Political and Information Web Sites about Israel and Zionism from the Entire Israeli and Zionist Spectrum of Opinion & Resources
Last Updated June 15, 2005
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Ami Isseroff
Copyright 1998 -2005 by the author and the PEACE group. May be reproduced intact if credit is given to the author, and to the PEACE Mid-East Dialog Group, including addresses listed at the bottom.
100 Years of
Zionism
History of Zionism and Israel presented by the Israel Foreign office.
Israel Embassy in
Washington D.C.
History of Zionism
Israel Foreign Office -
History of Zionism, Peace Process, maps Links
Israel
Knesset
Workings of Knesset, Important Documents, Write to A Knesset Member
Links
Complete
Guide to Israeli Internet
Numerous links on every topic
Directory of Israeli and Arab Peace Groups and Activists - MidEastweb
JCN
Jewish Links
Maven -
The master site for Jewish, Zionist and Israeli Links
Mining Company Israeli Culture and Resource Page
Run by Ellis Shuman
Peace and Tolerance
Directory
Links to peace sites
U. Colorado
Jewish Student Union
Links to political groups
Virtual Jerusalem
Tourism; links to Jewish/Israeli sites and news services
Information About Zionism and Israel
A History of Zionism and the Creation of Israel - A detailed history from the Zionist point of view that discusses and addresses some criticisms of Zionism.
Jewish Agency Zionism pages
Links to basic information about Zionism
from the Jewish Agency
Labor Zionism - Early History and Critique - Contribution of Labor Zionism to the creation of the Jewish state, and problems of Labor Zionism in a changing reality.
Library of Congress - The US Library of congress has a comprehensive and balanced set of articles about Zionism: Zionist Precursors - US Library of Congress Political Zionism - US Library of Congress Cultural Zionism - US Library of Congress
Labor Zionism - US Library of Congress Revisionist Zionism - US Library of Congress The Zionism Pages
Wikipedia article about Zionism - A comprehensive article including the history of Zionism as well as links to specific topics and articles about anti-Zionism.
MyJewishLearning - Omnibus Jewish
Site with Israeli and Zionist Resources
Israel News - Updated daily.
Zionism -
Definition and Brief History - A balanced article that covers the definitions and history of Zionism as well as
opposition to Zionism and criticisms by Arabs, Jewish anti-Zionists.
Zionism and Israel
Information Center - Israel and Zionism News, Maps, History, Documents, Biography, Opinion and Links
Zionism and Israel on the Web - Source documents, articles, maps, blogs.
Zionism - Table of contents at the Jewish Virtual Library
Moderate Advocacy
Active Zionism - A Zionist advocacy site with many useful links
Realistic Religious Zionism - moderate religious Zionist Web site
Israel Council for Peace and Security - Prestigious voluntary Israeli body whose members have rich backgrounds in security and diplomacy, dedicated to furthering the peace process.
ZNN - Zionism News Network http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZNN/ - This is a public yahoogroup. You can join this group and send and receive mail about Zionism, Israel and related issues.
Betar USA
Brit Trumpeldor is the right-wing youth movement founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky.
Bnei Akiva
The youth organization of the Mizrahi National Religious Party.
Habonim Dror North America
Founded in 1935,
Habonim Dror
(the Builders of Freedom) is a Progressive Labor Zionist Youth movement whose missions are: To build a personal bond and
commitment between North American Jewish youth and the State of Israel.
The Hagshama Department
The Hagshama Department of the World Zionist Organization was established in January 1998, with the aim of placing the
fulfillment "Hagshama" of the Zionist vision high on the agenda of young Jewish adults (18-30).
Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair is a youth movement
based on the principles of Progressive Zionism, Social Justice, Progressive Judaism and self-actualization, and
committed to peace and equality.
Hamagshimim (Young
Judea)
The Zionist youth group sponsored by Hadassah is conservative.
Kibbutz
Artzi
The Kibbutz Artzi is a federation comprised of 85 kibbutzim founded by the
Hashomer Hatzair
youth movement.
