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Sindyanna

Sindyanna is a women’s collective based in the Galilee, uniting Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in producing environmentally sustainable products- particularly olive oil, olive soap, za’atar and postcards by Palestinian artists. Sindyanna’s purpose is to empower women, develop Arab agriculture, and gain a fair return to Palestinian farmers within Israel and the West Bank.

Zaytoun

Zaytoun works with Palestinian farming communities to develop and sell their produce under the fair trade and organic labels. The olive tree is a symbol of the ancient connection of Palestinian people to their land and Palestinian families continue to rely upon the olive harvest as a major source of income. Zaytoun is at the forefront of developing fair trade food initiatives and its range of products includes olive oil, recipe cards, couscous, almonds and dates. The Olive Co-operative works in partnership with both Zaytoun and the Palestinian Fair Trade Association on the Trees for Life initiative, which offers the opportunity to sponsor the planting of new olive trees in Palestine. Each new tree planted represents a long-term source of income for Palestinian families, who have been harvesting olive oil, fruit and wood for generations. These farmers follow fair trade guidelines, hence benefiting from future purchases of Palestinian olive oil.

Project Hope

Project Hope is a volunteer-run organisation providing participatory and educational spaces for young Palestinians, aiming to support children denied access to basic services by providing them with recreational and educational activities, medical and humanitarian relief and practical training to empower them with hope and skills for the future.

Holy Land Handicrafts

Holy Land Handicrafts Co-operative Society is a producer’s co-operative which preserves the olive wood traditions of Palestinians and generates income for economically disadvantaged producers. The co-operative society is a member of the International Federation for Alternative Trade (IFAT)

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Palestinian Fair Trade Association

The PFTA certifies many of our products, and we work in partnership with them on the Trees for Life sponsorship project. Their Fair Trade guidelines can be seen here.

The Fairtrade Foundation

Olive’s olive oil, imported by Zaytoun, has recently gained Fairtrade certification from the UK Fairtrade Foundation. The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK, working for trade justice and sustainable development.

Palestine Israel Ethical Shopping Initiative

Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign

Organisations Working for Peace

Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

ICAHD is a non-violent protest movement against the Occupation. They resist house demolitions, rebuild houses, organise information outreach projects and exhibitions, organise alternative tours and solidarity action.

Windows for Peace

Windows for Peace is a group of Jews and Palestinians from both sides of the Green Line, working to bring young people together through education, art and media.

Jews for Justice

Jews for Justice for Palestinians is a network of Jews who are British or live in Britain,  practising and secular, Zionist and not, working to oppose Israeli policies that undermine the livelihoods, human, civil and political rights of the Palestinian people, and to support the right of Israelis to live in freedom and security within Israel’s 1967 borders. As well as organising to ensure that Jewish opinions critical of Israeli policy are heard in Britain, they extend support to Palestinians trapped in the spiral of violence and repression, working for peace and to build world-wide Jewish opposition to the Israeli Occupation.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Also see Greater Manchester and Districts CND

CND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, and to create genuine security for future generations.

Palestinian Solidarity Groups

Action Palestine

Action Palestine is a UK-wide student organisation established in 2006, dedicated to promoting the Palestinian cause on campus.

They can also be found on Facebook.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) campaigns for the right of self-determination for Palestinian people, against their oppression and dispossession, and advocates for Palestinians’ civil, political and human rights, in accordance with international law, in the interests of democratic rights and social justice.

The British-Palestine Twinning Network

Organised by groups of activists who feel deeply for the plight of the Palestinian people and who encourage twinning or friendship links with Palestinian communities: refugee camps, rural villages, towns or universities, with a primary focus on the West Bank and Gaza, and on building personal relationships with Palestinian people.

Palestinian NGOs:

Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee

PARC is a leading Palestinian NGO working  to promote sustainable development in rural areas in Palestine. In doing this it aims to ensure long-term food security, to empower women and increase their role in society, to promote volunteer experience within civil society, and to provide training and research development for its stakeholders.

Bustan Garden, Bethlehem

‘The Tortoise Garden’ is a new initiative in the Palestinian West Bank, a model permaculture farm promoting the use of permaculture design to protect and restore the degrading environment, and restore dignity and self-reliance to people living under the military occupation. Working closely with its neighbours, it seeks to propagate a grassroots permaculture movement in the West Bank, working primarily with farmers and young people.

Other sources of information

Alternative Information Centre

The AIC is a joint Palestinian-Israeli organisation conducting and disseminating research and writing on all aspects of the situation in Palestine.

Alternative Tourism Group

ATG is a Palestinian NGO which was founded in 1995 as a non-profit organisation promoting critical tourism in Palestine.

Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

B’tselem was established in 1989 by Israeli academics, lawyers, journalists and parliamentarians to document human rights abuses in Occupied Palestine and to inform the Israeli and wider public about them.