Local and international groups and contacts

Israel-based
G Alternative Information Centre (AIC). Organisation disseminating information on Israeli and Palestinian societies, issues and promoting Palestine-Israeli cooperation; publications include News from Within. PO Box 31417, West Jerusalem, Israel (+972 2 624 1159; email aicmail@trendline.co.il; http://www.alternativenews.org). G Coalition of Women for a Just Peace (CWJP). Jewish and Palestinian women working together for peace and equal rights. PO Box 8083, West Jerusalem 91080, Israel (fax +972 2 672 5293; email info@coalitionofwomen4peace.org; http://www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org). G Movement Against Israeli Apartheid in Palestine (MAIAP). Works towards democratic solutions in geographic Palestine and the implementation of equal rights for all residents and refugees of the area (email info@maiap.org; http://maiap.org). G Palestinians and Israelis for Nonviolence (PINV), PINV believes the conflict in the Middle East and its causes are best addressed through nonviolent activism by the two peoples (+972 9 952 3261; fax 4 986 1211; email amos@p-I-for-nonviolence.org; http://pinv.org). G Peace Now. Founded in 1978 by reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defence Forces, urges the Israeli government to seek peace through negotiations and compromise (email info@peacenow.org.il; http://www.peacenow.org.il). G Rabbis for Human Rights. Campaigns against human-rights abuses in Israel and the territories, finds adopting families for Palestinian families with demolition orders on their homes. 42 Gaza Road, Jerusalem, 92384, Israel (+972 2 563 7731; fax 566 2815; email info@rhr.israel.net; http://www.rhr.israel.net). G Women in Black (WIB). In 1988 Women in Black started holding vigils in Israel to protest against the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, WIB is now an international peace network holding anti-war vigils worldwide. c/o Lili Traubmann, Kibbutz Meggiddo, 19230, Israel (http://www.womeninblack.net). http://www.badil.org). G El-Funoun, Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe. PO Box 4145, El-Bireh, Palestine (+970 2 240 2853; fax 240 2851; email info@el-funoun.org; http://www.el-funoun.org). G Jerusalem Center for Women. Palestinian, non-governmental center committed to developing relationships with Israeli peace groups who share their vision for peace building. East Jerusalem, Beit Hanina, Dahiet Al Barid, Al Hirbawi Bldg, fourth floor, PO Box 51630, Jerusalem, Palestine (+970 2 234 7068; email jcw@palnet.com; http://www.j-c-w.org). G Miftah, The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy. MIFTAHs premise is to serve as a platform for international reconciliation and cooperation allowing for a global dialogue guided by principles of democracy, human rights, gender equity, and participatory governance. PO Box 38588, East Jerusalem 97800, Palestine (+972 2 585 1842; fax 583 5184; email info@miftah.org; http://www.miftah.org). G Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement between People (PCR). PCR helps the Palestinian community with the hardships of occupation and works for peace, mutual understanding and justice. 64 Star Street, Beit Sahour, West Bank, Palestine (+970 2 277 2018; email info@rapprochement.org; http://www.rapprochement.org).

International
G Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), has had teams working for peace and providing a presence for violence-reduction in Hebron since 1995. PO Box 126, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine (email cpbheb@palnet.com; http://www.cpt.org). G International Solidarity Movement (ISM). A Palestinian-led non-violent movement of International and Palestinian activists working to end the Israeli occupation (+972 2 277 4602; email info@palsolidarity.org; http://www.palsolidarity.org). G International Womens Peace Service (IWPS). Volunteers from IWPS live in solidarity with Palestinian communities, opposing human rights abuses by civil resistance. Valley Farmhouse, East Runton, Cromer, Norfolk NR27, Britain (+44 1263 512049; email iwps@gn.apc.org; http://www.womenspeacepalestine.org). G WCC/EAPPI, Jerusalem Coordination Office, c/o Lutheran World Federation, PO Box 19178, Jerusalem 91191, Israel (+972 2 628 9402; email eappi-co@jrol.com; http://www.eappi.org).

Palestine-based
G Badil, Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. PO Box 728, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine (+970 2 274 7346; email info@badil.org;

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Resources/media
G Arabic Internet Media Network. Rolling news and comment inEnglish and Arabic http://www.amin.org/ G Electronic Intifada. (EI), Publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and affairs http://electronicintifada.net G MEMRI. Middle-east Media Research Institute http://www.memri.org G MERIP. Middle-east Research and Information Project http://www.merip.org G Israel Indymedia. http://indymedia.org.il/ Currently unavailable and under investigation. G Jerusalem Indymedia. http://jerusalem.indymedia.org G Palestine Chronicle. News and perspectives from an international team http://www.palestinechronicle.com/ G Palestine Indymedia http://palestine.indymedia.org G Stop the Wall. Palestinian apartheid wall news and campaign http://stopthewall.org G Swans. Literary and political website, endeavours to be a forum for ideas lacking in mainstream media. http://www.swans.com/library/subjects/israpal.html
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