Editing Arab–Israeli peace projects (section)

== Political activists and community groups ==
Groups of political activists or community activists who work for peace through efforts based on political goals and measures, or community efforts. Includes some groups which are composed of activists from one side of the conflict, and some groups which include activists from both sides.

=== OneVoice, a project of the Peaceworks Foundation ===
According to their website "OneVoice is a global undertaking to: "Amplify the voice of moderates; Empower Palestinians and Israelis at the grass-roots level to seize back the agenda away from violent extremists; Achieve broad-based consensus on core issues, configuring a roadmap for conflict resolutions. OneVoice...was developed by over two hundred Palestinian, Israeli and international community leaders...dedicated to strengthen the voice of reason."

This group rejects what they see as left-wing appeasement of Palestinian terrorism by leftist groups; they reach out to moderate liberal and centrist Israelis who want to advance the peace process; they reach out to Palestinian moderates who reject terrorism and suicide-bombings; they work to cultivate a moderate political leadership on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and are trying to pressure both the Israeli government and Palestinian Authority into reaching a just peace. [http://www.silentnolonger.net/ One Voice: Silent No Longer] [https://web.archive.org/web/20030411091204/http://silentnolonger.com/wwd_faq.html One Voice FAQ]

=== "Seeking Peace, Pursuing Justice" ===
The [[Union for Reform Judaism]], the congregational arm of American [[Reform Judaism]], has created a project called ''Seeking Peace, Pursuing Justice''. According to their website, their goal is: "to educate and mobilize North American Jewry to support peace efforts and social justice causes in Israel.... This campaign will encourage the North American Jewish community to examine the risks and rewards of peace for Israel and the Palestinians, and to undertake critical, constructive public dialogue on the most pressing social issues facing Israel today—including the status of Arab citizens of Israel and other minorities, as well as other issues of inequality and discrimination." [http://www.seekpeace.org/ Seeking peace, Pursuing Justice]

=== The Abraham Fund ===
According to their website, "''The Abraham Fund Initiatives'' is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting coexistence between the Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. Through advocacy and awareness campaigns, and by sponsoring coexistence projects, The Abraham Fund Initiatives fosters increased dialogue, tolerance and understanding between Arabs and Jews...." [http://www.abrahamfund.org/ The Abraham Fund]

=== Brit Tzedek v'Shalom ===
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, "is a national organization of American Jews committed to Israel's well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It believes the vast majority of Israelis and Palestinians long for an enduring peace and that security for Israel can only be achieved through the establishment of an economically and politically viable Palestinian state, necessitating an end to Israel's occupation of land acquired during the 1967 war and an end to Palestinian terrorism. Brit Tzedek believes that many American Jews share this perspective, but are reluctant to express themselves for fear they may bring harm to Israel and the Jewish people. Through education, advocacy, local chapter activities, and work with the media, it seeks to generate greater dialogue within the American Jewish community in order to direct U.S. foreign policy toward the realization of a just peace." [http://www.btvshalom.org/ Brit Tzedek v'Shalom]

=== Brit Shalom/Tahalof Essalam ===
The Jewish-Palestinian Peace Alliance consists of both Jewish and Palestinian peace activists working for reconciliation. It generally favors binational confederation or two-state coexistence, drawing upon fringe historical and contemporary movements as varied as [[Uri Avneri]]'s [[Zionism#Anti-Zionism and post-Zionism|pan-Semitism]], [[Martin Buber|Buberian]] [[Zionism]], and even aspects of rightist Canaanism for inspiration. Contributors to its website include [[Gideon Levy]], [[Doron Rosenblum]], [[Avraham Burg]], [[Meron Benvenisti]], [[Shahar Smooha]], [[David Grossman]], [[Yitzhak Frankenthal]], [[Tony Judt]], Rabbi [[Arik Ascherman]] of [[Rabbis for Human Rights]], and [[Baruch Kimmerling]]. [http://www.britshalom.org/ Brit Shalom/Tahalof Essalam]

=== Combatants for Peace ===
[[Combatants for Peace]] ({{langx|he|לוחמים לשלום}}) is an organization of Israelis and [[Palestinians]] who are [[veteran]]s of armed conflict, and have concluded that there can be no solution through violence. The Israeli members served as combat soldiers in the [[Israel Defense Forces]], while the Palestinian members "were involved in acts of violence in the name of Palestinian liberation."

The organization, founded in 2005, supports a two-state solution to the conflict. A statement on their website says, "We call for the establishment of a Palestinian State, alongside the State of Israel. The two states can exist in peace and security beside each other."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.combatantsforpeace.org|title=Combatants for Peace – There is another way!}}</ref>

=== [http://www.ipcee.org/ Israel Palestinian Cooperative for Economic Expansion (IPCEE)] EIN: 45-3005555 ===
[[Israel Palestinian Cooperative for Economic Expansion]] (aka; [[International Peace Cooperative for Economic Expansion]]; [[Israel Palestine Cooperative for Economic Expansion]]) (IPCEE) is a small 501(C)(3) founded in the United States and based in Connecticut in 2011, believes that an essential avenue for helping end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to push forward the spread of economic prosperity and improved healthcare for the Palestinians living in the West Bank. Strengthening essential infrastructure and institutional capacity within the West Bank facilitates prosperity and self-reliance—ultimately leading toward a healthy separation and inter-independence between Palestinians and Israelis.

