“The importance of [Peace Now’s] Settlement Watch work cannot be exaggerated”
Dennis Ross, Chief U.S. Middle East Negotiator, 1997
Peace Now’s Settlement Watch Program monitors and protests the building of Jewish enclaves beyond the 1967 borders of Israel. The project’s aerial and ground data are regarded as an authoritative source of information by the public, the media, and foreign governments. Shalom Achshav contends that continued occupation and settlement building in the Palestinian territories damages the entire fabric of Israeli society.
Shalom Achshav holds regular demonstrations in front of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and peacefully protests the building of the security fence on Palestinian land and the demolition of Palestinian homes. Shalom Achshav’s responses promote awareness and democratic debate over Israeli actions that undermine international conventions on human rights.
Shalom Achshav engages Palestinian and Israeli high school and university students through seminars, online Palestinian-Israeli youth dialogue projects, workshops and more. These people-to-people initiatives lay the building blocks for positive cooperation between the Palestinian and Israeli leaders of tomorrow.
