Who are we?

The governing body of CAPI is composed of:

Dr. Meir Margalit, former Council Member of the City of Jerusalem’s Municipal Council and coordinator of ICAHD (Israeli Committee Against Housing
Mossi Raz, former Knesset Member from the Meretz party, head of the Israeli branch of the “Peace NGO Forum” and co-director of the Israeli and Palestinian radio station “The Voice of Peace”.
Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr, Professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Chicago.
Professor Shalom Ratzabi, Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University and renowned Israeli poet.
Meir Ben-Chaim, former head of the board of the community center in Kiriat Menahem
Sahar Vardi, prominent activist and leader of the “Refusnik” movement
Claude Rozenkovich, a well known architect
Yosi Bar Magen, expert on fundraising and PR
Ruty Raz, Psychoanalyst and well known activist on peace movements

CAPI’s new Executive Director is Mario Schejtman (founder and director of several NGOs: the Israeli Center for Social Justice, Ecowave, Challenge and others).

CAPI is a member of the “Israeli-Palestinian Peace NGO Forum” and cooperates with many local and international organizations such as: Al Maqdese for Society Development (Palestine), Al Quds University (Palestine), the Center for Democracy and Community Development (Palestine), Instituto Catalan de Derechos Humanos (Spain), International Peace and Cooperation Center (IPCC-Palestine), Ponte de Pace (Italy), Radio All for Peace (Israel-Palestine), Vento de Terra (Italy), Pressenza – Interational Press Agency, and others.

We would like to thank our generous donors who support our important work: API, Asamblea Cooperacion Por la Paz (ACPP-Spain), Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona (Spain), Colegio de Abogados de Malaga (Spain), Dan Church Aid (Denmark), Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Germany), Vivian Ostrowsky, UNDP, UN-Habitat, and several other individual contributors.

Mossi Raz, Meir Margalit , David Grossman, during a manifestarion in Sheih Jarah.

Prof. Paul Mendes Flor, Prof. Shalom Razabi, Dr. Meir Margalit during a tour in East Jerusalem.

Sahar Vardi and a graphite against her in front of her house.

Mario Schejtman-CAPI Executive Director