The vision for founding the WBC was developed in an agreement signed between the German Jusos, the Palestinian Shabeebat Fateh, and the Israeli Young Guard of the Labor Party in 1996.

This centre should enable equal encounters between German, Israeli, and Palestinian youth and young adults.

Since then, a team consisting of ten young Germans, Palestinians and Israelis takes part in the work of the WBC.

After month of preparation and hours of negotiations between the Israeli, the Palestinian and the German delegation, the breaking moment arrived on April 9, 1996 in Ramallah: The Jusos (German Young Socialists), the youth organization of the Israeli Labor party (Mishmeret Tse’irah), and the Palestinian Fateh Youth (Shabibet Fateh) signed the article of agreement on the foundation of the Willy-Brandt-Center (WBC).

As member organization of the forum ZFD the Willy Brandt Center Association as well as the WBC in Jerusalem are receiving financial aid for their projects from the German Federal Ministry for Cooperation and Development.