Over the years I have found many sources that help illuminate the situation in Israel/Palestine in ways that corporate media in the United States often fail to report. And powerful interests present resistance to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza as fringe or anti-Semitic or “pro-Hamas.” That’s not my experience. Below are links I consult for news, commentary, and nonprofits dedicated to a just peace (and let me know what links you might add): 

Churches for Middle East Peace: While many Americans hear about Christian nationalism and Christian Zionism, I find it consoling to know that many Christian denominations oppose Israel’s occupation, ethnic cleansing and displacement of Palestinians. They campaign to block U.S. armaments sold to Israel and used against Palestinians, end illegal settlements and settler violence, fund the East Jerusalem hospital network, and get humanitarian aid to Gaza. 

Rabbis for Human Rights: RHR brings together rabbis from across all denominations and rabbinical schools in Israel. Their mission includes accompanying and protecting Palestinians suffering violence from security forces and settlers and documenting human rights violations in the Occupied Territories. 

Sabeel: This group allowed Tessa and me to visit Israel/Palestine in 2007. Sabeel is an ecumenical liberation center founded in Jerusalem in 1988 by a collective of Palestinian Christians, both laity and clergy, women and men. Their weekly Wave of Prayers allows us to hear Palestinians’ latest concerns and to pray with them for healing and the justice that leads to peace. 

Shoulder to Shoulder: I’m a fan of Jordan Denari Duffner’s writings, and recently learned of her association with this organization and its mission to address, counter and prevent hatred, discrimination, and violence against Muslims in the United States. This seems particularly important as more Muslims run for office and as Islamophobic movements sow animosity in places like Dearborn, Michigan, cite of recent Islamophobic demonstrations and home to tens of thousands of Muslims represented by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.  

A Land For All: This organization envisions “two democratic, sovereign states – Israel and Palestine – linked together in a confederation with gradual steps toward freedom of movement and residence for all Israelis and Palestinians across our shared homeland.” 

Combatants for Peace: Founded by one-time enemy combatants, Combatants for Peace brings together Israelis and Palestinians to co-resist the Occupation and build a future of collective liberation through personal transformation. 

Oasis of Peace: This unique village and organization (Neve Shalom in Hebrew/Wahat al-Salam in Arabic) was founded in 1970 by Dominican brother Bruno Hussar. The village is home to more than seventy families, half of whom are Jewish; the other half are Palestinians. All are Israeli citizens. Bruno believed that a world in which many institutions revolve around the art of war, needs a School for Peace. The village now hosts such a school. 

The Parents Circle-Families Forum: Over eight hundred bereaved Israelis and Palestinians make up PCFF. They’re dedicated to transforming their grief into a force for reconciliation, dialogue and peace.  

Women Wage Peace: WWP boasts 50,000 Israeli members and “empowers women from diverse communities to build trust across divides, leading in turn to a unified demand for diplomatic negotiation, with full representation of women, to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” 

Beinart Notebook: I listen to Peter Beinart’s Substack Notebook regularly. He places events and mindsets in historical context and reveals his deep Jewish wisdom and prophetic courage. His interviews and his book Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza inform and inspire. 

Makdisi Street: Three brothers, Saree, Ussama, and Karima Makdisi host this podcast. They are nephews of the late Edward Said and deeply immersed in the history of the area we call the Middle East. They are academics, so be prepared for that! Saree teaches English and Comparative Literature at UCLA; Ussama is Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley. Karim is Associate Professor of International Politics, and Director of the Program in Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut. 

Middle East Eye: This is an independently funded news organization that features local viewpoints. 

Munther Isaac: Lutheran pastor Munther Isaac became known to the world through his Christmas sermon on 2023. He spoke in Bethlehem, where his church’s Nativity scene was surrounded by rubble to symbolize the conditions under which they lived. Rev. Isaac’s theme: Christ in the Rubble. 

B’Tselem: B’Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, envisions a “future in which human rights, liberty and equality are guaranteed to all,” a future that “will only be possible when the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime end.” They research, document, and report on human rights violations. 

Breaking the Silence: Israeli military veterans founded this organization to expose living conditions in the Occupied Territories and to awaken Israeli citizens to cruelties the public wishes to ignore.

ICAHD: this Committee Against House Demolitions has worked to stop the all-too-common destruction of Palestinian homes and helped rebuild nearly 200 houses. Since its founding, it has expanded its mission to include “ending Zionist colonialism, supporting the Palestinian struggle for their national rights in Palestine, and working for a just post-colonial state and society.”

Standing Together: This group’s approach reminds me of the fusion approach embraced here in the United States by Repairers of the Breach. They aim to pull together various peace and justice organizations in Israel to create a mass movement –including unions, anti-occupation campaigns, environmental movements, and others–that can build peace, equality, and social and climate justice.

UNRWA: Created in 1949, the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East provides a wide range of humanitarian aid to Palestinians. As I noted here, the United States stopped contributing to UNRWA in 2024. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “the United States has enacted legislation providing at least $16.3 billion in direct military aid to Israel” since October 7, 2023. UNRWA needed $3.3 billion in 2025 to fund its programs. It received twenty-seven percent of that amount. You can you can learn more and donate to UNRWA here. 

International Rescue Committee: Please click on this link. In Gaza, the IRC is doing everything possible to provide clean water, malnutrition treatment, protection and empowerment for women and children, early childhood development, psychosocial interventions, emergency reproductive health and address critical humanitarian needs. Imagine trying to do this in a refugee camp subject to bombing.