Knowledge Centre : Peace and Conflict : Specific Crises : Israel Palestine : Page 4
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- Bat Shalom
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Bat Shalom is an Israeli national feminist grassroots organization of Jewish and Palestinian Israeli women working together for a genuine peace grounded in a just resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict, respect for human rights, and an equal voice for Jewish and Arab women within Israeli society.
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- The Right to Food, Report by the Special Rapporteur, Mission to the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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In July 2003, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food traveled to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to investigate the growing crisis of food insecurity for Palestinian families living under Israeli occupation. The UN mission found that, "The Occupied Palestinian Territories is on the verge of humanitarian catastrophe as a result of extremely harsh security measures imposed by the occupying Israeli forces." Recommendations are made to the Government of Israel to improve access for humanitarian relief, to take immediate action to reverse the humanitarian crisis, to lift closures in the Territories and to end the confiscation and the disproportionate destruction of Palestinian lands, water and other resources.
http://www.unhchr.ch/pdf/chr60/10add2AV.pdf
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- The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories (pdf)
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International Labour Office, 2004. This report provides a factual assessment of the economic and social circumstances of workers of the occupied territories at a time of continuing tension and conflict.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc92/pdf/rep-i-a-ax.pdf
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- Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information
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IPCRI, founded in Jerusalem in 1988, is the only joint Israeli-Palestinian public policy think-tank in the world. It is devoted to developing practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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- Rachel Corrie -- Peace Activist
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Rachel Corrie was a 23-year-old American peace activist from Olympia, Washington, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer on 16 March 2003, while undertaking nonviolent direct action to protect the home of a a Palestinian doctor, his wife, and three children from demolition. This website contains a collection of reports about her work and the reactions of people to her death.
http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/people/8.shtml
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- A year of silence since Rachel Corrie died
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Rachel Corrie's cousin, Elizabeth Corrie, raising some probing questions regarding Rachael's killing on March 16 2003 by a nine ton bulldozer while she protected a home from being demolished.
http://www.iht.com/articles/508588.html
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- Anti-Semitism at the World Social Forum?
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by Cecilie Surasky Published on Thursday, February 19, 2004 by CommonDreams.org "It is my first morning at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India and I am at a workshop on Palestinian women and the occupation [...] I have come because my New Voices human rights fellowship has decided to send the fellows to the WSF. But I have an additional reason for being here. The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) has cited the WSF as one of the centers of what it and others refer to as the "new anti-Semitism", and these charges have been picked up by various journalists as evidence of a dangerous new trend on the left."
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0219-08.htm
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- The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism
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15th January by Brian Klug for 'The Nation' ...The claim that I am criticizing is not that there is a new outbreak of "old" anti-Semitism but that there is an outbreak of anti-Semitism of a new kind. Thus the case in support of this claim is not merely cumulative: It does not consist simply in piling up one example after another. There is an organizing principle, a central idea that holds the case together. It is only in terms of this idea that many of the examples cited in the literature count as evidence of antiSemitism. Without this central idea, the case that is made with their help falls apart. So the question is this: What puts the "new" into "new anti-Semitism"? The answer, in a word, is anti-Zionism. The "vilification of Israel," Iganski and Kosmin argue, is "the core characteristic" of Judeophobia (their term for "new anti-Semitism"). In his contribution to their book, Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Britain and the Commonwealth, explains: "What we are witnessing today is the second great mutation of antisemitism in modern times, from racial antisemitism to religious anti-Zionism (with the added premise that all Jews are Zionists)." Sometimes the point is made by equating the State of Israel in the "new" anti-Semitism with the individual Jew in the "old" variety. Rabbi Sacks himself draws this parallel in an article in the Guardian: "At times [anti-Semitism] has been directed against Jews as individuals. Today it is directed against Jews as a sovereign people." In the same vein, Dershowitz argues that Israel has become "the Jew among Nations."
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040202&c=1&s=klug
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- PALESTINE DIARIES: Reports from Occupied Territory
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The website of a 22-year-old American human rights activist in Gaza City, Palestine. It hosts his insightful journals and photos of everday life in the occupied territories. "The Reports and Photos featured on this site are diaries of my experiences and thoughts living and working in the Gaza Strip. I consider everyday in Palestine as a new oppurtunity to learn. I hope people reading these reports are able to learn with me... Jacob Pace, Gaza City, Occupied Palestine September 27, 2003"
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- B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
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Israeli human rights organization established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. B'Tselem acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that the Israeli government, which rules the Occupied Territories, protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under international law. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel. B'Tselem is independent and is funded by contributions from foundations in Israel, Europe, and North America and by private individuals in Israel and abroad. - From their website
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- Electronic Intifada
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The Electronic Intifada (EI) publishes news, commentary, analysis, and reference materials about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from a Palestinian perspective. EI's main focus is on media creation but it also maintains a Human Rights library relating to the Palestinian issue as well as other resources.
http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml
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- Grassroots International Protection For The Palestinian People
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Umbrella group for organisations committed to the protection of the Palestinian people. It includes Palestinian NGOs, the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and organisations from France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It organises and facilitates most international NGO solidarity visits and delegations to the Occupied Territories.
