Political Hyperlinks
Guide to International Resources on Israel and the Middle East
There is an inherent capacity when “surfin’ the ‘net” to risk “drowning,” becoming so totally immersed that one loses the anchorage of time. Thus, the challenge when organizing an array of hyperlinks is to provide structure that yields a flexible pathway which recognizes the attractions of digression. There is often overlap; for example, entities providing "blast" e-mails also serve as primary resources; also, within each subgroup, the individual listings are provided (thus far) in no particular order. [Please report any broken links to the webmaster.] Much of the information that has been interlaced herein is from the Tampa Bay Primer and MERIA's Fact-Checker.
[Lest the compulsion to "reinvent the wheel" becomes self-intoxicating, note that (as of 2/25/2005) Shamash has accrued 3342 Hyperlinks!]
For that reason, First are those that promise to provide concentrated resource material for issues of greatest initial concern to the Chavurah (including myriad hyperlinks); Second are those that are advisedly monitored daily, if possible (including the ability to subscribe to receive daily/weekly “blast” e-mails); Third are those that notably provide distilled Databases, opportunities for Activists and the Media (Primary and Watchdog). Fourth are those that may be reviewed less frequently. These include Israel (Government and Apolitical Organizations), Think-Tanks (American, International, Israeli, Middle East), a Fact-Checker, and Anti-Semites; The Israeli Institutions are divided into those that are more oriented towards Zionism vs. those that are more oriented towards the Peace-Process. [The hyperlinked-structures at the very bottom will ultimately be consolidated after greater facility with web-hosting has been achieved, to preserve certain graphic qualities thereof.]
It has been suggested that “Zionism is a participatory sport, not a spectator sport” [by Steve Feldman, ZOA Executive Director and former political reporter for the Jewish Exponent]; thus, these opportunities are provided so as to maximize our individual knowledge-bases ... so that we can invoke the information optimally, as Israel continues to struggle to survive. Although some of the left-leaning sites are felt to exacerbate death & despair (while others feel pacifism is the major solution), none has been excluded (even one that is blatantly anti-Semitic). Essentially, the goal has been to be “fair and imbalanced,” favoring resources that are pro-Zionist (but not ignoring those that aren’t). [If a rationalization is needed to include the latter, recall quotations such as “Know thine enemy” and (from The Godfather) “Keep your friends close ... and your enemies closer!”] Only English-language sites have been chosen.
This compilation appears overwhelming; there are ~424 (as of 3/3/2005) specific sites listed (not including the two groups of “unintegrated” resources at the bottom) and (some would suggest) a consultant is required to appreciate the subtleties of some sponsoring entities. Furthermore, each site is not only extensive, but also often carries its own hyperlinks (and biases). Such is the nature of the Internet. Therefore, the user is advised to enjoy whatever can be absorbed in whatever time-period he/she has available ... and revel in the fact that so many people and organizations are working to help Eretz Yisrael!
{Additional Israel-related material may be found on the Fact-Checker and Non-Political pages, herein.}
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The Avalon Project and the Zionist Library contain the full text for most of the important Zionist writings.
The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History (of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) provides extensive resources regarding both the history of Jewry and the history of Zionism.
Jerusalem Archives seems to have all key-documents related to Jerusalem.
Palestine Facts is dedicated to providing comprehensive and accurate information regarding the historical, military, and political background to the on-going struggle between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Arabs.
The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise attempts to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship by emphasizing the fundamentals of the alliance — the values our nations share; for decades, it has maintained a fundamental document, Myths and Facts in the Middle East plus an extensive set of resources on an encyclopedic-volume of information (inclusive of that related to the Middle East and Israel).
Law Library of Congress - Israel provides extensive legal references and hyperlinks.
NewsMax, Kol-Israel, the Jewish World Review, World Net Daily, Israel Daily, Tzemach News Service, Maven, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Drudge Report provide organized hyperlinks to a variety of additional (categorized) sites of (inter)national newspapers and news-sources; MERIA provides a listing of News Sources and Journals, many of which overlap. Little Green Footballs does the same for Blogs.
Jihad in America is a (5-minute) video depicting the domestic threat of Islamists (narrated by Steve Emerson).
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Daily Updates
Daily Updates - Monitoring
The U.S. State Department provides daily news briefings (both text and video/audio).
The U.S. President provides daily news briefings (both text and video/audio).
The UN provides a unique set of hyperlinks.
