Letters For Palestine

Research List

This page is to provide access to information that sets out the issues in Palestine/Israel via links to important People and Organisations.
This is not a definitive list but allows people to gain a general understanding of the issues.
Scroll down to see:
  • Key People
  • Key Organisations
  • Other People and Organisations.
If you believe that people or organisations should be moved to the Key Peole or Key Organisations lists, please let us know.
If you have other People or Organisations you believe should be added to these lists, please let us know at [email protected]

Key People

Ramzy Baroud
Miko Peled
An Israeli Peace Activist, Author and Speaker
Gideon Levy
An Israeli Peace Activist, Journalist for Haaretz and Speaker
Ilan Pappe
An Israeli historian and socialist activist
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust, an interest motivated by the experiences of his parents who were Jewish Holocaust survivors.
Richard Silverstein
Promoting dialogue and mutual recognition
Professor Nurit Peled-Elhanan
Professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, translator, and a human rights activist. Known for her research on the portrayal of Palestinians in Israeli textbooks. ​
Benny Morris
An Israeli historian and professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel.
​Please note that Morris documented the facts. He has not disagreed with the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.

Key Organisations

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Association for Civil Rights in Israel
Promoting the universality of human rights and defending the human rights
Breaking the Silence
Ex Israeli Soldiers tell the truth about IDF actions in the Occupied territories
B’Tselem
An Israeli Peace group which gave cameras to Palestinians to capture IDF attrocities
Defense for Children International - Palestine
Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) is committed to securing a just and viable future for Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Count The Kids
A Group which counts the number of both Jewish and Non Jewish kids killed 
Jewish Voice for Peace
Members work with diverse communities across the U.S. to achieve a lasting peace for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis based on equality, human rights, and freedom. ​

Other People and Organisations

This is a limited list of People and Organisations who are involved in the Palestinian Israel Peace efforts.
If you know of other People or Organisations who you think deserve to be on this list, please let usa know at [email protected]

American Jews for a Just Peace
American Jews for a Just Peace (AJJP) is an alliance of activists in the United States working to ensure equal rights, safety, and dignity for all the people of historic Palestine.
Amira Hass
An Israeli journalist and author
Anna Baltzer
A Jewish-American public speaker, author and activist for Palestinian human rights
Antony Loewenstein
A freelance journalist, author, atheist Jewish-Australian political activist and blogger
Gisha
Gisha is an Israeli not-for-profit organization, founded in 2005, whose goal is to protect the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially Gaza residents. Gisha promotes rights guaranteed by international and Israeli law.
Gush Shalom
The primary aim of Gush Shalom is to influence Israeli public opinion and lead it towards peace and reconciliation with the Palestinian people.
Hadash
To unite most of the supporters for peace, equality, democracy and workers' rights, Jews and Arabs, in order to create a political alternative to the government's policy of occupation and exploitation
If Not Now
An American group working to end American Jewish support for the Occupation of Palestine.
Independent Jewish Voices
A network of Jews in Britain who share a commitment to certain principles, especially with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in mind: putting human rights first, rejecting all forms of racism, and giving equal priority to Palestinians and Israelis in their quest for a peaceful and secure future.
International Solidarity Movement
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the long-entrenched and systematic oppression and dispossession of the Palestinian population, using non-violent, direct-action methods and principles.
Israel Shahak
A Holocaust survivor, a public intellectual of Liberal political bent, and a civil-rights advocate and activist on behalf of Jew and gentile.
Jews And Arabs Refuse To Be Enemies
The slogan "Jews And Arabs Refuse To Be Enemies" has been used for years in Israel by both Jewish and Arab Israelis and Palestinians to advocate for peace.
Jews for Justice in Palestine  - mesarvot
Two Peoples. One Future. JJP is a diverse community of Jews in Britain. We follow in the footsteps of Jews throughout the ages who have stood up for human rights and against oppression. We campaign for justice and peace in Israel and Palestine, and against the Occupation.
John Pilger
A Journalist, Author, foreign correspondent with over 30 years of exposing injustice and promoting human rights.
MachsomWatch
MachsomWatch is a volunteer organization of Israeli women who are peace activists from all sectors of society. We oppose the Israeli occupation in the area known as the West Bank, we oppose the appropriation of Palestinian land and the denial of Palestinian human rights.  We support the right of Palestinians to move freely in their land and oppose the checkpoints which severely restrict Palestinian daily life.
Dr Mads Gilbert
Gilbert has a broad range of experience from international humanitarian work, especially in locations where medical and political issues merge. Since the 1970s, he has been actively involved with solidarity work concerning Palestinians, and he has served as a doctor for several periods in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon for NORWAC.
Mariam Barghouti
Mariam Barghouti is a Palestinian American writer based in Ramallah. Her political commentary has been featured in the International Business Times, The New York Times, TRT-World, among others
Max Blumenthal
an American author, journalist, and blogger. Author of “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.“
Website - http://maxblumenthal.com/ 
Mearsheimer and Walt
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is a book by John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, Professor of International Relations at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Neturei Karta USA
Neturei-Karta is a group of Orthodox Jews who refuse to recognize the existence or authority of the so-called "State of Israel" and make a point of publicly demonstrating their position, the position of the Torah and authentic unadulterated Judaism.
Noam Chomsky
An American linguist, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist.
Peace Now
Peace Now is the largest and longest-standing Israeli movement advocating for peace through public pressure.
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Dr Ramzy is a Palestinian - American Author Born in Gaza and lives in the USA.
Seeds of Peace
Inspire and cultivate new generations of global leaders in communities divided by conflict.
The Jewish Liberation Theology Institute
Many Jews all over the world are deeply committed to social justice and human rights in Palestine and are looking for ways to express this commitment Jewishly. The Jewish Liberation Theology Institute provides a space for people to be able to act Jewishly without the constraints put on social justice activists by the Jewish establishment.
Tikun Olam
Tikun Olam ("repairing the world") is a Seattle-based political blog that regularly reports on Israeli security matters.
Women Wage Peace
A broad grassroots movement founded in the summer of 2014 following Operation Protective Edge. Tens of thousands of members, Jews and Arabs, united in a demand for a mutually binding non-violent accord, agreeable to both sides.
YaLa
YaLa Young Leaders is a movement of Middle East & North Africa (MENA) young leaders who are fostering dialogue & change.  
Yish Den
Yesh Din's (Hebrew for "There is a Law") mission is to create long-term structural improvement in the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
You Never Told Me
American Jews share the experiences of Jewish summer camp, day school, and youth group alumni who grew up in institutions that ignored or justified the Occupation.
Zochrot
Zochrot ("remembering" in Hebrew) is an NGO working since 2002 to promote acknowledgement and accountability for the ongoing injustices of the Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948 and the reconceptualization of the Return as the imperative redress of the Nakba and a chance for a better life for all the country's inhabitants.