Links
We offer these resources because they contain interesting information and perspectives on efforts to secure a just peace in Israel and Palestine. The views are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CJPIP.
- News, research, opinion, and analysis
- Peace and Justice Groups (Americas/Europe)
- Activist Groups (Israel/Palestine)
- Human Rights Groups (Palestine/Israel)
- Boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS)
- Palestine/Israel: introduction to the issue (web resources)
- Key Events
- Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Israel
- Israel and International Arms Trade
- Blogs
- Recommended e-mail news distribution services
- Maps
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News, research, opinion, and analysis
Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Coteret: News, analysis and opinion from the Israeli Hebrew media
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Ha’aretz (English)
Indymedia Independent Media Center Israel
International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC)
The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development
Ramallah On Line (English)
Peace and Justice Groups (Americas/Europe)
Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
American Friends Service Committee-Chicago
Al-Awda Palestinian Right to Return Coalition
Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East
Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy
American Jews for a Just Peace
Churches for Middle East Peace
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
European Jews for a Just Peace
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)
Middle East Children’s Alliance
Palestine Solidarity Committee—Seattle
Friends of Sabeel North America
Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel
Activist Groups (Israel/Palestine)
Anarchists Against the Wall http://www.awalls.org/
Bat Shalom Israeli Women for Peace http://www.batshalom.org/
Bilin Village nonviolent resistance movement http://www.bilin-village.org/english/
Breaking the Silence http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/index_e.asp
Christian Peacemaker Teams http://www.cpt.org/
Free Gaza Movement http://www.freegaza.org/
Gush Shalom http://zope.gush-shalom.org/index_en.html
International Solidarity Movement http://palsolidarity.org/
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions http://www.icahd.org/
Machsom Watch http://www.machsomwatch.org/en
The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People http://www.pcr.ps/
Palestine Solidarity Project http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee http://www.popularstruggle.org/
Sheikh Jarrah eviction protest http://www.en.justjlm.org/
Shiministim Israeli high school draft resisters http://www.shministim.com/
Stop the Wall http://stopthewall.org/index.shtml
Ta’ayush http://www.taayush.org
Women in Black http://www.womeninblack.org/en/history
Yesh Gvul http://yeshgvul.org
Zochrot (Remembering) http://www.zochrot.org/index.php?lang=english
Human Rights Groups (Palestine/Israel)
Association for Civil Rights in Israel http://www.acri.org.il/eng/
Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel http://www.adalah.org/eng/index.php
Addamer Palestinian Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association http://www.addameer.org/index_eng.html
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/israel-occupied-palestinian-territories
Al-Haq Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories http://www.alhaq.org/
Badil Resource center for Palestinian residency and Refugee Rights http://www.badil.org/
Right to Education Campaign, Birzeit University http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/
B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories http://www.btselem.org/
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions http://www.cohre.org/opt
Gisha Legal Center for Freedom of Movement http://www.gisha.org/
HAMOKED Center for the Defence of the Individual http://www.hamoked.org/home.aspx
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions http://www.icahd.org/
New Israel Fund http://www.nif.org/
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel http://www.stoptorture.org.il/en
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel http://www.phr.org.il/default.asp?PageID=4
Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Negev http://www.rcuv.net/en/index.asp
Campaign for the right to enter the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) http://www.righttoenter.ps/
Yesh Din Volunteers for Human Rights http://www.yesh-din.org/site/index.php?page=index&lang=en&id=
Boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS)
For websites with particularly useful BDS resources visit:
http://www.wedivest.org
http://sodastreamboycott.org/
http://globalexchange.org/economicactivism/campaigns
http://www.endtheoccupation.org
http://whoprofits.org
http://www.bdsmovement.net/
Adalah The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel http://adalahny.org/
Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid http://www.baceia.org/
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions-Oregon http://bdsoregon.wordpress.com/
Global Movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions for Palestine http://bdsmovement.net/
Olympia BDS http://www.olympiabds.org/
JVP report on Campus Divestment http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/campaigns/campus-divestment
Interfaith Peace Initiative Catalog of Global BDS Actions http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/globalactions.pdf
A brief history of BDS, by Mazin Qumsiyeh http://qumsiyeh.org/boycottsanddivestment/
Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS call from within (Israel) http://boycottisrael.info/
Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign, UK http://www.bigcampaign.org/
Cal Divest From Apartheid http://www.caldivestfromapartheid.com/
Canadian teachers union Ontario divison approves BDS http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3256307,00.html
Carleton Students Against Israeli Apartheid BDS http://www.carleton.saia.ca/
Caterpillar campaign http://www.endtheoccupation.org/section.php?id=158
Desmond Tutu: “Of Occupation and Apartheid, Do I Divest?” http://www.counterpunch.org/tutu1017.html
Georgetown University, Divest http://georgetowndivest.wordpress.com/
Methodist Church [UK] Boycott of settlement goods http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=opentogod.newsDetail&newsid=453
Norway BDS campaign http://www.boikottisrael.no/
Olympia Food Co-Op boycott of Israeli goods http://www.olympiafood.coop/BoycottPressRelease-20100721.pdf
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel http://www.pacbi.org/index.php
Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), 2005 http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/52
Palestinian BDS Committee reaffirms call for BDS, 2010 http://www.badil.org/en/press-releases/135-2010/2457-press-eng-22
Progressive Jews from Europe, Israel, and North America call for Israeli boycott, 2009 http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2009/03/30/3171/
Spain BDS campaign http://www.nodo50.org/csca/palestina/campanya_boicot-2002.html
TIAA-CREF Divest by Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/campaigns/tiaa-cref-divest-occupation
Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation http://torontodeclaration.blogspot.com/2009/09/toronto-declaration-no-celebration-of.html
UCSD Divest for Peace http://www.ucsddivestforpeace.org/
UNISON British Labor Unionpledges support for Palestine http://www.unison.org.uk/news/news_view.asp?did=3414
United Nations International Conference in Support of Middle East Peace endorses BDS http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6EA38R?
94 artists call for cultural boycott http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=415
“Why Do I Boycott Israel?” [comic] by Ethan Heitner http://www.yippeeskippy.com/worldwar3illustrated/wordpress/?p=463
Palestine/Israel: introduction to the issue (web resources)
Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, A Primer, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar http://merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/toc-pal-isr-primer.html
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer, by Phyllis Bennis [2007] http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=52
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 101, Jewish Voice for Peace, Adapted from the the Institute of Middle East Understanding (IMEU)’s background briefings. http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/content/israeli-palestinian-conflict-101
The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict, by Jews for Justice in the Middle East http://www.angelfire.com/hero/eto/jewsforjustice.html
Truth Against Truth, by Gush Shalom/Israeli Peace Bloc (downloadable PDF booklet) http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/downloads/truth/
Top Ten Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, by Jeremy R. Hammond, founder and editor of Foreign Policy Journal http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/17/top-ten-myths-about-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/
Video: 5000 Years of History in 90 Seconds – Imperial History of the Middle East http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html
An Introduction to the Israel-Palestine Conflict [2002], by Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?ar=10&pg=4
Jews From the Middle East: a Jewish Voice for Peace Fact Sheet https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/images/jewsofthemiddleeast.pdf
Key Events
Electronic Intifada: “Notable milestones of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, such as May 2004’s “Operation Rainbow” in Gaza and the August 2004 hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners. See Key Historical Events for information on larger historical events such as the Nakba and Sabra & Shatila Massacres.” http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/keyevents.shtml
