Defending Lives Through Nonviolence: Support UCP in Palestine (UCPiP)
Join us in co-creating a bold, nonviolent response to escalating violence. Over a hundred trained veterans of unarmed civilian protection (UCP) are ready to deploy to Palestine. These protectors have decades of experience in violent conflict zones, from South Sudan to Colombia, and now stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities under siege. For more information, check out our website or send your question to [email protected].
Ongoing Pilot: Protecting Communities in the Jordan Valley
In response to escalating settler and military violence, Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine (UCPiP) has launched its first pilot deployment in the South Jordan Valley.
Since July 2025, UCPiP has maintained a 24/7 protective presence in the Bedouin community of Ras Al Auja, where residents face near-daily attacks and displacement.
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Cohort 1 completed a three-month deployment in October 2025.
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Cohort 2 is currently in the field.
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Cohort 3 is undergoing online training and will deploy in December 2025.
Each team, made up of trained international and local civilian protectors, provides accompaniment, solidarity, and direct protection to vulnerable families while documenting incidents and strengthening local resilience.
Your support helps sustain this life-saving presence and expand civilian protection to other high-risk communities across the West Bank.
"If you can come tomorrow, please do." – Community leader
"Having foreigners here is like a warm hug to us." – Local villager
Read the full Pilot Project Proposal (PDF):
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Pilot Objectives
- Deter violence and protect lives
- Ensure safe access to water, grazing land, and schools
- Empower local communities through nonviolent resistance
- Support community-based evaluation of their safety
- Lay the foundation for long-term deployments across Palestine
- Stand in solidarity with people under threat to help break the isolation of apartheid.
The Bigger Vision: 100 Civilian Protectors Across Palestine
Your support helps us build toward a larger deployment of 100 trained UCP personnel working directly with Palestinian partner organizations in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
- Provide protective presence and accompaniment
- Safeguard humanitarian access
- Help stop ethnic cleansing and annexation
- Support community self-protection
- Monitor ceasefires and violations of international law
- Support displaced families returning to their homes
- Help farmers and herders stay on their land safely
Based on previous experience and the documented effectiveness of UCP, a project of this scale could reduce deaths, injuries, and relocations, help make civilians feel safer, allow dislocated civilians to return home, and help farmers and shepherds to return to their land.
Read this article by Mel Duncan in Waging Nonviolence.
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Donate Now – Protect Civilians and Sustain This Work
Every contribution helps deploy protectors, cover safety training, support local staff, and expand our reach across Palestine.
You may also send a check payable to “Nonviolence International." Note the project, UCPiP, on the memo line and mail to: PO Box 39127, Friendship Station NW, Washington DC 20016 USA
Donations in the US are tax-deductible. We are a fiscally-sponsored project of Nonviolence International, a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. As a sponsoring organization, Nonviolence International is required to retain discretion and control of the funds, which will, in all events, be used for the intended charitable purposes. NVI's EIN is: 52-1645787