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Daily Updates - Subscriptions
The Daily Alerts generated by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is the manifestation of the voice of organized American Jewry, representing 52 national Jewish organizations from across the political and religious spectrum; it provides a forum for deliberations of American Jewish leadership and a central address for key American, Israeli and other world leaders to consult on issues of critical concern to the Jewish community. They are prepared by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, an independent institute for policy research established in 1976, and are instantly available by-subscription [after clicking “Daily Alert” on the home-page, and then clicking “to subscribe” after having scrolled-down to the bottom of the most recent alert].
A (free) subscription is required to acquire “blast” e-mails from nine (inter)national “blogs”: Israel News.Net, Israel Resource News Agency (edited by David Bedein), Freemanlist, Facts & Logic About the Middle East, Gamla, the Schmooze-News, Israel Insider, Benador Associates, Guysen Israël News [vchemla@guysen.com], Jewish Comment, the Israel Herald, Think-Israel, the Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald, the Jewish World Review, [which also provides an extensive list of columnists], and the White House’s Office of Public Liaison - Jewish Leaders (written by Noam Neusner, the son of Midrashic Scholar ... Jacob).
A (free) subscription is required to acquire “blast” e-mails from a local “blog”: the Yeshayah (Isaiah) 62:1 Israel News and Views weblog (edited by Stephen M. Asbel [which is issued almost-daily]. Other local friends compile information for secondary distribution: Lee Bender, Esquire, John R. Cohn, M.D., Roberta Dzubow, and Ernest M Kraus. Each has a particular focus. Stephen is comprehensive (often choosing the most disconcerting pieces available), Lee is resolute (and can also admix humor), John focuses on the media (including instant-letters for which he has received awards), Roberta forwards what she feels merits particular scrutiny (even if it has already been received), and Ernest doggedly conveys/critiques the motives (and hypocrisy) of the powerful.
There is also a discussion-page (on AOL) sponsored by Israel News Online.
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Weekly Updates - Subscriptions
A (free) subscription is required to acquire “blast” e-mails from eight (inter)national “blogs”: Middle-East-Info.org, Jewsweek, MidEast Truth, Aish HaTorah (which also offers a Western Wall Cam), the Jewish Times, Bitter Lemons, GAMLA, and Virtual Jerusalem.
A (free) subscription is required to acquire “blast” e-mails from a local “blog” which monitors the chronic, premeditated imprecision of the Philadelphia Inquirer (edited by Jerome Verlin): the Brith Sholom Media Watch.
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Overview - Middle East History
Many sites have overview-components, but these appear to be the most prominent, comprehensive and concise.
Israel Science and Technology provides a basic education on the ancient/modern history of the Middle East.
Israel's history (over the millennia)--employing maps--has been summarized by the Jewish Agency and by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Real Story of the Palestinians in Israel is a hard-hitting historical/pictorial.
Small Mistake provides both background of Middle East history and hyperlinks to key-sites (such as to all the UN delegations).
Israel 101: A Survival Kit for Dummies is somewhat whimsical in nature.
Target America (PBS) details the lessons from America's first "war on terrorism" in the 1980s.
Project One Soul depicts pictorially the impact of Islamic Terrorism.
Zionism: The First One-Hundred Years is encompassed by many hyperlinks located near the bottom of the comprehensive list of hyperlinks generated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; they provide historical narrative, a timeline, and a reading list.
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Activist Organizations
American Activist Organizations include the Zionist Organization of America (and its Philadelphia Office), the American Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the National Action Committee - Political Action Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish National Fund, Hadassah, the Jewish Task Force, the American Zionist Movement, the Jewish Defense League, and the Virtual Israel Political Action Committee.
American Political Organizations include the Republican Jewish Coalition and the National Jewish Democratic Council. Also, of-interest regarding American domestic politics is the (anti-abortion) Jews for Life.
American Religious Organizations with a “home-page” focused on Israeli concerns include the Union of Reform Judaism; it has a compilation of all of its Policies related thereto, the World Union for Progressive Judaism, and the Association of Reform Zionists in America.
Worldwide organizations include the World Zionist Organization.
Canadian Activist Organizations include the Canada-Israel-Committee, the Canadian Coalition for Democracies, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Chabad House Montreal, the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, and the Federation Combined Jewish Appeal.
