Jews for Israeli–Palestinian Peace
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Jews for Israeli–Palestinian Peace (Template:Langx), abbreviated as JIPF, is a Stockholm-based association, founded by Swedish Jews in 1982,<ref>World Encyclopaedia of Interfaith Studies: Religious pluralism. (2009). India: Jnanada Prakashan. p561</ref> following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.<ref>Landy, D. (2012). Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights: Diaspora Jewish Opposition to Israel. United Kingdom: Zed Books.</ref>
Activities and advocacy
JIPF states that they want to work for a "fair and lasting peace" in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, based on national self-determination and independence for both peoples.<ref name="Om">Om JIPF (Eng: About Us), JIPF (Swedish)</ref> Its political programme include demands for a creation of a Palestinian state, Israel's withdrawal from all territories occupied in 1967, the dismantlement of Israeli settlements and that the Palestinian refugee question must be based on the principle of the right of return or economic compensation.<ref name="Om"/>
With a grant from the Helena Berings Minnesfond (English: Helena Berings Memorial Fund) the group co-ran a school program in partnership with the Palestinian Association of Sweden.<ref name=":0">Maria Holm, Judar för israelisk palestinsk fred och Palestinska föreningen i Stockholm arbetar tillsammans, (February 2007), Palestinagrupperna i Sverige</ref> The program facilitated dialogues between Palestinians and Jews in approximately fifty schools over three years.<ref name=":0" />
Notable members
Dror Feiler is the chairman of the organization. Other members include Izzy Young, the journalist Annika Thor and the pediatrician Henry Ascher.