Standwithus - Support for Israel and
Zionism
Stand with us was founded
during the violence of 2000-2004 to rally support for Israel and Zionism reflecting a broad spectrum of opinions.
Academic and Research
Chaim Herzog Center
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Texts of all major treaties and U.N. Resolutions
Herzliya Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
The Herzliya Center holds the years Herzliya conference.
Studies of the refugee problem, final settlement attitudes, cooperation
Mid East Review of International Affairs
The
Jaffe Center
Tel-Aviv based geopolitical "think-tank"
The Jewish History Resource Center
The Dinur Center online resource for Zionism and Jewish History
Right Wing Advocacy Groups
Amana
Settlement organization - choose a house in the West Bank.
Brit Tikvat Eretz Yisrael
Extreme Right-Wing person or group.
Emet - Israeli Citizens Against Apathy
Extreme rightist organization
IRIS
Right-Wing organization
Jewish Defense League
Sister organization of Kahana Chai - This is where Rabbi Jahanah began
Kahana Chai
Extreme right followers of Meir Cahana
Organization of Rabbis for the
People of Israel
Right-Wing religious organization of Bnei Akiva Rabbis (Ichud Harabanim)
Professors for a Strong Israel
Right wing Israeli academic group.
Re’ut Tsedaka
Promotes dialog between Israeli and Arab youth
Women in Green
Extreme right group - writings by founder Nadia Matar and others
Yesha Council
Settler’s council
Zionist Organization of America
Press Releases, Study denying Deir Yassin massacre.
Zoarzeinu
Right-Wing group that held many disruptive demonstrations during Rabin’s administration
Israel Labor Party
Labor is the main left-of-center Israeli political party. It supports a 2-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, and we still remember its roots as the political party that led the movement to found the state of Israel.
Likud
Israel's leading right wing party. Currently in government and led by Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon.
Likud Netherlands
Multilingual site of the Likud Netherlands.
Meimad
Seeks to transform the face of religious Zionism. Its name is a Hebrew acronym for "Jewish State, Democratic State." Meimad
currently runs on a joint list with the Labor Party.
Meretz (Yahad)
Meretz is a democratic peace-seeking party in which Arabs and Jews work together. Meretz is fully committed to human
rights, equality, social justice, Israel's security, and to the values of humane Zionism.
Meretz USA for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace
US affiliate of the Meretz Party - is a progressive Zionist organization that educates Americans about issues of civil
rights and peace in Israel.
Moledet
Right wing party founded by Rehavam Ze'evi. Supports voluntary
transfer of Palestinians.
National Religious Party
The NRP is a religious Zionist activist party that supports settlement in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and promotes
Torah Zionism.
National
Union (American
Friends of Israel's National Union)
Right-wing party of Avigdor Lieberman. Activist party uniting secular and religious Jews for Greater Israel.
Shinui
A centrist party promoting religious freedom, secular culture and liberal economics.
Access Middle East
A large aggregation service that links to virtually every major English language news source.
Arutz Sheva
("Channel Seven") is originally a Jewish settler radio station. Reflects a right-wing position mixed in with
biblical and religious commentary.
Debkafiles
"Inside" Israeli intelligence information
Guysen Israel News - English news summary page of the French Language service
Ha'aretz (in English) +
Ha'aretz is an independent daily newspaper with a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international
affairs. Their online Web site has the most frequent news updates and their coverage has the broadest spectrum of
opinions among Israeli newspapers.
Hasbara Australia -
facts about the Middle East Conflict, Israel and Zionism
Australian friends of the Hasbara Committee. Publishing true facts behind the Middle East conflict and latest news from
Israel.
Independent Media Review Analysis (IMRA)
Daily compendium of media, polls and interview
Intelligence and Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (CSS)
Original research on organization, activity and funding of terror groups.
Israel Defense Forces
IDF Spokesperson's announcements, independent reports and of interest: IDF doctrine.
