• Website: www.gisha.org 
  • Tel Aviv based NGO founded in 2005
  • Headed by Sari Bashi and Kenneth Mann
  • Emphasis on freedom of movement for Palestinians; engages "in litigation and advocacy that aim to help individuals exercise their right to freedom of movement while working for systemic change in military practices and abuses at Israeli border-crossings and checkpoints."
  •  Reports and legal actions filed in Israeli courts promote a selective human rights agenda, using "apartheid" rhetoric and stripping context of Palestinian terror
  • Funding from Echoing Green, Dutch and Norwegian Foreign Ministries, Foundation for Middle East Peace (FME) and Open Society Institute
  • For NGO Monitor's latest report on Gisha, click  here

     Gisha Essentials: