Yesh Din
Budget
€1,591,785
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
€185,704
Mission & Goals
Yesh Din, meaning, ‘There is Law’ in Hebrew, is an Israeli human rights organization working to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, and the structural human rights violations inevitably caused by 57 years of military occupation. Yesh Din’s goals are to enhance accountability of Israeli civilians and security forces personnel in the West Bank in compliance with international law; to assist Palestinian men, women, and communities to exercise their rights in the West Bank, to expose and challenge Israeli policies of control over and dispossession of Palestinians from land and resources in the West Bank, and halt Israeli annexation of the West Bank, which has intensified from de facto to de jure annexation at lightning speed before our very eyes.
EU Legislative Interests
Yesh Din seeks to influence debate on the EU - Israel Association Agreement, EC policy towards Israel, the peace process and the two-state solution.
Communication Activities
See: Yesh Din website: https://www.yesh-din.org/en/ See: https://x.com/Yesh_Din/highlights See: https://www.facebook.com/yeshdin
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Yesh Din is an active member of the Platform - Israeli NGO’s for Human Rights, the Legal Task Force, UN OCHA Protection Cluster, and the EuroMed Palestine/Israel (PIP) Working Group. See: https://www.theplatformil.org/ See: https://response.reliefweb.int/palestine/legal-task-force-ltf; See: https://www.ochaopt.org/
Organisation Members
Yesh Din’s staff consists of 18 professional employees, of which 12 are women, and 6 are men, including lawyers, researchers, field researchers and advocacy professionals. Our professional team also includes Advocate Michael Sfard, who was among the founders of Yesh Din, and who serves as the legal advisor, Adv. Shlomy Zachary, who handles land cases, and media experts, whose services are contracted. Yesh Din was established by Israeli volunteers from MachsomWatch, primarily women, and relies on them to help collect testimonies, accompany Palestinians to Israeli police stations and court hearings, with 5 volunteers serving as YD’s board of directors. See: https://www.yesh-din.org/en/ See: https://www.sfard.co.il/en
Additional Information
Please note that the EU funding cited above was for a joint project, DICI-THE-NEAR/2022/438-632 - Community Resilience in a Coercive Environment: The Threat Posed by Israeli Shepherding Outposts to Palestinian Rights and Communities", and approximately 40 % of the funding was given to the partner, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.