IsraelFaxx - News and Views about Israel and Zionism through the IsraelFaxx Newsletter
Israel Insider
Israeli journal of opinion and news
Israel21 - Focus on
Israel beyond the Conflict
Articles about Israeli technology and contributions to global democracy.
Jerusalem Post
Israel's other leading English newspaper,
Ma'ariv (in Hebrew)
One of Israel's main Hebrew newspapers. You will need to have Hebrew fonts installed in order to be able to read this.
MEMRI - Middle East
Media Research Institute
Accurate translations of Arab and Muslim world journals - with a strong right-wing Zionist slant.
MidEastWeb Israel and Middle East News Service
Middle East
Facts - Information about Israel, Zionism and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
News, views, maps, links and advocacy.
Yediot Ahronot (in Hebrew)
Israel's leading Hebrew newspaper. You will need to have Hebrew fonts installed on in order to be able to read this.
Yediot Ahronot - English Version - Online English version of Israel's most popular daily newspaper
Americans for Peace Now
Americans for Peace Now [APN] was founded in 1981 to support the activities of Shalom Achshav in Israel. They
email an excellent newsletter.
Middle East
Middle Eastis the first of the Israeli web sites devoted to the Israeli-Arab peace process.
Arik Institute
Hebrew and
English Web site promoting peace
and reconciliation, dedicated to Arik, a youthful victim of the conflict.
Beit Hagefen
Beit Hagefen - Haifa's municipal, national and international center was founded in 1963 to create a meeting place for
social and cultural encounters between Arabs and Jews and to encourage understanding and coexistence.
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
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.
Building Bridges
Building Bridges for Peace brings young women from Denver, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza together to participate in a
21-day intensive communication workshop at a retreat center in the mountains of Colorado.
Center for Jewish-Arab
Economic Development (CJAED)
CJAED helps to provide resources and support for organizations engaged in economic development between Arabs and Jews.
Chicago Peace Now
Independent and dynamic branch of Americans for Peace Now.
Dialogue Project
NYC Dialogue Project brings together adult Palestinians, Jews/Israelis and Supportive Others (Christian, Muslim,
secularist, humanist, etc.) for intense dialogue and intimate conversation.
Encounter
Encounter is a global movement of people promoting human rights, communication and reconciliation between peoples in
conflict in the Middle East. Encounter incorporates Arab, Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian movements and organizations.
Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
FFIPP, the Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace is a network of faculty endeavoring to achieve Middle East Peace.
Friendship's Way
Friendship's Way is a social service agency that works with
impoverished and at-risk Jewish and Arab children in Jaffa.
Givat Haviva Educational Foundation (GHEF)
Waging peace through education, the Givat Haviva satellite office based in NYC, focuses on raising awareness in the
United States of the issues in Israel and the Middle East and on providing financial support to Givat Haviva.
Hand in Hand
Hand in Hand seeks to spark revolutionary change in Israeli education and society by establishing a new educational
paradigm: integrated, bilingual schools where Jewish and Arab children and their families learn and grow together.
Hello Peace
Hello Peace is a free telephone service that encourages Israelis and Palestinians to start talking to one another. If
you're in Israel, the West Bank or Gaza, you can pick up the phone and talk to someone on the other side about
reconciliation, tolerance, and peace, just dial 6364.
International Forum for Peace and Culture (IFLAC)
IFLAC's goal is to help build a peaceful Middle East through literature, culture and art.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Transformation network
Palestinian Noah Salameh and Israeli Edy Kaufman maximize the resources of The Center for Conflict Resolution &
Reconciliation (CCRR) Bethlehem, and The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem, to
gather a growing community of individuals and non-governmental organizations to exchange creative ideas.
Jewish Peace
Fellowship
Jewish Peace Fellowship is a nondenominational organization committed to active nonviolence as a means of resolving
conflict.
Jewish Peace Lobby
The Jewish Peace Lobby is an American Jewish organization that seeks to promote a just and lasting resolution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The organization is made up of approximately 5,000 members and 400 rabbis.
