Gisha is a human rights organization based in Israel that advocates for the freedom of movement for Palestinians within Israel as well as advocating in favor of human rights policies for Palestinians. ¹

Background

On November 3, 2023, Gisha published a “#CeasefireNow” petition on its website calling for a ceasefire between Israel and the Gaza Strip. ² Claiming that it had been signed by over 700,000 individuals from roughly 80 countries, Gisha released the petition following Hamas’ terrorist attack on October 7 against Israel that led to the deaths of over 14oo Israelis and over 240 being taken hostage back into Gaza including Americans. ^{3 4} The petition called for delivering humanitarian aid to those in need in Gaza including UN facilities, freeing all civilian hostages, repealing the order by Israel to evacuate Northern Gaza, and allow those in critical care to be evacuated. ⁵ The petition also called on, “The UN Security Council, the UN Secretary General and all world leaders with influence…to ensure a ceasefire comes into effect.” ⁶

Financials

According to their website, the top institutional donors for the organization between 2022 and 2023 include: ⁷

• Action Against Hunger
• Broederlijk Delen
• Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World)
• Consulate General of France in Jerusalem
• DROSOS Foundation
• Embassy of Finland in Tel Aviv
• European Union
• Foundation for Middle East Peace
• Foundation to Promote Open Society
• Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs
• Marietta and Andrew Romay Foundation
• MISEREOR
• New Israel Fund
• NGO Development Center
• Oxfam
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tel Aviv
• Salesforce.com Foundation
• Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
• Telos Group
• United Nations Development Programme

1. “About Gisha.” Gisha, Accessed March 8, 2023. https://gisha.org/en/about-gisha/
2. “#CeasefireNow.” Gisha, Accessed November 20, 2023. https://gisha.org/en/ceasefire_now/
3. “#CeasefireNow.” Gisha, Accessed November 20, 2023. https://gisha.org/en/ceasefire_now/
4. “Israeli forces strike Islamic Jihad stronghold in Gaza, kill Hamas terrorists in school.” Fox News, November 18, 2023. https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/november-17-israel-hamas-war
5. “#CeasefireNow.” Gisha, Accessed November 20, 2023. https://gisha.org/en/ceasefire_now/
6. “#CeasefireNow.” Gisha, Accessed November 20, 2023. https://gisha.org/en/ceasefire_now/
7. “Institutional Donors.” Gisha, Accessed November 20, 2023. https://gisha.org/en/institutional-donors/