“History is a myth agreed upon“1897 – beginning of Zionism / 1917 – Balfour declaration / 1920, 1921, 1929 – Arab riots / 1930s – high rise of Jewish immigration / 1936 – Arab Revolt / 1939 – British White Paper / 1947 – U.N. partition plan /1948 – establishment of the State of Israel / 1956 – Sinai campaign / 1957 –Fatah founded / 1964 – PLO founded / 1967 – Six Day War - Annexation of East Jerusalem / 1967-1970 – War of Attrition / 1970 – Black September / 1973 – Yom Kippur War / 1975 – UN: “Zionism is Racism” / 1979 – Peace with Egypt / 1982 – Lebanon War / 1987 – First intifada / 1988 – PLO recognition of 242 / 1993 – Oslo Accords / 2000 – Second intifada / 2005 – “Disengagement” from Gaza / 2006 – Hamas victory in elections, Second Lebanon War/ 2008 – Operation Cast Lead

Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights is an Israeli non-profit organization formed in 1999 by a group of planners and architects, in order to strengthen democracy and human rights in the field of planning. Since its establishment, Bimkom has assisted hundreds of local communities throughout Israel and areas of the West Bank under Israeli control, in matters concerning home demolitions, infrastructure and public services, local and neighborhood development plans, as well as the separation barrier.

Gisha is an Israeli not-for-profit organization, founded in 2005, whose goal is to protect the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially Gaza residents. Gisha promotes rights guaranteed by international and Israeli law.

HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual is an Israeli human rights organization whose main objective is to assist Palestinians of the Occupied Territories whose rights are violated due to Israel's policies.

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel is a non-partisan, non-profit organization, whose goal is the advancement and defense of health-related human rights for all the residents of Israel and the Occupied Territories. This includes residents who lack documents or who are not recognized by the state.

Established in March 2005, Yesh Din is comprised of volunteers who have organized to oppose the continuing violation of Palestinian human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Some of us have long been active in defending human rights, and others have just recently joined the struggle. We have different personal, professional, and political backgrounds but are united by our deep concern over the serious damage the occupation is inflicting on both Palestinian and Israeli societies.

RHR seeks to prevent human rights violations in Israel and in areas for which Israel has taken responsibility, and to bring specific human rights grievances to the attention of the Israeli public while pressuring the appropriate authorities for their redress.

ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories. As our activists gained direct knowledge of the brutalities of the Occupation, we expanded our resistance activities to other areas - land expropriation, settlement expansion, by-pass road construction, policies of "closure" and "separation," the wholesale uprooting of fruit and olive trees and more.

Machsom Watch, open exclusively to women, was founded in January 2001 to monitor the behavior of soldiers and police at checkpoints, to ensure that the human and civil rights of Palestinians attempting to enter Israel are protected, and to record and report the results of our observations to the widest possible audience, from the decision-making level to that of the general public.

B'TSELEM - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that its government, which rules the Occupied Territories, protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under international law.

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