Research/Education Organizations (NGO's)

Alternative Information Center: A Palestinian-Israeli organization that promotes peace and social justice and disseminates information and analyses about the conflict with a progressive orientation.

American Committee on Jerusalem (ACJ): A group founded by prominent Arab-Americans devoted to educating the public about the Arab heritage and claim to Jerusalem and counteracting the view that Jerusalem should be exclusively controlled by Israel. ACJ provides daily excerpts from the press on Jerusalem and other Palestinian-Israeli issues. Ziad al Asali is President of ACJ.

Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ): ARIJ, a Palestinian group, prepares high quality, professional research studies on environmental, scientific, land, water, resource, and Israeli settlement issues in the West bank and Gaza. Jad Isaac is the director of ARIJ.

Begin-Sadat Institute for Strategic Studies (BESA): based on Bar-Ilan University in Israel, this research group concentrates on Israeli security and foreign policy issues.

Brit Tzedek V'Shalom:  The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace is a national organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel´s well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine: CPAP is the educational arm of the Washington-based Jerusalem fund. CPAP has a very active program of lectures, luncheon briefings, and publications, with a Palestinian perspective, on Palestinian and Israeli-Palestinian affairs and U.S. policy toward the conflict. Dr. Hisham Sharabi is the director.

Gush Shalom/The Peace Bloc: Gush Shalom is an independent, activist peace group with the goal of influencing Israeli public opinion in favor of peace and conciliation with the Palestinian people. Gush Shalom also aims to correct popular misconceptions and expose historical falsehoods involving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute: This is a Palestinian information and advocacy group that provides and disseminates information on Palestinian health, development, and related issues. Its website contains links to other Palestinian civil society NGO's.

Institute for Jerusalem Studies: An affiliate of the Institute for Palestinian Studies, which sponsors the Journal of Palestinian Studies, the Institute for Jerusalem Studies publishes the Jerusalem Quarterly which focuses on Jerusalem from a Palestinian perspective. Salim Tamari is the director.

Institute for Palestine Studies: IPS publishes the Journal of Palestine Studies, the Jerusalem Quarterly, and a wide variety of books and other materials in English, French, and Arabic. IPS is located in Washington.

Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information: IPCRI, led by Gershon Baskin and Zacharia al Qaq, is a well established Israeli-Palestinian research group that conducts a variety of Israeli-Palestinian projects related to the peace process and to economic and social development. It issues frequent analyses and opinion papers on current events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to an e-mail network. As of early 2002, IPCRI was located in Bethlehem.

Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD): This Jerusalem-based organization works to prevent, to publicize, and to provide relief for Palestinian victims of house demolition in the occupied territories by the Israeli authorities.

The Jerusalem Fund and the Palestine Center: The Palestine Center is the educational program of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development, a non-profit organization. The Center provides a Palestinian/Arab perspective to the political, academic, and media establishments in the Washington, DC area.

The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies: JIIS is a respected, non-partisan Israeli group that has published extensively on all aspects of the Jerusalem issue. Its work, some of which is in a problem-solving mode, has been influential in helping to shape Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on Jerusalem in the past. It publishes in English and Hebrew.

The Jerusalem Media and Communication Center: This independent Palestinian group, directed by Ghassan Al Khatib and based in East Jerusalem, publishes and circulates by e-mail, frequent high quality analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, usually by Palestinians, but also by Israeli contributors.

A Jewish Voice for Peace: JVP is a grassroots Jewish peace group working to change Israeli and U.S. policies through lobbying, direct actions, media activism, education and outreach, and solidarity work.

The Moshe Dayan Center: a well established and prestigious Israeli think tank that publishes widely on current political and security issues. Its orientation is serious and scholarly.

The Middle East Institute: MEI, located in Washington, DC, runs an extensive program of lectures, conferences and briefings on the Middle East and U.S-Middle East relations. It publishes the quarterly Middle East Journal and frequent issues papers, and offers language courses in Arabic and Hebrew. MEI's President is Amb. (Ret.) Edward Walker.

Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND): promotes active nonviolence and encourages alternatives to violence among youth and adults throughout Palestine. MEND employs innovative methods, especially with the media, and is widely respected for working with authenticity, professionalism and courage.

The Middle East Policy Council: MEPC, based in Washington, promotes understanding of current issues in U.S.-Middle East relations. It publishes the quarterly Middle East Policy and arranges conferences and seminars and programs for schools to enhance understanding of the Middle East. Amb. (Ret.) Charles Freeman is the President.

MIFTAH: Hanan Ashrawi directs this NGO in east Jerusalem that promotes human rights, democracy, civil society and peace.

National Council on US-Arab Relations: This is an educational NGO that promotes U.S. relations with the Arab world through conferences for Middle East experts, academics and businessmen, group visits to the region, and high school and college programs, including "Model Arab League" simulations. Its President is John Duke Anthony.

Oseh Shalom ~ Sanea al-Salam (Palestinian Jewish Family Peacemakers Camp): This well established initiative brings American Jewish and American Arab citizens together to understand each other and take action for peace in the Middle East. Their work has included three summer camps in California with the participation of Palestinian and Israeli youths and adults.

The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA): A Palestinian organization located in Jerusalem, PASSIA holds conferences and seminars and publishes a wide variety of studies on Palestinian and Israeli-Palestinian issues and an annual diary. Mahdi Abdel Hadi is the director.

Palestinian Center for Peace & Democracy: PCPD is a non-profit Palestinian NGO dedicated to promoting democracy, peace, social justice, human rights and civic education in the Palestinian areas. It was founded in August 1992 by a group of Palestinian intellectuals and professionals to create a forum for free and uncensored dialogue

The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research: A think tank of policy analysis and academic research, PSR was founded with the goal of advancing scholarship and knowledge on immediate issues of concern to Palestinians in domestic politics and government, strategic analysis and foreign policy, and public opinion polls and survey research.

The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People: A Palestinian NGO based in Beit Sahour, a village close to Bethlehem with a tradition of pro-peace activism and non-violent resistance to Israel's occupation.

The Parents Circle: The Parents Circle is a non-profit organization that promotes reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. Members include Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost loved ones as a result of the Israeli-Arab conflict and wish to promote peace.

PeaceMark: PeaceMark is a group of concerned Americans, who organize education and advocacy programs on behalf of a just and peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The People's Voice: A new Israeli-Palestinian civil initiative that aims to advance the process of achieving peace by persuading leaders on both sides to end the conflict by means of mass signatures on a joint statement of principles.

Refuser Solidarity Network: This Washington D.C. group, established in 2002, serves as a clearing house for information about and support for the growing network of refusers and conscientious objectors in Israel and their organizations.

Ta'ayush - Arab-Jewish Partnership: Ta'ayush is a grass roots movement Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel created in 2000 to oppose racism, segregation and inequality. They campaign against the separation wall, settlements, land confiscation, and other Israeli government actions that discourage peace.

Washington Institute for Near East Policy: The Washington Institute is a large, Washington-based group that supports an active program of conferences and luncheon briefings on a wide variety of Middle East issues. It also publishes and disseminates widely books, analysis, and issue papers by resident analysts and others. Its orientation is pro-Israel. Robert Satloff is the President of WINEP.

Yesh Gvul: Yesh Gvul, or "There is a limit" is an Israeli peace group dedicated to supporting Israeli soldiers who refuse to serve in the Occupied Territories for reasons of conscience.