Campus-based organizations include the Hillel Foundations of the United States and Canada (which together constitute the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, providing Jewish students opportunities to explore and celebrate their Jewish identity) Campus Watch (a subsidiary of the Middle East Forum, which provides a trenchant review/critique of the words/deeds of those engaged in Middle East studies in North America—recognizing mutual "freedoms of speech"—by addressing five pervasive problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students), and Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVIST OPPORTUNITIES exist: political and journalistic; also, economic efforts can be made, including countering a boycott of goods produced in the West Bank.
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Media
{Included also are those entities that provide subscription-based "blasts" - supra.}
Kosher-Delight, Journalism-Net, US-News Hub, 1st-Headlines, Newspapers.Com, News Voyager, The Paper Boy, Total News, Ref-Desk, World-Newspapers, ABYZ, News Central, Israel Universe, and Hot Sites have extensive (worldwide) listings. Front Pages from every major newspaper worldwide are available, both free and by subscription (with hyperlinks supplied in the latter instance). A dedicated search-engine also exists.
Israeli Primary Media include the Jerusalem Post (which also provides This Day in Jewish History), Haaretz, Arutz, the Insider, the Jewish World View, the Debka-File, Ma'ariv, the (published fortnightly) Jerusalem Report., and Y-Net. Daily translations of Hebrew-language Editorials are issued by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Israeli Secondary Media include Aleph Magazine, Access|Middle East, Dateline-Israel, IsraCast, Israel News Agency [which continually plays Hatikvah], Israel News Now, IsraTV, Golan Heights Information Server, Hebron Jewish Community, SABRAnet, Stand With Us, Middle-East-Info (with a dramatic home-page), World Watch Daily, Kol Israel News (with daily TV/audio news in English, but at narrowly-specified times), and Neil Lazarus (who has unnerving videos).
American Primary Print Media include USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, the Associated Press, the United Press International, Bloomberg, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Sun, the New York Post, Newsday, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the San Jose Mercury News, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
American Secondary Print Media include the New Republic, the Middle East Observer, Commentary Magazine (the intellectual home of the neoconservative movement; published by the American Jewish Committee), Cross-Current, and Front Page Magazine (debunks left-wing politics; edited by David Horowitz, former editor of the left-wing magazine Ramparts) and U.S. News and World Report..
American Jewish Community (National) Print Media include Israel-related pieces published by the American Jewish Press Association, Moment Magazine (the largest independent Jewish magazine in North America, founded in 1975 by Elie Wiesel and Leonard Fein), Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the United Jewish Communities, the Forward, and the Jewish Press.
American Jewish Community (Regional) Print Media are published in Philadelphia (Jewish Exponent), New York (Jewish Week), New York (Post, monthly), New Jersey, Washington (Jewish Week), Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston (Advocate), New England, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, "Deep South" [Alabama, Mississippi & NW Florida], Tampa, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles (Journal), Los Angeles, (Observer), San Francisco, and Oregon/Washington.
Major American/International Broadcast/Print Media include ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NPR, Fox, the BBC, the International Herald Tribune, Reuters, the British Press Association, the British Telegraph, and the Agence France-Presse.
International Jewish Media include the London-based Jewish Chronicle, the British Jewish Telegraph, the Israel Information Office in Scotland, the Canadian Jewish News, and the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council.
{Yahoo has a home-page; Google has a home-page and can be requested to provide daily news alerts.}
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Media Watchdogs
Palestinian Media Watch was established in 1996 to gain an understanding of Palestinian society through the monitoring of the Palestinian Arabic language media and schoolbooks.
The Middle East Media Research Institute explores the Middle East through the region’s media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East. Its videos are classic!
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America is a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East. CAMERA fosters rigorous reporting, while educating news consumers about Middle East issues and the role of the media. Because public opinion ultimately shapes public policy, distorted news coverage that misleads the public can be detrimental to sound policymaking. A non-partisan organization, CAMERA takes no position with regard to American or Israeli political issues or with regard to ultimate solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Honest Reporting was established to scrutinize the media for anti-Israel bias, then mobilize subscribers to respond directly to relevant news agencies; it is one of the world’s largest media watch groups.
Independent Media Review and Analysis provides an extensive digest of media, polls and significant interviews and events, yielding an ongoing analysis of developments in Arab-Israeli relations, it was founded in 1992.
Middle East Reporting In Truth is a grass-roots organization empowered by individuals concerned about the bias and inaccurate representation of Middle-East events in the media.
A number of loco-regional sites also address national media: the BBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, the Hartford Courant, the Minnesota Star Tribune, and the Tampa Bay Primer.