http://www.pngo.net/GIPP/profile.htm
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- Gush Shalom
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Israeli peace group dedicated to the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from the Palestinian Occupied Territories and the estbliahment of a sovereign Palestinian state. This group organises protests and direct actions in both Israel and Palestine. These range from house rebuilding to protesting against the construction of the Separation wall.
http://www.gush-shalom.org/english/index.html
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- Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre
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Established in 1988 by a group of Palestinian journalists and researchers, JMCC provides information on events in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. JMCC's Jerusalem and Gaza offices provide a wide range of services to journalists, researchers, international agencies, individuals and organizations interested in obtaining reliable information on the Palestinian territory, including public opinion polls, independent research and reports.
http://www.jmcc.org/index.html
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- PCHR - The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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"The Palestinian Centre 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. The work of the Centre is conducted through documentation and investigation of human rights violations, provision of legal aid and counseling to both individuals and groups, and preparation of research articles relevant to issues such as the human rights situation and the rule of law in the OPT. The Centre also provides comments on Palestinian Draft Laws and urges the adoption of legislation that incorporates international human rights standards and basic democratic principles." - From their website
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- The Palestine Monitor
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News and information website setup by the Palestinian Non-Governmental Network (PNGO)to provide a palestinian perspective on current events occuring in the Occupied Territories. They also produce fact sheets and reports to help international journalists and activists anf run a media watch campaign.
http://www.palestinemonitor.org
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- United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine
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United Nations information database containing the texts of current and historical United Nations material concerning the question of Palestine and other issues related to the Middle East situation and the search for peace. UNISPAL contains largely the English texts of United Nations documents as well as assorted maps of the various peace plans since 1917.
http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF
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- UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency
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UNRWA is the UN relief and human development agency, providing education, healthcare, social services and emergency aid to over four million refugees living in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab republic. A good source for information and statistics regarding the living conditions of the refugee population in Palestine.
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- World Bank report on impact of Intifada, Vol. 1 of 1
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"Twenty-Seven Months - Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment" (report no. 26314) was prepared in June 2003 as a follow-up to a report published in March 2002 ( " Fifteen Months - Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis " report no. 24931). The main objectives of this second Assessment is once again to help donors and the Palestinian Authority (PA) cope with the deep economic crisis in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as to encourage and inform discussion on Palestinian economic issues among the donors, the PA and the Government of Israel. Despite an inevitable preoccupation with short-term emergency issues, the report seeks to preserve a focus on the types of medium-term economic and institutional policies that will return to prominence once the current conflict ceases to dominate the daily lives of Palestinians and Israelis. While any short-term recovery will depend on the lifting of closures, this will not suffice to put the Palestinian economy onto a sustainable growth path.
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- Views of a Changing World 2003
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The speed of the war in Iraq and the prevailing belief that the Iraqi people are better off as a result have modestly improved the image of America. But in most countries, opinions of the U.S. are markedly lower than they were a year ago. The war has widened the rift between Americans and Western Europeans, further inflamed the Muslim world, softened support for the war on terrorism, and significantly weakened global public support for the pillars of the post-World War II era - the U.N. and the North Atlantic alliance. These are the principal findings from the latest survey of the Pew Global Attitudes Project, conducted over the past month in 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority. It is being released together with a broader survey of 44 nations conducted in 2002, which covers attitudes on globalization, democratization and the role of Islam in governance and society.
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=185
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- International Solidarity Movement
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The International Solidarity Movement is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and International activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation. We utilize nonviolent, direct-action methods of resistance to confront and challenge illegal Israeli occupation forces and policies. As enshrined in international law and UN resolutions, we recognize the Palestinian right to resist Israeli violence and occupation via legitimate armed struggle. However, we believe that nonviolence can be a powerful weapon in fighting oppression and we are committed to the principles of nonviolent resistance.
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- Live From Palestine
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A citizens' diary project recording events - has been transformed into a literary force. Updated daily, the site contains on-the-ground accounts of the siege written by doctors, aid workers, human rights activists, and anyone else who has managed to get access to the internet despite repeated power cuts and curfews.
http://electronicintifada.net/diaries/
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- Losing ground: Israel, poverty and the Palestinians
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28 January 2003. Based on Christian Aid's work with local organisations in both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories over the last five decades, this report looks at how and why ordinary Palestinians find themselves in conditions of deepening poverty. Today's acute impoverishment is in danger of destroying Palestinian society. Failure to address the root causes will be felt far beyond Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/0301isra/losing.htm
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- Forgotten Villages: Struggling to survive under closure in the West Bank
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Oxfam Policy Paper 28. New research by Oxfam and its partners on the impact of the Israeli government's policy of closure finds thousands of rural households in the West Bank on the brink of destitution. Away from the media spotlight, the families of farmers, unemployed labourers and small businessmen in these often neglected Palestinian villages have run out of savings and sold off land and livestock. Urgent action is needed: Farmers are unable to harvest their olives, and water tankers can't pass checkpoints. Closure should be lifted now, in order to avert an immediate humanitarian disaster, and to protect prospects for future development and peace...All parties to the conflict must take immediate steps to prevent this humanitarian crisis from turning into a full-blown humanitarian disaster [1], by supporting the long-term livelihoods of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the area.(intro)
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/conflict_disasters/bp28_forgotten.htm
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