International Women's Peace Service: Nonviolence In Action

Who we are:

The International Women’s Peace Service in Palestine (IWPS-Palestine) is a team of human rights volunteers, based in the village of Deir Istiya, Salfit district, in the occupied West Bank. We provide international accompaniment to Palestinian civilians, document and non-violently intervene in human right abuses and support acts of non-violent resistance to end the illegal Israeli occupation and building of the apartheid wall.

IWPS is the only all women international peace team working in the Occupied West Bank and we are the only international peace team working in Salfit district, a rural area close to Nablus. Salfit district, as well as the nearby Nablus and Qalqilya districts are affected by more than 20 illegal Israeli settlements, located in the “Ariel settlement bloc”.

IWPS responds non-violently, through intervention and documentation, to violence perpetuated by illegal Israeli settlers or the Israeli military on unarmed Palestinian civilians.

IWPS is run entirely by volunteers and 100% of donations received directly supports our work in Palestine.

IWPS-Palestine supports Palestinian and Israeli anti-occupation groups in their grassroots resistance to end the brutal and illegal military Occupation.

IWPS opposes all forms of racism, including anti Semitism and Islamophobia

What we do:

IWPS-Palestine trains and supports an international team of women to work in the West Bank. We are based in the village of Deir Istiya.

• to nonviolently intervene in human rights abuses
• to engage in nonviolent civil resistance to oppose human rights abuses and the confiscation and destruction of land and property of Palestinian civilians
• to provide supportive accompaniment for Palestinian civilians, including farmers
• to support Palestinian and Israeli peace movements in their civil resistance to end the Occupation
• to provide written and photographic documentation of human rights abuses occurring primarily (although not exclusively) in Salfit district and forward these to human rights lawyers and organizations.
• to work with independent media and press to promote and facilitate the dissemination of information