“People of Faith with Palestine in Struggle”

PfL’s Palestine solidarity initiative is an evolving project that began with the Interfaith Peace Pilgrimage and Solidarity Visit to Palestine-Israel...  Read more about this project and the Palestine peace mission.

ACTION ALERT

• Petition against OECD tourism conference in Jerusalem

Resources

• It’s Time for Palestine (Liturgy)
• Philippine Church Leaders’ Statement for Just Peace in Palestine
• A Code of Conduct for Tourism in the Holy Land – Alternative Tourism Group, Dec 2008
• PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT: People of Faith with Palestine in Struggle – Declaration of the Amman Conference on Justice for Palestine, sponsored by Peace for Life, 12 November 2007
• THE AMMAN CALL – Issued at the WCC International Peace Conference on “Churches together for Peace and Justice in the Middle East”, Jordan, 18-20 June 2007
• More... RESOURCES: Palestine, Iraq and the Middle East

Networks and initiatives

• Abraham Path Initiative – an international NGO aimed at supporting the development of the Abraham Path – a route of cultural tourism that retraces the journey made by Abraham (Ibrahim) through the heart of the Middle East some four thousand years ago. Founded in 2007 at the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University, the initiative honours all cultures and faiths, and is supported by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Work is now underway to make the completion of the Abraham Path a reality.
• Alternative Tourism Group – a Palestinian NGO specialising in tours and pilgrimages that include critical examinations of the history, culture, and politics of the Holy Land. Established in 1995, ATG operates according to the tenets of justice tourism, seeking to promote a positive image of Palestine and contribute to establishment of just peace in the area. (Contact: Rami Kassis, Executive Director)
• Defence for Children International – Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine) – a national section of the international child rights NGO and movement, Defence for Children International, established in 1979. DCI/PS is dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international, regional and local standards.
• Friends of Freedom and Justice Bil’in – a new society initiated in the Palestinian village of Bil’in whose residents have staged weekly non-violent actions, since 2005, to refuse further Israeli incursions into their land, of which 60% has already been annexed by the Apartheid Wall. Bil’in has become a symbol both of the theft of land across Palestine and of the power of non-violent grassroots movements in building local and international resistance to Occupation.
• Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People (PCR) – a non-religious Palestinian community service center based in Beit Sahour that advocates the Palestinian cause through community service with special focus on the youth, dialogue, nonviolent resistance to the occupation, and media.
• Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center – Jerusalem head office of Sabeel, an ecumenical grassroots liberation theology movement among Palestinian Christians. It runs local and international programs aimed at encouraging people of faith to develop a spirituality of nonviolent liberation that empowers them to work for justice, peace and reconciliation in Palestine-Israel.
• Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies – an NGO based in Beit Sahour, Palestine that aims to create links between Palestinians with people around the globe through travel programs, interfaith/ecumenical dialogue, and culture and youth exchange programs (Contact: George Rishmawi, Coordinator)

News and information sources

• Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) – an independent Palestinian human rights organization based in Gaza City; enjoys Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC and is affiliated with various international human rights organizations
• If Americans Knew – an independent research and information-dissemination institute focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. foreign policy on the Middle East, and media coverage of this issue; it aims to provide information that is largely missing from American press coverage of this critical region.
• OCHA-oPt (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory) – disseminates humanitarian information and analysis of facts aimed at enhancing coordination between agencies to ensure effective distribution of humanitarian assistance in the occupied Palestinian territory.
• Gaza Siege – an independent online resource for background, analysis and news updates related to the ongoing siege and occupation of the Gaza Strip; includes reports, statements and op-eds by scholars, expert commentators and humanitarian organizations, and first-hand accounts by journalists and people living in Gaza.
• International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) – Combines Palestinian journalists’ deep understanding of the context, history and socio-political environment with international journalists’ training in non-partisan reporting to provide independent media coverage of Israel-Palestine
• Occupation Magazine – aims to provide information and commentary on the ongoing developments in the Occupied Territories in Hebrew and English. While the editors represent a range of opinions as to the optimal solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, all are united in the belief that a viable solution must be based on the unconditional end to the Israeli military occupation, and on principles of equality, justice and mutual respect.
• Palestine: Home of History – a site project dedicated to the current history of Palestine from 1900 and up to the present; aimed to provide a ready reference site for all information about the land of Palestine and the conflict between Arab and Jews.
• Palestine Monitor – information and analysis based website based in Ramallah; publishes rigorously researched news, information, fact sheets, regular political analysis and first hand eye-witness accounts of life in the occupied territories; recognised as an independent voice of Palestinians living under occupation
• The Palestine Chronicle – an independent online newspaper that provides information and commentary on a variety of subjects, largely focused on Palestine, Israel, and the ‘Middle East’ region. The Palestine Chronicle team consists of professional journalists and respected writers and authors who don’t speak on behalf of any political party or champion any specific political agenda.

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