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Non-Daily Monitoring
Israeli Government
The Israeli Government Portal includes hyperlinks to sites such as its Gateway (which provides updated Ministerial hyperlinks), Israel Line (which details its overall structure), the MFA Hot List (which provides additional, comprehensive hyperlinks), the Gateway to Information & Services {which is more conceptually-categorized}, and the Jewish Internet Portal (which offers entry to both Governmental and non-Governmental sites); iGuide provides an extensive listing of other related entities, as well as her Politics.
It also affords entry to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which provides a Mega-site of Israeli Internet Links), a listing of all worldwide Israeli Embassies, the Philadelphia Consulate, the Miami Consulate, the American Embassy, the Canadian Embassy, and the UN Delegation.
And it affords entry to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Knesset, (which also includes summaries of all Political Parties, as do Upstart Activist and Absolute Astronomy), the Judicial Authority, the State Comptroller; the Ministry of Tourism, the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, and the Antitrust Authority.
And it affords entry to the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Special Forces, the Israel Air Force, the Rafael Armament Development Authority, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and LIBI-The Fund for Strengthening Israel’s Defense Forces.
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Israeli Apolitical Organizations)
Sites focused on facilitating visits to Israel include the Jewish Agency for Israel, Sar-El (the National Project for Volunteers for Israel) and the World Union of Jewish Students which offers young Jewish graduates and professionals the opportunity to come and not just visit Israel, but experience it in the most creative and exciting manner possible).
Sites focused on helping terror-victims include: Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund--One Family and Terror Victims Association.
Christian, pro-Israeli sites include: AGS Consulting, Christian Action for Israel, Christian Friends of Israel - USA, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, International Christian Zionist Center, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and the Tzemach Institute for Biblical Studies. An overview of all faiths [Belief-Net] also exists.
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Think-Tanks - USA-Based
The Middle East Forum is a think tank, works to define and promote American interests in the Middle East. Founded in 1990 the Forum became an independent organization in 1994. The Forum holds that the United States has vital interests in the region; in particular, it believes in strong ties with Israel, Turkey, and other democracies as they emerge; works for human rights throughout the region; seeks a stable supply and a low price of oil; and promotes the peaceful settlement of regional and international disputes.
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization; JINSA is committed to explaining the need for a prudent national security policy for the United States, addressing the security requirements of both the United States and the State of Israel, and strengthening the strategic cooperation relationship between these two great democracies.
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy was established to advance a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East; it seeks to bring scholarship to bear on the making of U.S. policy in this vital region of the world, promoting an American engagement in the Middle East committed to strengthening alliances, nurturing friendships, and promoting security, peace, prosperity, and democracy for the people of the region.
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs provides the American public with balanced and accurate information concerning U.S. relations with Middle Eastern states; it is published by the American Educational Trust, a non-profit foundation incorporated in Washington, DC by retired U.S. foreign service officers.
The Council on Foreign Relations is a nonpartisan membership organization, research center, and publisher; founded in 1921, it is dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy by promoting constructive public/private discussions.
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Think-Tanks - International-Based
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Think-Tanks - Israel-Based - "Right-Wing" or "Unaffiliated"
The Ariel Center for Policy Research conducts research and encourages discussion of political and strategic issues concerning Israel and the Jewish People.
The Ben-Gurion Research Center publishes original scholarship investigating the founding and cultural evolution of Israel; Israel Studies takes a truly interdisciplinary approach, encompassing not only history, economics, and political science but also literature and sociology
The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is one of Israel’s most dynamic research institutions, and is dedicated to the study of Middle East peace and security, in particular the national security and foreign policy of Israel.
Carmel Institute for Social Studies is an independent, inter-disciplinary institution dedicated to research, policy design and advocacy on societal and national issues.
The Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace examines the content of school textbooks used in the Middle East, to determine whether children are being taught to accept and recognize the right of the “other” to exist; it is its belief that education should be utilized to encourage an attitude of tolerance, pluralism, and democracy, and to promote peaceful means of solving conflicts.
The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations strives to promote research in the theory of international relations (adopting a broad perspective that draws on a variety of disciplines) and to present the universal themes of international politics to the Israeli public (thereby enhancing the national discourse on these matters; it is at Hebrew University.
The Hasbara Committee helps fight gross falsehoods and distortions of truth, which are the greatest threat to Israel’s existence; it also promotes Israel Activism.
