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Yesh Din—Volunteers for Human RightsJune 17, 2008

- Website: www.yesh-din.org
- Established in March 2005 by members of Machsom Watch.
- Yesh Din’s stated mission is “to oppose the continuing violation of Palestinian human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory . . . documenting and disseminating accurate and up-to-date information about the systematic violation of human rights in the OPT, by raising public awareness of such violations, and by applying public and legal pressures on government agencies to end them.”
- Yesh Din claims to be active in monitoring of law enforcement on settlers and members of the security forces, as well as the observation of military court procedures. Yesh Din regularly petitions the High Court of Justice to alter Israeli policy (for example, to cancel the law prohibiting the transportation of Palestinians in Israeli vehicles within the West Bank and to gain access to military court records).
- In practice, Yesh Din employs demonization and “apartheid” rhetoric in many of its activities, exploiting the language of human rights for political and ideological objectives.
- Yesh Din is funded by the Dutch, German and UK Foreign Offices, the Open Society Institute (USA) and the New Israel Fund.
- Yesh Din is a member of the Palestinian Israeli Peace NGOs Forum (funded in part by the European Union) and collaborates closely with Combatants for Peace, B'Tselem, HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual, Rabbis for Human Rights, Gisha, Machsom Watch and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.
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