Combatants for Peace
| Combatants for Peace | |
|---|---|
| legal form | NGO |
| founding | 2005 |
| Seat | Ramat Gan , Israel |
| Action space | Israel, Palestinian Territories |
| sales | $ 148,000 (2013) |
| Employees | 27 |
| Members | 600 |
| Website | cfpeace.org (in English) |
Combatants for Peace ( Hebrew לוחמים לשלום; Arabic مقاتلون من أجل آلسلام) is a grassroots movement founded by Israelis and Palestinians, which works in Israel and the Palestinian Territories in the form of non-violent resistance for a peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict. Many of the founding members are ex-soldiers from the IDF or former Palestinian paramilitaries .
Goals and Activities
The movement is convinced that the Israel-Palestine conflict cannot be resolved by force of arms and is therefore advocating a different path. The members see themselves as activists who challenge the reality of the occupation in their joint actions and who work on "a new reality" through dialogue and understanding. The core are regional groups that are active in various regions of the West Bank and in Israel. Activities include guided tours through the occupied territories for Israelis, meetings with youth groups, joint protest marches and non-violent solidarity actions. The organization organizes meetings for and with former fighters at universities, schools or in youth groups and tries to actively support the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. There are also actions against Israeli construction projects in the occupied territories and tours into them. Every year there is a counter-event on the eve of the official celebrations for Yom HaSikaron . Public attention is drawn through demonstrations and blockades.
The movement deliberately distinguishes itself from political parties and ideologies in both Israel and Palestine. The long-term goal of CfP is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel within the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as the capital or any other solution that is negotiated in partnership and on an equal footing between Israelis and Palestinians and is the same for each Assures rights.
financing
The organization is financed to a large extent from grants from foreign sponsors, partly from state funds. Partners of the CfP are, for example, the British Shalom Salaam Trust , the Working Group for Development Aid (AGEH), World Vision International , the aid organization Bread for the World and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation .
Prices
- Anna Lindh Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures (2009)
- Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze Award for Nonviolent Action from the Evangelical Working Group on Conscientious Objection and Peace (2014)
- Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award from Tufts University (2014)
- Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize (2017)
Documentation "Disturbing the Peace"
At the beginning of 2016, the documentary Disturbing the Peace about the organization and its work was published in the USA . It has also been shown at the Jerusalem Film Festival and the Movies That Matter Festival in the Netherlands.
criticism
The organization is rejected for various reasons by both supporters of the BDS campaign and the NGO Monitor, an organization closely related to the Israeli government.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Combatants for Peace. In: Anna Lindh Foundation. November 2013, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ^ Martin Patience: Bereaved activist renews peace call. In: BBC News . February 1, 2007, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ diAk eV, AphorismA Verlag Antiquariat Agency With attached. Versandbuchhandlung gGmbH: Combatants for Peace A companion through 2017 . 1st edition. Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86575-364-9 .
- ^ Projects. In: Combatants for Peace homepage. 2017, accessed on June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Udi Shaham: Hundreds participate in Israeli-Palestinian Freedom March. In: JPost . July 16, 2016, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Josh Dell: Palestinians, Israelis block Route 60 to protest 'occupation'. In: JPost . January 17, 2016, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ^ Combatants for Peace . ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Israel Ministry of Justice's Guidestar Israel.Retrieved January 11, 2018
- ↑ Partner: Combatants for Peace - fighters for peace. In: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Israel Office. October 2016, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ^ Prize winners 2014. In: EAK . June 22, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Combatants For Peace: Sulaiman Khatib and Maya Katz. October 6, 2016, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Nicola von Hollander: Fighters for Peace. In: The time . May 1, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017 .
- ^ Andy Webster: Review: 'Disturbing the Peace' Profiles Israelis and Palestinians United Against Violence. In: The New York Times . November 10, 2016, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Combatants for Peace in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Peter Baker, Rami Nazzal: Once Devoted to Suicide Bombing, She Now Embraces a Peaceful Jihad. In: The New York Times . October 28, 2016, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ^ Combatants for Peace . Website of NGO Monitor (English) accessed on January 11, 2018
