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Alternative Information Center

The Alternative Information Center (AIC) is a joint Palestinian-Israeli organizations which prioritizes advocacy, critical analysis and information sharing on Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  In doing so, the AIC promotes cooperation between Palestinian and Israelis based on the values of social and political justice, equality, solidarity, community involvement and respect for the human rights of the Palestinian people.

• AIC has a new documentary titled "The Garbage Cage" that is a joint Palestinian/Israeli production about the many people trapped by the Separation Wall, who are forced to make a living by digging for metal in the Yatta garbage dump in Hebron District. For more information, see Amali Tower's blog titled "The Garbage Cage" (July 25, 2007).

• AIC held an Apartheid Law Seminar to introduce a comprehensive overview of one of the most nefarious and least known elements in the mechanism of the occupation - the system of military law and military courts instilled in the OPT by Israel.

• AIC also held a Social and Political Forum to reestablish a joint analysis and to create strategies for change founded on mutual understanding and objectives. Integral to this work is the building into its fabric a consideration of post conflict Palestine. While the ongoing conflict justly absorbs much of the local, regional and international attention, the Forum will also initiate debate and planning on topics that will look beyond issues of the political/security. These other issues will focus on the need to engage in the economic, social and cultural future of Palestine and the need to build and prepare for the substantive issues that will affect the Palestinian state's social, economic and cultural development.

• The Settlements and Settler Violence Project run by AIC monitors and reports on physical violence, as well as general settlement activity and expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Since 2000 monthly reports are published on the AIC website. The project draws on the joint Palestinian - Israeli platform to develop a bi-national strategy for action against settlements, development though a series of workshops, conferences and public meetings.

• AIC has created the AICafe, a political cafe that strives to bring people together to encourage communication between cultures.

• AIC has a youth program in Beit Sahour that organizes after-school activities, summer camps and leadership training for young Palestinians. There are few recreational opportunities for Palestinians under 21 in the West Bank.

• AIC has been reporting on the Silwan controversy (the potential demolition of 88 Palestinian homes) on its website and magazine and its volunteers recently teamed up with Silwan residents to produce material for documentaries on the proposed demolitions.

• Press Releases

• Reports

• Photographs

• Multimedia

• Advocacy Project News Bulletins: AP has published bulletins about AIC through the news service, AdvocacyNet.

• Blogs

In 2008, AP sends Rianne Van Doeveren to work with AIC.  Read Rianne's blog. 

• Homepage Features

Youth Advocate Freed From Detention in Israel (May 14, 2007)

Ahmad Abu Haniya, the Youth Project Coordinator for the Alternative Information Center (AIC), was released from administrative detention on May 14, 2007, after two years of imprisonment by Israeli forces without being charged or brought to trial. Visit the AIC wesite for more on Ahmad’s release and the AIC podcast interview.


Humanitarian Situation Worsens in Gaza (July 11, 2007)

AP Peace Fellow Amali Tower is volunteering with the Alternative Information Center this summer. In a recent article, Ms Tower writes while Fatah and international voices debate the costs and benefits of reopening Gaza, the 1.5 million Palestinian civilians in Gaza are suffering from development stoppages and food and economic insecurity.





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