Ahali is an independent not-for-profit organization established in 1999 to strengthen grassroots activism among Palestinian citizens in Israel. Ahali works through community organizing, used as a mean of struggle to obtain full citizenship and minority rights and thus ensuring equal distribution of national resources. 

Striving for creating a more democratic, pluralistic, equal and just society, Ahali, meaning "people in community", has developed a range of innovative programs to empower the community and give voice to the unique experience of the Palestinian minority in Israel, who comprise 20% of the population. 

As a community development organization, Ahali supports community activists from various interest groups such as women, farmers, artisans, youth, parents, students and assists in creating frameworks for activism. 

For Ahali, the term "community development" implies encouraging members of society to analyze their situation as individuals and as a collective and identify the community needs accordingly. The following stage involves active efforts to improve our community's socio-economic conditions within the broader national, social and political context. 

Ahali conceptualizes its goals as follows:

• To increase political and social awareness of the Palestinian population in Israel so that people work individually and collectively to improve their personal situation and collective conditions; 
• To assist the Palestinian population in Israel in developing the tools required in bringing about economic, social and political transformation; 
• To raise the status of Arab women by enrolling them to all economic, social and political activities, especially regarding their participation in decision making processes within the family and the community; 
• To empower social, economic, professional, organizational skills of Palestinians as a basis for improving their competitiveness- both at the political and economic level; 

Ahali is:

• Encouraging local governance, active involvement in community building and civil society initiatives; 
• Organizing and assisting Palestinian grassroots groups in Israel by creating networks; 
• Fostering equal and balanced relations between Arabs and Jews in Israel and encouraging debates among them; 
• Promoting civic democratic values and diversity; 
• Developing effective mobilizing strategies that increase the role and influence of the Palestinian minority in policy making.