Electronic Intifada: “Information about key historical milestones in Palestinian and international history, including the Nakba, the Deir Yassin Massacre, Land Day, the Sabra & Shatila Massacres, 9/11 and “Operation Defensive Shield”. http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/historicalevents.shtml
The Nakba: Jewish Voice for Peace Fact Sheet “60 years after Israeli independence and the Palestinian Nakba, or Catastrophe, this fact sheet details what led up to the Catastrophe, who are the Palestinian refugees, the role of the UN, and why Jews should care.” https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/images/Nakbafactsheet1.pdf
Palestine: The Truth About 1948 [1988], Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein – online essay, http://www.nimn.org/Resources/history/000054.php?section=
Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Israel
New Profile: AMovement for the Civil-ization of Israeli Society http://www.newprofile.org/english/
Shministim: Young Israelis speak their conscience http://www.whywerefuse.org/
Courage to Refuse/Seruv http://www.seruv.org.il/English/default.asp
Yesh Gvul: An Israeli group supporting soldiers with the difficult decision to refuse military service. http://www.yeshgvul.org/index_e.asp
Combatants for Peace: an organization made up of former Palestinian freedom fighters and former Israeli soldiers—“only by joining forces, will we be able to end the cycle of violence, the bloodshed and the occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people.” http://cfpeace.org/
Refuser Solidarity Network: “Ending the occupation one soldier at a time” http://www.refusersolidarity.net/
Israel and International Arms Trade
Arming the occupation: Israel and the Arms Trade [2002], Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), London, http://caat.org.uk/information/publications/countries/israel-1002.php
Arms to Israel, http://www.caat.org.uk/issues/israel.php
Military trade Philips in violation with Dutch arms policy, Campagne tegen Wapenhandel [2004], http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2557.shtml
MPs call for review of arms exports after Israeli assault on Gaza, The Guardian [UK] [3/30/10], www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/30/arms-british-gaza-assault
Neged Neshek
: resource for news, data and analysis focusing on Israel’s arms industry with a secondary focus on militarism in Israeli culture, society and politics
Undermining Global Security: the European Union’s arms exports [2004], Amnesty International, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/003/2004
Dispatches from Gaza by Ashley Bates http://gazadispatches.blogspot.com/ePalestine
Sam Bahour http://epalestine.blogspot.com/
Dimi’s Notes by Dmitry Reider http://reider.wordpress.com/
Foreign Policy by Stephen Walt http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/
Gaza Mom by Laila El-Haddad http://www.gazamom.com/
Hybrid States by Yaniv Reich http://www.hybridstates.com/
Jewish Peace News http://www.jewishpeacenews.blogspot.com/
Commentary from Israel and the West Bank by Joseph Dana http://josephdana.com/
Max Blumenthal http://maxblumenthal.com/
Sharing the Land of Canaan by Mazin Qumsiyeh http://qumsiyeh.org/rightsblog2010/
Love Under Apartheid http://loveunderapartheid.com/
Mondoweiss by Philip Weiss and Adam Horowitz http://mondoweiss.net/
Muzzlewatch–Tracking censorship on Israel/Palestine (Jewish Voice for Peace) http://www.muzzlewatch.com/
Popular Struggle Organization Committee in the occupied territories http://www.popularstruggle.org/
Rabbibrian’s Blog by Rabbi Brian Walt http://rabbibrian.wordpress.com/
Reports from Sheikh Jarrah http://www.en.justjlm.org/
Shalom Rav by Rabbi Brant Rosen http://rabbibrant.com/
Susiya Forever http://susiyaforever.wordpress.com/
The Magnes Zionist by Jeremiah Haber http://www.jeremiahhaber.com/
The Only Democracy? by Jewish Voice for Peace http://theonlydemocracy.org/
Tikun Olam by Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/
Wallwritings by James Wall http://wallwritings.wordpress.com/
Recommended e-mail news distribution services
Electronic Intifada News http://www.electronicintifada.net/
Jewish Peace News http://www.jewishpeacenews.net/
Occupation News http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OccupationNews/
Palestinian Loss of Land, 1946 to 2000 http://www.vtjp.org/images/pallossofland_large.gif
MIFTAH http://www.miftah.org/Maps.cfm
Foundation for Middle East Peace http://www.fmep.org/maps/all-maps
B’Tselem http://www.btselem.org/English/Maps/Index.asp
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs – Jerusalem http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/MAPS/
Interactive map of Palestinian villages destroyed in Nakba
http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/interactive-map-palestine-villages-destroyed-nakba