The Information Regarding Israel Security provides information on terrorist attacks on Israel & the “peace process.”
The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies deals with economic and political issues such as US foreign aid, the peace process and Israeli politics.
The Institute for the Study of Jewish Press and Communications promotes contacts and exchange between the Israeli media and their Jewish counterparts across the globe, with a special focus on North America; it is generated at the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Center for the Media of the Jewish People at Tel Aviv University.
The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism is a research institute and think tank dedicated to developing innovative public policy solutions to international terrorism. The Policy Institute applies an integrated, solutions-oriented approach built on a foundation of real world and practical experience. The Institute sets its sights on the big picture: to win the war against terrorism and not merely the individual battles. Although ICT provides situational recommendations to the private sector, this is a peripheral activity. The Institute aims to affect policy at the highest levels, in joint cooperation with the world community.
The Israel Democracy Institute deals with subjects such as political reform.
The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies strives to conduct basic research that meets the highest academic standards on matters related to Israel’s national security as well as Middle East regional and international security affairs.
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is an independent institute for policy research; established in 1976, itr is headed by Israel’s former UN ambassador, Dr. Dore Gold.
The Jerusalem Institute For Israel Studies deals with a wide range of subjects concerning Jerusalem; English is a double-click away.
The Jerusalem Summit invokes two quotations, one from Einstein (“The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them”) and one from Zechariah 8:19 (“Therefore, Love Truth and Peace”), yielding the following goal (that scrolls within a gorgeous home-page): “Now is the time of a world-wide crisis, when the new ideas are especially needed to develop alternatives to the twin dangers of modernity: religious totalitarianism of the East (represented as Radical Islam) and moral relativism of the West (represented as aesthetic globalization).”
Mercaz Shalem is a research and educational institution focusing on Jewish social thought and Israeli public policy; it publishes the journal Azure.
Middle East Newsline is a defense news service run by independent, world-wide journalists who report on strategic concerns (including weapons sales and development, strategic business deals in defense and energy, and threat environment ... such as terrorism and insurgency).
The Middle East Review of International Affairs strives to advance research on the Middle East and foster scholarly communication and cooperation; it is a non-partisan publication involving people across the geographical and political spectrum.
The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies seeks to contribute to the study and understanding of the modern history and current affairs of the Middle East and Africa.
The National Security Studies Center promotes multidisciplinary study in the field of national security; it is located at the University of Haifa.
One Jerusalem is dedicated to keeping Jerusalem the undivided capital of Israel; it is directed by Natan Sharansky.
PRISM (Project for the Research of Islamist Movements) monitors developments in radical Islam and Islamist movements; it is part of the GLORIA Center in the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
Professors for a Strong Israel is a non-partisan organization of academics united in a common concern for the security and the Jewish character of the State of Israel; its membership includes those who hold a doctoral degree (whether in sciences or humanities, whether they work in public or private sector) and it comprises professors, researchers, and scientists encompassing all major academic disciplines and academic institutions in Israel.
The Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies promotes the work pursued by this man's work.
The Re’ut Institute deals with Israel’s national problems.
The Shalem Center in Jerusalem is a non-partisan, tax-exempt research institute for Jewish and Israeli social thought,
The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research promotes systematic research and thinking on issues connected with peacemaking processes and conflict resolution.
The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism was established in 1982 as an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to an independent, non-political approach to the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for understanding the phenomenon of anti-Semitism; it engages in research on anti-Semitism throughout the ages, focusing on relations between Jews and non-Jews, particularly in situations of tension and crisis.
Women in Green urges caution in the peace process negotiations.
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Think-Tanks - USA/International-Based - "Left-Wing"
The American Council for Judaism is an anti-Zionist organization founded over 50 years ago dedicated to the advancement of Judaism as a religion of universal and prophetic values, consonant with the ideals of a democratic society; it rejects any effort to impose Jewish nationality upon all Jewry.
Americans for Peace Now was founded in 1981 to support the activities of Shalom Achshav (Peace Now in Israel); it considers itself as the leading United States advocate for peace in the Middle East, stating its mission is to help Israel and the Shalom Achshav movement to achieve a comprehensive political settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict consistent with Israel’s long-term security needs and its Jewish and democratic values.
The Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism publishes a secular, progressive bimonthly.
The Guardian is a pro-Palestinian, British publication.
