Israel
Coalition of Women for Just Peace
The Jerusalem Center for Women
Bat Shalom
Bat Shalom is a feminist peace organization of Israeli women. They work
toward a just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors that includes
recognition of a Palestinian state side-by-side with Israel and Jerusalem
as the capital of both. Within Israel, Bat Shalom works toward a more
just and democratic society shaped equally by men and women. Click
here to visit their website and know more about their campaigns.
Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
The Coalition is comprised of the following organizations: Bat Shalom,
Women in Black, New Profile, NELED, Machsom-Watch, TANDI, WILPF, The Fifth
Mother Movement, Women Engendering Peace and Noga, a feminist magazine
We Jewish and Palestinian women, citizens of Israel representatives of
various women’s organizations and individuals have agreed to coordinate
and organize joint activities in order to work together for a just peace
based on the following principles:
• An end to the occupation
• The full involvement of women in negotiations for peace
• Establishment of the state of Palestinian side by side with the
state of Israel based on the 1967 borders
• The recognition of Jerusalem as the shared capital of two states
• Israel must recognize its share of responsibility for the results
of the 1948 war, and cooperating in finding a just solution for the Palestinian
refugees
• Equality, inclusion and justice for Palestinian citizens of Israel
• Opposition to the militarism that permeates Israeli society
• Equal rights for women and all residents of Israel
• Social and economic justice for Israel’s citizens and integration
in the region
Building Bridges for Peace
Building Bridges for Peace is the flagship program of Seeking Common Ground.
Looking for a bold and ambitious way to test the power of the SCG model,
program founders travelled to the Middle East in 1994 and recruited twelve
Israeli and twelve Palestinian high school women for an intensive summer
program in the mountains of Colorado. Click
here for more information.
The Bridge
The Bridge is made up of Jewish and Arab women who work together to promote
the status of women and peace in the Middle East, which are inextricably
linked in Israel/Palestine. Through monthly lectures, radio and television
programs, seminars, family outings, and meetings in Arab, Jewish, and
Druze towns and villages, this campaigns aims to build bridges of culture
and understanding between Arabs and Jews. Click
here for more information on this campaign.
The Jerusalem Center for Women
The Jerusalem Center for Women (JCW), a Palestinian non-governmental women’s
center located in East Jerusalem, was established in March 1994. Parallel
to its establishment, Bat Shalom, an Israeli women’s center in West
Jerusalem, was created. Though JCW and Bat Shalom carry out joint Palestinian
– Israeli programs through the JERUSALEM LINK, their coordinating
body, the two centers operate independently, maintaining executive and
organizational integrity. Such an arrangement is the first time that a
Palestinian and an Israeli organization have worked so closely together
for the advancement of women and human rights in the region, as well as
for the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. To read more,
click here: JCW.
Peace Now
The Israeli Peace Movement was founded in 1978 by 348 reserve officers
and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. The first and only mass peace
movement in Israel, PEACE NOW rapidly became the single most important
extra-parliamentary force for peace in the country, attracting hundreds
of thousands to its mass rallies and activities. The first and primary
goal of PEACE NOW has been to press the Israeli government to seek peace
- through negotiations and mutual compromise - with our Arab neighbors
and the Palestinian people. Only peace will bring security to Israel and
ensure the future of our people. For more information, click on: Peace
Now.
Gush Shalom
Gush Shalom is an active
organization that has initiated various campaigns, including "Jesrusalem
Capital of two states, Stop the bulldozers, Eighty Theses for a New Peace
camp and more.