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We are a branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign helping to end the occupation of the Occupied Territories in Palestine.
We have keen local team - from armchair activists, aid workers, union delegates, experts, to hardened but peaceful activists. Many of us have been to the Palestine Territories and have spoken in schools about our experiences.
Heres a series of podcasts to follow about our campaigning.
For further information, please contact the HQ of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign: www.palestinecampaign.org.
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and democratic transformations, and increase peacebuilding capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by its direct involvement in peacebuilding efforts around the globe.