Jewish Dialogue Group
A group of Philadelphia Jewish community members and friends that came together in November 2001 to promote dialogue and
deliberation about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Jewish
Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group
This group is based in San Mateo, CA and has been involved in dialogue work for over 10 years. This Web site has useful
advice on how to use dialogue as a tool to work toward peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
Just Like You
Palestinian Forsan Hussein and Jew Michael Bavley, both Israelis, model Dialogue in their lives and are exquisite public
spokesmen for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Now in the U.S, these young men have created an inspiring Web
site for everyone.
Just Peace Project
Based at Columbia University in New York City, the Just Peace Project calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip and for an end to all terrorist attacks against Israelis.
Jewish Voice for Peace
A diverse and democratic community of activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice,
and human rights.
la Paix Maintenant
The French organization of Peace Now (Shalom Achshav).
Meretz USA
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.
Middle East Activist
The Middle East Activist is a new organization that has tried to figure out how to be most effective in encouraging
cross-cultural and interfaith understanding and friendship, as well as working toward peace, justice, and a more secure
future for all people, both in the United States and the Middle East.
Creating a virtual dialog community through the Web - Balanced news, views and resources about the Middle East
Middle Way
Middle Way - Compassionate Engagement in Society expanding peacewalks at home and in Israel.
Negev Coexistence Forum
The forum is a framework for Jewish Arab cooperation, joined struggle for equal civil rights, recognition of
unrecognized Bedouin villages, education for tolerance and mutual understanding.
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
A village in Israel established jointly by Jews and Palestinian Arabs of Israeli citizenship and engaged in educational
work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples.
Open House
Open House was founded in 1991 to further peace and coexistence among Israeli Arabs and Jews in the mixed city of Ramle.
It sponsors the Center for Jewish-Arab coexistence.
Open Tent
Open Tent is a coalition of groups and individuals whose mission it is to promote understanding and appreciation of
Middle Eastern cultures and their shared values and history. They organize educational and cultural activities and are
based out of the Los Angeles area.
PEACE - a Mid-East Dialogue Group
(that's US!)
The PEACE group is dedicated to promoting peace in the Middle East through dialog and joint action of citizens of all
countries in the region.
Peace Child Israel
Peace Child Israel was founded in 1988. Using theater and the arts as a tool for dialogue Peace Child Israel's
objectives include education towards democratic values in civic society, tolerance and mutual respect.
Peacemaker
Community - Middle East
A coalition of interfaith and peace organizations join efforts to pray for peace and unity in Israel.
PEACEWatch
The commentary pages of PEACE - now merged with MidEastWeb for Coexistence.
Peaceworks
Peaceworks fosters co-existence through business.
The New Israel Fund
The New Israel Fund works to safeguard civil and human rights, promote Jewish-Arab coexistence, advance the status of
women, foster tolerance and religious pluralism, bridge social and economic gaps, pursue environmental justice, and
encourage government accountability.
One Voice
The OneVoice initiative seeks to involve all Israelis and Palestinians in shaping a peace plan through participatory
democracy enabled by the Internet.
Oz
V'shalom-Netivot Shalom
The Movement for Judaism, Zionism & Peace, Oz V'shalom-Netivot Shalom was founded in 1975 in order to present an
alternative expression of religious Zionism. It is committed to promoting the ideals of tolerance, pluralism, and
justice.
The Parents Circle
In 1994, following the abduction and murder of 19-year old Arik Frankenthal by Hamas terrorists, Yitzhak Frankenthal
founded the Parents Circle - an organization of bereaved parents who lost their children to terrorists and who are
promoting peace and coexistence through education for tolerance and compromise.
The People's Voice
Peres Center for Peace
The Peres Center for Peace is a non-governmental organization dedicated to the promotion of peace in the Middle East. It
implements joint projects with regional and international partners that advance socio-economic cooperation and
people-to-people relations.
