Organizations on the Ground

If you’re looking to go beyond our website and learn more about the Jerusalem Story from those working on the ground, our directory provides a useful starting point. Search here for Palestinian organizations that work on Jerusalem.

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Alquds Fund and Endowment

صندوق ووقفية القدس

Mission

To enable and strengthen the resilience of the Palestinian people of Jerusalem and to promote development in various sectors in the Holy City in a manner that preserves the national identity of the city and the Palestinian existence in it

Organization Type

Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)

Areas of Work

Community Development,

Location of Work

Inside the wall and inside the Israeli municipal boundaries of Jerusalem,

Notes

Alquds Fund and Endowment was established to respond to the city’s need for development projects that contribute to empowering and strengthening the resilience of Palestinian residents, who are under threat of displacement and land confiscation. The fund identifies urgent development priorities in the city and fundraises for them. Among its current programs of focus are development of the following sectors:

  • Education (network of model schools)
  • Community development (network of community centers and Jerusalem academy for Youth Creativity)
  • Culture (endowing science and knowledge and building identity)
  • Economic empowerment (developing long-term plans to increase the employability of Jerusalemites starting from their school years)
  • Housing sector (improving housing conditions for the poor and building new housing)

 

King Faisal Gate, Old City Jerusalem
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Taher Disi, Director

Tel: +972.54.792.5417

info@alqudsfund.org

al-Aqsa Mosque Library

مكتبة المسجد الأقصى

Mission

To serve the needs of researchers and students, especially from Jerusalem and other Palestinian cities

Organization Type

Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)

Areas of Work

Academia and Research,

Location of Work

Inside the wall and inside the Israeli municipal boundaries of Jerusalem,

Notes

The library is located inside al-Haram al-Sharif (al-Aqsa Mosque compound). Its collection of monographs, periodicals, and manuscripts includes 10,000 titles, including 200 rare titles. The books are on Islamic religion and history and on Arabic language and literature; the library holds more than 70 Arabic-language newspapers and journals, published in Palestine and other Arab countries, as well as a selection of periodicals published by Arab communities in Europe and North and South America. The library consists of a section located between al-Qibli Mosque and the Islamic Museum and houses a children’s section; and a second section, the Khatniyya Library, under the al-Qibli Mosque.

The children’s section is divided into three collections: scientific encyclopedias, educational books, and entertainment books. The Khatniyya Library has many collections. Among its most important books are the following: Quranic exegesis, Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), the Shafi‘i legal school, Arabic language and its literature, and history of Palestine.

Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Old City of Jerusalem
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Hammed Abu Tir, Librarian

Tel: +979.2. 628.5708 Tel: +979.2. 628.8323

info@library.org

BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights

بديل – المركز الفلسطيني لمصادر حقوق المواطنة واللاجئين

Mission

BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights is an independent, human rights nonprofit organization committed to protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons. Our vision, mission, programs, and relationships are defined by our Palestinian identity and the principles of international humanitarian and human rights law. We seek to advance the individual and collective rights of the Palestinian people on this basis.

Organization Type

Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)

Areas of Work

Human Rights,

Location of Work

Other,

Notes

Established in 1998, BADIL Resource Center is legally owned by the refugee community represented by a General Assembly composed of human rights defenders and activists in Palestinian civil society, national institutions, and refugee community organizations.

BADIL has a framework partnership agreement with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. 

Karkafa Street (down from Bethlehem Hotel), P.O. Box 728, Bethlehem, Palestine
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Nidal al-Azza, Director

Tel: +970.2.277.7086 Telefax: +970.2.274.7346

n.azza@badil.org

Beit Duqqu Development Society

جمعية بيت دقو للتنمية والتطوير

Mission

The society strives to provide social, agricultural, educational, and cultural services to village residents; to promote cooperation, partnerships, and volunteering, drawing on the experiences of residents; and to enhance the status and role of women through income-generation activities.

Organization Type

Community-based Organization (CBO)

Areas of Work

Society and Community Services,

Location of Work

Outside the wall and outside the Israeli municipal boundaries of Jerusalem,

Notes

Beit Duqqu Development Society, a nonprofit charitable organization, was established in 1987 by a group of active youth in the village who saw a need to address the economic challenges faced by the village. Over decades, expanding Jewish settlements, settler-only roads, and the Separation Wall have completely encircled the village. As a result, large areas of the village’s agricultural land, a vital source of livelihood, have been lost to settlement use. 

The society sells jewelry designed by village women and operates a food production unit that makes and sells jams and dairy products. 

Before the Israeli occupation, the village used to prosper from agricultural export to the Gulf states and its close proximity to Jerusalem.

Beit Duqqu, Jerusalem
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Ikrema Rayan, Dirctor

Telefax: +972.2.247.2480

ikrema2004@hotmail.com