Mid-East Peacebuilders
4 September 2007 by tikkunknitter
Here are a few of the exemplary efforts to pursue peace and justice in Israel:
- Bat Shalom
- Bustan - a grassroots organization of Jewish and Arab environmental activists, who pursue social and environmental sustainability for both Jews and Arabs of Israel-Palestine. A truly remarkable group of people. Here’s an NPR feature about one of Bustan’s projects with Israeli’s Bedouin citizens.
- Combatants for Peace - a group of peace activists in Israel and the occupied territories, Jewish and Palestinian, all former militants, who have laid down their weapons and work together to advocate for non-violent resolution of the Jewish-Palestinian conflicts in Israel/Palestine. You will find more information about this group of courageous men in this Democracy Now broadcast or this Christian Science Monitor article.
- Givat Haviva Institute, Israel
- Hand in Hand Schools, Jerusalem
- The Jewish-Arab Center, University of Haifa
- Makom ba-Galil
- McGill University Middle East Graduate Fellowship in Human Rights, Social Development and Peace Building
- Neve Shalom / Wahat al-Salam (Oasis of Peace)
- New Israel Fund (NIF) / Shatil
- Shalam
- Tel Aviv University School of Law Clinical Programs
Mideast peacebuilding through collaborative environmental action
Mideast peacebuilding through economic collaboration, trade and development
- Green Action, Israel
- Sindyanna of Galilee (more information here)
- Peace Fleece yarns (Baghdad Blue & Bedouin Blue)
- PeaceWorks’ Meditalia products (reviewed here)
- GreaterGood.org (more information here)
Local efforts to achieve peace-making policies:
[...] December 5, 2007 by tikkunknitter While the dreidel is a game, peace is not. All TikkunKnits patterns are created as Patterns for Peacebuilders, and this one is no exception. So, this pattern will be available free until the end of the holiday, and then available for a contribution to one of the peacemaking organizations featured here. [...]