LEAP is an organization creating itself as it works. Founded by a small group of lawyers, LEAP seeks to expand access to legal knowledge within the community of people whom the law can empower. LEAP works within the West Bank Palestinian community and is striving to become fully anchored in a partnership between the Palestinian community and the professionals who provide advice and representation.
LEAP - Legal Aid for Palestinians
is operated within and administered by:
CAPI - Center for Advancement of Peace Initiatives
Registered NGO, Israel No. 580500429
Ben Yehuda Street 7, Jerusalem 94624
capi.org.il
Donors
European Commission, Human Rights and Democracy Program.
Open Society Foundations, New York
T + H HOENE STIFTUNG, Federal Republic of Germany
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Stephen P. Cohen, Seekers of Peace Fund, New Jersey
Ester and Louis Beck, Israel
Gal Foundation, New York
Doris and Mori Arkin, Israel
Norwegian Refugee Council in partnership with MAAN
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Funding Needs
LEAP depends on individual donations, while it searches for additional long-term funding from charitable foundations. In the United States, tax-deductible contributions can be made through the New Israel Fund. For information about how to make a donation please get in touch with us at:
The Critical Nature of the Need
The fact that for the five-plus decades of the occupation most West Bank Palestinians have not had access to legal advice and assistance from lawyers knowledgeable in Israeli law underscores the extent to which West Bank Palestinians have not been able to assert their basic civil rights. Israel law controls most of the fundamental aspects of Palestinian life on the West Bank. Israeli law grants Palestinians the status to claim rights at Israeli administrative agencies and courts, yet this critical resource is scarcely used due to lack of awareness and the absence of legal assistance.