Arab-Jewish partnership.
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What the Churches have said
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THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, USA

  • In his February, 2005 article entitled Israel/Palestine Peace Must Be a Priority, Bishop John Chane asserted that Bold new American leadership seeking peace for Israelis and Palestinians is vital
  • In its 2004 Statement, The Anglican Peace and Justice Network called upon the faith communities to a time of focused and intentional prayer and advocacy for peace in Palestine/Israel.
  • In its June 2005 meeting, the Anglican Consultative Council acted unanimously in encouraging other provinces to adopt investment strategies that support the infrastructure of a future Palestinian State, and calling for peace, justice, and co-existence in the Holy Land.
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    THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (ELCA)

    Building upon the “Churchwide Strategy for Engagement in Israel and Palestine”, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 2005 called for:

  • Advocacy for political solutions that address the rights to security and peace for justice for both Palestinians and Israelis.
  • Working to strengthen the political will of leaders in this country and in Palestine/Israel to end terrorism and violence, to end the Israeli occupation, and to work for a viable, contiguous, independent Palestinian State living side by side with a secure Israel.
  • Strengthening relationships with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and supporting the humanitarian work done by that church and The Lutheran World Federation (e.g. Augusta Victoria Hospital)

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    THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (UMC)

    In its 2004 General Conference, The Church
  • Called on members to support, and participate in, the work of international peace and human rights organizations to provide protection for Palestinians and Israelis seeking nonviolently to end the occupation.
  • Urged Israel to cease the confiscation of Palestinian lands and water and to life the closures and curfews on all Palestinian towns by completely withdrawing Israeli military forces to the Green Line.
  • Encouraged members of each congregation to study the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from all perspectives by inviting speakers to church events.

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    PEACE GROUPS IN ISRAEL

    http://www.pcusa.org/worldwide/israelpalestine/resources.htm
    List adapted from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

    http://www.batshalom.org
    Bat Shalom
    is a grassroots organization of Jewish and Palestinian Israeli women working together...
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    http://www.btselem.org/
    B´Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human(In the Image of)
    endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human
    rights...
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    http://www.icahd.org/
    Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
    is a nonviolent, direct-action group that opposes and resists Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories...
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    http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/homepage.asp?pi=25
    Peace Now
    Peace Now, the largest extra-parliamentary movement in Israel and the country´s oldest peace movement, was founded during the Israeli-Egyptian peace talks...
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    http://www.rhr.israel.net/
    Rabbis for Human Rights
    is the rabbinic voice of conscience in Israel, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights and promoting justice and freedom while campaigning against discrimination and inhumane conduct...
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    http://www.yeshgvul.org/index_e.asp
    Yesh-Gvul (There Is a Limit!)
    is an Israeli peace group campaigning against the occupation by backing soldiers who refuse duties of a repressive or aggressive nature...
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     http://www.yeshgvul.org/index_e.asp
    Yesh-Gvul (There Is a Limit!)
    is an Israeli peace group campaigning against the