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The Adva Center
The Adva Center conducts policy analysis, advocacy work, and public outreach to inform policy makers and the general public in Israel and abroad about equity and social justice issues in Israeli society. Adva analyzes equality and inequality in Israel in a way that integrates gender, ethnicity, and nationality.

The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA)
The BESA Center provides policy-oriented research on matters of strategy, security, and peace in the Middle East, in particular the national security and foreign policy of Israel.

The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies
The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies aims to research fundamental processes taking place in the multicultural Israeli society, to analyze the long-term implications of these processes and to propose alternative strategies of action.

Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace
The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace is dedicated to fostering peace and advancing cooperation in the Middle East and around the world through research and informative events. The Institute provides fellowships for local and visiting scholars whose research is related to the Institute's activities.

The Israeli Institute for Economic and Social Research (IIESR)
This institute specializes in economic and social research on issues relating to Israel's public agenda.

Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies (JCSS)
The Jaffee Center conducts research on matters related to Israel's national security as well as Middle East regional and international security affairs. This Center also aims to contribute to the public debate and governmental deliberation on issues that are – or perhaps should be – at the top of Israel's national security agenda.

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA)
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is an independent, non-profit institute for policy research and education serving Israel and the Jewish people. It has produced hundreds of studies by leading experts dealing with a wide range of topics on the world Jewish agenda. The Center's focus in recent years has shifted with changing needs, particularly the need to present Israel's case in the wake of the renewed Palestinian violence since 2000, and to focus on the return of antisemitism in the post-Holocaust period.

The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (JIIS)
The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies is an independent academic institute working on policy research in the fields of economic, social, and environmental policy. (In order to access content in English, click on English on the side menu.)

The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations
The Leonard Davis Institute of the Hebrew University is an academic research institute devoted to the study of international affairs. The institute aims to deepen the understanding of international relations by various means, including the promotion of research, the organizing of workshops, conferences and seminars, and the publication of research papers.

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies is an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the study of the modern history and current affairs of the Middle East and Africa.

Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute
The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute is the premier center for applied social research serving Israel and the Jewish world. It seeks to improve the effectiveness of social services by developing and disseminating knowledge of social needs as well as the effectiveness of programs intended to meet those needs.

Actions in the Mediterranean (AIM)
AIM's objective is to develop networking between women of the Mediterranean region in order to increase their access to positions of responsibility at all levels, to contribute to a peaceful dialogue in this region and to identify common values while respecting differences.

Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution, one of Washington's oldest think tanks, is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to research, analysis, and public education with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance, and metropolitan policy.

The National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)
NIRA is an independent policy research organization located in Japan. The Institute was founded in 1974 under the National Institute for Research Advancement Act. NIRA provides research information, conducts exchange with research organizations, supports research projects, and performs other related activities. 

The Woodrow Wilson Center
This Center aims to commemorate the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson by providing a link between the world of ideas and the world of policy. This Center fosters scholarship and promotes the exchange of views between scholars and decision-makers. It sponsors research, meetings, and publications on history, economics, politics, international relations, the environment, literature, art history, and many other areas. 

Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
The ACRI is a non-political, independent body, with the goal of protecting human and civil rights in Israel and in the territories under Israeli control. ACRI is Israel’s largest and leading human rights organization, and the only body to address the full range of human rights: from the right to liberty through freedom of information; from the right to education through freedom of expression.

B'Tselem
The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document human rights violations in the Occupied Territories.

The Center for Democratic Studies, University of Haifa
The center's goal is to promote awareness and understanding of civic culture in democracy. It aims to establish a national and international forum for deliberation on the role of ethics and justice in all spheres of public life.

Center for the Defence of the Individual
The Center for the Defence of the Individual is an Israeli human rights organization whose main objective is to assist Palestinians of the Occupied Territories.

The Israel Forum
Since its establishment in 1985, the Israel Forum, a non-profit, non-political organization, has been working to expand direct and personal contacts between Jews in Israel and elsewhere in the world.

The Movement for Quality Government in Israel (MQG)
The MQG was established in 1990. It works to strengthen political culture based on democratic values, the rule of law, sound public administration, integrity, and quality of government. It also aims to expose and combat political corruption and fight for transparency and accountability in the government administration.

New Family Organization
New Family is the first organization in Israel dedicated to advancing family rights and the rights of individuals within families. Led by experts in the field of law and civil rights, New Family is a human rights organization working to attain legal recognition of every family unit in Israel and to ensure equal rights for every type of family.

The New Israel Fund (NIF)
The New Israel Fund works to strengthen Israel's democracy and promote justice and equality for all of Israel's citizens. The NIF supports grassroots organizations working to safeguard civil and human rights, bridge social and economic gaps, and foster tolerance and religious pluralism.

Shatil
Shatil, the New Israel Fund’s empowerment and training center, was established in 1982 to promote democracy, tolerance, and social justice in Israel. Every year, Shatil provides over 1000 non-profit organizations with consulting and training in organizational development, advocacy, media, and PR, coalition building, resource development and volunteer management.

The Center for Democracy and the Third Sector (CDATS) a joint venture of the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute and Department of Government. CDATS seeks to expand and to deepen theory, research, and teaching on the relationship between democratic governance and the third sector. The Center’s activities include a visiting faculty fellowship, a speaker series, and the first U.S. doctoral program in political science with a concentration on third sector studies.