Rabbis for
Human Rights
Rabbis for Human Rights is a group of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis working on behalf of
human rights issues in Israel and in the territories.
Shalom Achshav
Shalom Achshav's primary goal is to press the Israeli government to seek peace through negotiations and mutual
compromise - with its Arab neighbors and the Palestinian people.
Seeds of Peace
Seeds of Peace is a non-profit, non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the
skills of making peace. Founded in 1993 by author and journalist John Wallach, Seeds of Peace has focused primarily on
bringing Arab and Israeli teenagers together before fear, mistrust and prejudice blind them from seeing the human face
of their enemy.
Shemesh
Shemesh means "sun" in Hebrew and was begun by the Arab village of Shaab and the Jewish community of Shorashim in the
Galilee. Shemesh is engaged in a number of community projects, including local summer camps for Arab and Jewish
children.
Soccer for Peace
The mission of Soccer For Peace is to promote tolerance, understanding and peace in the Middle East, and ultimately
throughout the world, by uniting children of different backgrounds in their shared love of soccer.
San Diego
Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue
Some participants of San Diego's 8 thriving dialogues offer an online audio and visual documentary of their process and
other useful resources.
The Shalom Center
A network of American Jews who draw on Jewish tradition and spirituality to seek peace, pursue justice, heal the earth,
and build community.
Social Action.com
An on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world. Great Site.
Support Sanity
Support sanity is an independent public campaign devoted to building visible mass support for an evenhanded two-state
solution for Israel & Palestine.
The Matti Peled Foundation
The Mati
Peled Foundation, founded in 2002 by Marek and Avi Glezerman, is a nonprofit association, dedicated to advancing the
peace process between Israelis and Palestinians, Arab and Jews.
Tikkun
On-line version of the American magazine Tikkun that began its publication in 1986 as the liberal alternative to voices
of Jewish conservatism.
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Peace Project
Can you imagine a pro-peace,
pro-Israel site that calls for both the return of Israeli hostages and an end to the destruction of Palestinian homes?
Please see this site for its extremely valuable educational resources.
Women's Peace Groups
Brit Shalom
Brit Shalom is a new Jewish Palestinian group that was founded in Israel. Its broad aims are equality of Israeli
citizens and the promotion of cooperation with the Palestinian residents of the territories.
Haifa Women's
Coalition
The Haifa Women's Coalition is made up of 4 organizations working at both the national and local levels to combat forms
of violence against all women and improving the status of women in general.
Israel Women's Network (IWN)
IWN is a network of women from all aspects of Israeli society that work against discrimination in the household and the
workplace and to improve the status of women in Israel.
Naamat
Over the decades, NA'AMAT has built bridges of understanding and support between Jewish and Arab Israeli women. Today,
NA'AMAT is more involved in promoting the Israeli Arab woman's quality of life than any other organization in the
country.
Nisan Young Women Leaders
Nisan Young Women Leaders develops the leadership potential of Jewish and Arab Israeli young women, and foster
communication and cooperative partnerships among them.
Women of the Wall
An organization of Jewish women from the four streams of Judaism who come together at the Western Wall to pray every
Rosh Chodesh (new month).
US/Israel
Women to Women
US/Israel Women to Women provides seed money for grassroots efforts in Israel which advocate equal status and fair
treatment for both Arab and Jewish women in all spheres of Israeli life.
Miscellaneous
Learn Hebrew Online - The Language of Modern Israel
israelinformatie-
Israel/Jodendom
Israelisch-Palestijns Conflict
Anti-Semitisme Shoa
Zionisme
the above is a Dutch Web site with many useful Jewish Links (in English too).
HSJE- Historical
Society of Jews from Egypt
Preserves the history and culture
Russian Language Middle East Commentary
Blogs
Middle East, Israel, Zionism and other stuff -
Links and support for fair play for Zionism on the Web.
Realistic Dove
Blue Truth - Devoted to unmasking unfair muzzling of Zionist
views.
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