Greater Washington Partners for Peace

The Arava Institute is a leading environmental research and academic institution in the Middle East that brings together Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, and other regional participants to address shared environmental challenges. Based in the Arava Valley, the Institute works to advance sustainable solutions, using environmental cooperation as a pathway to regional peace and partnership. 

Feel Beit- A group of Israelis and Palestinians who create art and music to bridge divides in Jerusalem. Our award-winning productions combine a broad range of artistic disciplines, from music, theater and film to digital art, podcasts and installation. 

Givat Haviva is a civil society organization for social change working to promote a model society in Israel, with an emphasis on creation of a shared society for Jews and Arabs. The organization's activities focus on the areas of education, language acquisition, development of shared leadership, culture, and art. 

Hand in Hand is building inclusion and equality between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel through a growing network of bilingual, integrated schools and communities. Hand in Hand was established to combat the growing social alienation and lack of trust between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, while believing that education is key in changing this. 

Itach Maaki was established in 2001 to give voice to women subject to social, geographic, national, ethnic and economic discrimination in Israeli society. The Association’s vision is that Israeli law will reflect the unique perspectives of women from all social groups and ensure that they are able to fully exercise their rights. 

The Jerusalem Youth Chorus (JYC) is a choral and dialogue program for Palestinian and Israeli youth in Jerusalem. JYC’s mission is to provide a space for young people from East and West Jerusalem to grow together in song and dialogue, while empowering them to speak and sing their truths, as they become leaders in their communities working for peace, justice, inclusion, and equality. 

Peace Players is an organization that aims to create change through a global movement of youth leaders to create a more peaceful world. Peace Players uses Basketball to bridge divides, change perceptions, and develop leaders among Palestinian and Israeli youth in Israel. 

Project Rozana (Rozana)is an international organization advancing health diplomacy between Israelis and Palestinians. Through medical training, capacity-building programs, and patient access initiatives, Project Rozana connects hospitals, doctors, and health professionals across borders to improve healthcare delivery in the region. The organization builds trust, saves lives, and promotes shared humanity as a foundation for long-term peace. 

Seeds of Peace brings together young leaders from across the Middle East, particularly Israelis, Palestinians, Egyptians, Jordanians, and others, to foster dialogue, understanding, and long-term peacebuilding. Seeds of Peace equips emerging leaders with the skills, relationships, and courage to bridge divides, challenge narratives, and advance reconciliation within their communities and across the region. 

Sindyanna of Galilee is a female-led organization promoting the concepts of “business for peace” and Fair-Trade in Israel, by selling Arab producers’ olive oil and other premium products in the international marketplace and channeling the profits back into Arab women education. The work, which consists of Arab and Jewish Women working side by side, aims to bridge cultural divides, encourage sustainable agriculture, support organic farming and provide a vision of peaceful coexistence. 

The Teachers Lounge, an organization founded in memory of Shira Banki, includes the creation of a community of teachers through knowing the “other” – as a basis for a society that promotes multiculturalism and coexistence in Israel. It creates projects that are intended to bring together different communities encouraging coexistence, while instilling values of respect, tolerance and hope. 

Tech2Peace is an Israeli Palestinian organization that builds a shared society by bringing young Israelis and Palestinians together for long term, intensive programs that combine sustained dialogue with advanced technology and entrepreneurship training. Their model moves beyond dialogue alone toward long term relationships, joint problem solving, and durable impact. 

Tomorrow’s Women invests in young women and the transformational power of person-to-person diplomacy by fostering skills, agency, and cross-cultural connections. The active participation of young women across public life and peacemaking not only ensures a diverse range of voices but also paves the way for the next generation of bold leadership.