Neve Shalom-Wahat al Salam is a village in Israel established jointly by Jews and Palestinian Arabs of Israeli citizenship and engaged in educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples. The village conducts educational work that heightens understanding between the two peoples.
New Profile seeks to change the profile of Israeli society from a militarized society of war and might to a peacemaking community in which the rights of all people are respected equally and the military occupation of others' lands ends.
Oz Veshalom-Netivot Shalom, founded in 1975, is a religious Zionist peace organization that promotes the ideals of tolerance, pluralism, and justice. The group seeks to counter fundamentalist and extremist political arguments that have placed the value of the Land of Israel ahead of human life, justice, and peace.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent legal body based in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law, and upholding democratic principles in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It holds Special Consultative Status with the Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and is an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, the Federation Internationale des Ligues de Droits de l'Homme, and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network. PCHR is a recipient of the 1996 French Republic Award for Human Rights.
PCR is a Palestinian community service center with a global vision. Community service, serving the local Palestinian community in stead fasting the hardships of occupation policies, sharing in developing the community physical and human resources, and activating the youth, in community service and development, are the main elements of PCR's community service program. PCR has a genuine commitment and a long history of working for peace. Dialogues aimed at developing mutual understanding, activating participants to work for peace and justice, educating and training for peace and reconciliation, and the work to increase the public role in building a just and lasting peace in the region, are high on the agenda of priorities of PCR.
The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group was founded in 1996 by a diverse group of well-established Palestinians, including Palestinian Legislative Council members, newspaper editors, journalists, a union leader, veteran human rights activists and religious leaders. The political composition of its founders is diverse too, including members of Fatah, PFLP, DFLP, Hamas and independents. The PHRMG documents human rights violations committed against Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, regardless of who is responsible.
End the Siege is a non- partisan campaign, initiated and managed by representatives of the civil society, business community, intellectuals, academics, and advocates for human rights from Gaza and the West Bank.
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) was established in 1988 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting and protecting the medical human rights of all residents of Israel and the Occupied Territories. PHR-Israel's operating premise is that the maintenance of medical human rights is a necessary condition for social justice, as well as a legal obligation in accordance with international humanitarian law. PHR-Israel categorically opposes the subjugation of medical care to political considerations of any kind. PHR-Israel works to rectify and prevent breaches of medical human rights by the Israeli authorities as well as breakdowns in health care delivery in the West Bank and Gaza strip. Our activities include monitoring, intervention and advocacy. PHR-Israel operates in cooperation with many other non governmental organizations both Israeli and Palestinian, as well as with ones based abroad. PHR-Israel is also a member of the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organizations (IFHHRO).
In September 1999, in response to PCATI's petition, nine justices of the High Court ruled to absolutely prohibit the use of torture during interrogation. PCATI, an independent human rights organization founded in 1990, monitors the implementation of this ruling in detention centers and continues to oppose the use of torture in interrogation in Israel and the Palestinian Authority through the courts, support of relevant legislation, and an information campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the subject.
Rabbis For Human Rights is the only organization in Israel today concerned specifically with giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights. RHR teaches a different understanding of the Jewish tradition. RHR is also the only Israeli rabbinic organization comprised of Reform, Orthodox, Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbis and students.