Founded in 1941 to defend the rights of conscientious objectors, the group continues to advocate for peace and justice.
Founded in the San Francisco Bay area, now a national organization, Jewish Voice for Peace is dedicated to the rights of Jews, Palestinians, and all peoples in the Middle East.
An organization of progressive, secular and religious Jews of all ages advocating peace through justice for Palestine and Israel.
Meretz USA: for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace is a tax-exempt educational organization that works to support full and genuine peace between the State of Israel and its neighbors in the Middle East, including the Palestinian people. The agency supports full civil and human rights for all who live in the State of Israel, as well as the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights, regardless of in whose political authority they dwell. Meretz USA firmly believes in and supports those both within and beyond the borders of outside the State of Israel working for a fair and just society for all within Israel. [Meretz USA works in conjunction with the Israeli political party, Meretz.]
The Middle East Children's Alliance is a non-governmental organization working for peace and justice in the Middle East with a focus on Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq. It educates North Americans about the Middle East and US foreign policy and supports projects that aid and empower communities.
A philanthropic partnership of Israelis, North Americans, and Europeans that works for equality and social justice for all citizens of Israel.
Open Tent's mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of Middle Eastern cultures and faith traditions, and to engender mutual respect, harmony, cooperation and a sense of shared heritage among people of Middle Eastern backgrounds. Open Tent espouses principles of freedom, justice, human rights and self-representation for all people. Open Tent functions as an umbrella organization through which various organizations, individuals or entities may collectively coordinate, sponsor and support educational activities and cultural events designed to further the mission of Open Tent and the respective missions of the participants. Open Tent seeks to address issues and conflicts pertaining to the Middle East and its peoples in a manner which incorporates academic scholarship as well as the lived experience of individuals and groups. Open Tent seeks to avoid partisanship, parochial viewpoints and policies that violate the principles enumerated above. This approach may involve the deconstruction of received wisdom on a given topic, and dissatisfaction with prevailing policies of governments and agencies with respect to the Middle East.
Founded in 2002 to support Rabbis for Human Rights, based in Irsrael, http://www.rhr.israel.net/ . the North American chapter also campaigns against the torture and abuse of detainees by the United States.
SUSTAIN campaigns against US military and economic aid to Israel so that US tax-dollars do not support the abuse of human rights.
The American Committee on Jerusalem was founded to develop educational activities and materials focused on Jerusalem, its heritage, and its future as a counter to the one-sided views typically forwarded by the Israeli government and pro- Israeli groups in the United States.