The Al-Liqa Center for Religious and Heritage Studies in the Holy Land was established in 1983, in Jerusalem, by a Palestinian group of Christians and Muslims. Since then, Al-Liqa has provided a center for both these religious and historical studies and for Palestinian theological reflection. Since 1989, Al-Liqa has broadened its scope to include Jews as well as Christians and Muslims, hoping through dialogues and conferences to bring about a greater understanding between the three religions. Naim Ateek was a member of Al-Liqa, before he founded his own group, Sabeel. Both groups continue to collaborate on their mutual goals of justice, peace and better understanding between the peoples of this land so broken and scarred.

And within Palestine, as well as Israel, are the women's groups – amazingly strong and resonant, particularly so given the male-dominated society in which both Palestinian Muslim and Christian women live. The Palestinian Women's Movement began in 1920, as a result of the colonial policies of the British and French and as part of the growing sense of a new Palestinian national identity – a national identity born out of the occupation and the domination of the colonialists. Contrary to the traditional roles of women, these early Palestinian feminist women protested, organized and spoke out publicly. After the 1967 war, and the further occupation of Palestinian soil by the Israeli government, the women's movement increased in strength and number.