Links to other organizations working for peace with justice in the Middle EastBrit Tzedek v'Shalom: Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace Americans for Peace Now (contains much useful information) Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Not In My Name (Chicago) Ta'ayush: Arab-Jewish Partnership
Israeli-Palestinian
Bereaved Families for Peace B'Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Jewish Peace Thread (links to much useful information) The Shefa Fund (see especially their Middle East Peace Folio) Please note: Inclusion in this list doesn't mean that we necessarily endorse everything that each of these groups does. It means only that we think these groups are worthy of your consideration.
Some petitions that you might consider signing
Petition in defense of Palestinian universities, organized by Faculty For Israeli-Palestinian Peace. Signers should be university faculty members (in any country). Petition in defense of Gush Shalom, the Israeli peace group that has been accused of treason by Prime Minister Sharon because of its efforts to make Israel Defense Forces officers aware of the Geneva war crimes convention. This petition will be published in Ha'aretz and possibly in other Israeli newspapers. Everyone can sign. Statement in support of Courage to Refuse (Ometz Lesarev), the Israeli Defense Force reserve combat officers and soldiers who have refused to serve in the occupied territories. The organizers hope to publish this statement in Ha'aretz and the New York Times. Signers should be Americans. A "Call for Moderation" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, organized by Professor Joel Lebowitz of Rutgers University. Everyone can sign.
"We oppose both Saddam Hussein and the U.S. war on Iraq:
A call for a new, democratic U.S. foreign policy",
drafted by the Campaign for Peace and Democracy.
Everyone can sign. Open Letter from the academic community opposing a U.S. invasion of Iraq, organized by faculty members at the University of Minnesota and elsewhere. Signers should have some university affiliation (faculty, student, staff, etc). Statement opposing U.S. plans for an invasion of Iraq, organized by Law Professors for the Rule of Law. Signers should teach law at an American law school. Open letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan against war with Iraq, co-sponsored by Z Magazine. Everyone can sign.
Some useful articles
Amos Oz, "An end to Israeli occupation will mean a just war", Observer [London], April 7, 2002 Jimmy Carter, "America Can Persuade Israel to Make a Just Peace", New York Times, April 21, 2002 Sari Nusseibeh, Hanan Ashrawi and approximately 650 others, "An Appeal", New York Review of Books, August 15, 2002 (originally published in the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Quds on June 21, 2002) Anthony Lewis, "Is There a Solution?", New York Review of Books, April 25, 2002 Tony Judt, "The Road to Nowhere", New York Review of Books, May 9, 2002 (see also the letters from readers and Judt's reply) A debate on what happened at Camp David and Taba:Hussein Agha and Robert Malley, "Camp David: The Tragedy of Errors", New York Review of Books, August 9, 2001 Dennis Ross and Gidi Grinstein, with a reply by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley, "Camp David: An Exchange", New York Review of Books, September 20, 2001 Benny Morris, "Camp David and After: An Exchange (1. An Interview with Ehud Barak)", New York Review of Books, June 13, 2002 Hussein Agha and Robert Malley, "Camp David and After: An Exchange (2. A Reply to Ehud Barak)", New York Review of Books, June 13, 2002 Benny Morris and Ehud Barak, with a reply by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley, "Camp David and After -- Continued", New York Review of Books, June 27, 2002
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