According to the organizations President/CEO, "The ultimate goal for the IPCEE Healthcare Initiative known as Peace through Medicine, contributes to the realization of an independent Palestinian State, living peacefully side-by-side with the State of Israel"

'''Included in the organization's IRS Form 1023 -''' IPCEE contemplates that it may make grants to public institutions in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and this may include the governments themselves. These grants will be to fund the construction of schools, hospitals, libraries, community centers and other social service facilities in impoverished areas in Israel and the West Bank. As explained in the [[Form 1023]], these facilities will provide classes for Israelis and Palestinians in peaceful cooperation to develop their vocational, artistic and other skills. Vocational trainings may include professional training workshops to teach locals the fundamentals of various trades such as carpentry, blacksmithing, plumbing, traditional and modern baking techniques, food service, computer science, textiles and sewing, ceramics, photography, newspaper production, and theater. IPCEE will either provide funds to build, furnish, equip and staff these facilities or share the costs with other non -governmental organizations (NGOs.)

IPCEE may provide grants to both public and private schools and universities in Israel and the West Bank and may make grants directly to the Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority to fund the construction of new schools. IPCEE plans on providing food for schools by making grants to the Ministries of Education and the Ministries of Health (or their equivalents) in the Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority. Additionally, IPCEE may make grants to other governmental agencies in Israel or to the Palestinian National Authority to provide technical/electronic equipment (computers, software, broadband internet services, etc.), playground equipment, educational materials (books, textbooks, workbooks, etc.), classroom furniture (desks, chairs, chalkboards, etc.), and basic school supplies (notebooks, binders, pens and pencils, etc.) Governmental grantees may also use grant funds to hire teachers, counselors and/or school administrators.

IPCEE may provide grants to existing hospitals and health clinics in Israel and the West Bank and may make grants directly to the Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority to fund the construction of new hospitals and health clinics. Grant funds might also be used to hire medical staff (doctors, nurses, specialists, etc.) and/or hospital personnel (staff, administrators, etc.).

IPCEE may provide grants to the Israeli government and the Palestinian National Authority to fund the construction of new community centers such as libraries, women’s centers, youth centers and learning/language centers. These community centers will offer a variety of resources and opportunities for economically disadvantaged locals, including classes, lectures, language and literacy programs, and vocational training. Vocational trainings, for example, will include professional training workshops to teach locals the fundamentals of various trades such as carpentry, blacksmithing, plumbing, traditional and modern baking techniques, food service, computer science, textiles and sewing, ceramics, photography, newspaper production, and theater. These community centers will also provide public access to useful facilities such as conference rooms, auditoriums, media libraries and computer labs.

Grants would be made to governmental agencies as well as other public institutions in Israel and the West Bank.

=== Jews for Israeli-Palestinian Peace ===
[[Jews for Israeli–Palestinian Peace]] ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]: ''Judar för israelisk-palestinsk fred''), abbreviated as JIPF, is a Stockholm-based association, founded by Swedish [[Jews]] in 1982,<ref>World Encyclopaedia of Interfaith Studies: Religious pluralism. (2009). India: Jnanada Prakashan. p561</ref> following the [[1982 Lebanon War|Israeli invasion of Lebanon]].<ref>Landy, D. (2012). Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights: Diaspora Jewish Opposition to Israel. United Kingdom: Zed Books.</ref>

JIPF states that they want to work for a "fair and lasting peace" in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|conflict]] between [[Israelis]] and [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]], based on national [[self-determination]] and [[independence]] for both peoples.<ref name="Om">[http://jipf.nu/om-jipf Om JIPF] (Eng: About Us), JIPF (Swedish)</ref> Its political programme include demands for a [[History of the State of Palestine|creation of a Palestinian state]], Israel's withdrawal from all [[Israeli-occupied territories|territories occupied in 1967]], the dismantlement of [[Israeli settlement]]s and that the [[Palestinian refugee]] question must be based on the principle of the [[Palestinian right of return|right of return or economic compensation]].<ref name="Om" />

With a grant from the ''Helena Berings Minnesfond (English: Helena Berings Memorial Fund)'' the group co-ran a school program in partnership with the Palestinian Association of Sweden. The program facilitated dialogues between Palestinians and Jews in approximately fifty schools over three years.<ref name=":02">Maria Holm, ''[https://globalarkivet.se/sites/default/files/documents/2015-02/judar_palestinska_fr_palnu_2007_02.pdf Judar för israelisk palestinsk fred och Palestinska föreningen i Stockholm arbetar tillsammans]'', (February 2007), Palestinagrupperna i Sverige</ref>

=== Women Wage Peace ===
After the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict|Gaza War]] in 2014, a group of Israeli women founded the [[Women Wage Peace]] movement with the goal of reaching a bilaterally acceptable political peace agreement between Israel and Palestine.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://womenwagepeace.org.il/en/mission-statement/|title=Mission Statement {{!}} Women Wage Peace|work=Women Wage Peace|access-date=2017-07-16|language=en-US}}</ref> While based mainly in Israel, the movement has worked to build connections with Palestinians, reaching out to women and men of many different religions and political backgrounds.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/these-israeli-women-marched-from-the-lebanese-border-to-jerusalem-heres-why/2016/10/19/a9b67618-b92c-4c7a-9ad8-d992477e7db1_story.html|title=These Israeli women marched from the Lebanese border to Jerusalem. Here's why.|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref> The group's activities have included a collective hunger strike outside Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]'s formal residence<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Operation-Protective-Fast-Striving-for-peace-between-Israelis-and-Palestinians-408437|title=Operation Protective Fast: Striving for peace between Israelis and Palestinians|work=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref> and a protest march from Northern Israel to Jerusalem.<ref name=":0" /> As of May 2017, Women Wage Peace had over 20,000 members and supporters associated with it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-a-women-s-movement-that-is-trying-to-bring-peace-to-israel-2434307|title=A women's movement that is trying to bring peace to Israel {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2017-05-11|work=dna|access-date=2017-07-16|language=en-US}}</ref>