Meretz-USA is a progressive Zionist organization that educates Americans about issues of civil rights and peace in Israel, and promotes the values of peace, pluralism and democracy in Israel, as envisioned by prophetic Judaism and the Zionist pioneers and as enshrined in Israel's Declaration of Independence; an independent, non-profit organization, Meretz USA is affiliated with the World Union of Meretz, whose principles are given political expression in Israel by Yahad - the Social Democratic Israel party.
Tikkun tries to heal and transform the world; it includes in this call both the outer transformation needed to achieve social justice, ecological sanity, and world peace, and the inner healing needed to foster loving relationships, a generous attitude toward the world and toward others unimpeded by the distortions of our egos, a habit of generosity and trust, and the ability to respond to the grandeur of creation with awe, wonder and radical amazement.
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Think-Tanks - Israel-Based - "Left-Wing"
Ariga is a source of news from Israel, emphasizing the peace process, but also including apolitical subjects.
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom (the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace) is a national organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel’s well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
B’tselem serves as the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the occupied territories.
The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy at Ben-Gurion University devoted to studies of the history, societies and cultures of the Middle East.
Givat Haviva is attempting to cope with the major issues that are on the agenda of Israeli society, and to foster educational initiatives, research and community work in the fields of peace, democracy, coexistence, tolerance and social solidarity; it is available in three languages (English, Hebrew and Arabic).
Gush Shalom is the Israel-Palestine Peace Bloc which attempts to influence Israeli public opinion and lead it towards peace and conciliation with the Palestinians.
iGuide provides a compilation of pro-Palestinian sites.
The Institute for Palestine Studies is an independent, non-profit Arab research organization, which is not affiliated with any political organization or government; through the Institute of Jerusalem Studies, it publishes the Jerusalem Quarterly File, which is dedicated to providing scholarly articles on Jerusalem's history and on the dynamics and trends currently shaping the city.
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) is the only joint Palestinian-Israeli public policy think-tank in the world; founded in Jerusalem in 1988, it is devoted to developing practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Jewish Peace Fellowship defends the rights of Conscientious Objectors.
Jews not Zionists is self-explanatory.
Jewish Voice for Peace is self-explanatory.
The New Israel Fund works to strengthen Israel's democracy and to promote freedom, justice and equality for all Israel's citizens.
Peace is a group educated to promoting peace in the Middle East through dialogue and joint action of citizens of all countries in the region.
The Peres Center for Peace attempts to build an infrastructure for peace through socio-economic cooperation and people-to-people relations.
Rabbis for Human Rights (Israel), (North America) is is a rabbinic organization dedicated to education, advocacy, prayer and action in support of human rights.
Re'ut-Sadka is a Jewish-Arab youth organization that seeks peace and democracy.
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Think-Tanks/Resources - Middle-East
Al Bawaba (The Gateway) covers the Middle East and North Africa.
Gulf/2000 public web site covers a wide range of materials about the Gulf.
Hejleh provides background and links to educational, economic, and media sites for countries of the region.
International Directory of Middle East Scholars is a large, searchable list of experts with addresses and areas of research
The Middle East Environment is built around the book Middle Eastern Environment published on behalf of BRISMES.
Mideast Web is an all-purpose site.
The following are pro-Palestinian: Electronic Intifada, Palestine Media Watch, American Educational Trust, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, Palestinian Academic Network, and Fatah Online (depicting its goals).
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Fact-Checker
Encyclopedias include: Encylopaedia Britannica Primer on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Encyclopaedia of the Orient, and the Wikipedia (which summarizes the IDF, among other related-topics).
Bibliographies include: Bibliographies on Middle East (Extraordinarily useful dozens of choices by country and subject including Algeria, democratization, economic integration, Kurds, reference sources, Turkey, World of Islam reference guide) and MidEast Web's bibliography of the Palestine-Israel conflict.
Atlas-Resources include University of Texas at Austin, Virtual Library Middle East / North Africa Project, Maps of the Middle East, and Israel (similar to "MapQuest").
Political resources include: Chief of State and Cabinet Members and Election Resources on the Internet.
The United States government sites include: The CIA's World Factbook (which summarizes Israel, reflecting the State Department’s disinterested—read “Arabist”—perspective) and the US State Dept Background Notes: Middle East and North Africa
Research Guides include: Jerusalem, Syria-Israel Negotiations, and Militaries.
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Anti-Semites
No compilation of hyperlinks would be complete without citation of at least one that is grossly anti-Semitic, Jew-Watch.
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