The Haviva Reik Peace Award was established in 1994 by the Givat Haviva Educational Foundation USA and Givat Haviva Israel to honor people who are engaged in human rights, building mutual understanding and working for peace. It was bestowed on the following honorees:

1994

• Fred Howard, USA - Peace activist and supporter of many peace organizations in Israel

1995

• Camelia Sadat, USA/Egypt - Daughter of the late Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, active in building an Israeli-Palestinian compromise
• Caroline Kennedy-Cuomo, USA - Human rights activist

1996

• Kurt Beck, Germany - Prime Minister, State ofRheinland Pfalz
• Colette Avital, Israel - Israeli Consul a.D. and peace activist in theMiddle East

1997

• Dalia Rabin-Pelossof, Israel - Peace activist, Member of Knesset
• Mohammad Ali, USA - Peace activist and recipient of the Bill Clinton award

1998

• Johannes Rau, Germany - Prime Minister, State of Nordrhein-Westfalen (late President of the Federal Republic of Germany)
• Yaela Granot, Israel - Director, Givat Haviva

1999

• Dr. Ellen Ringier, Switzerland - Peace activist against racism and xenophobia

2000

• Hans Georg Meyer, Germany - Director of the State’s Centre for Political Education, Rheinland Pfalz, peace activist and dedicated facilitator in the complex relationship between Germany and Israel

2001

• Dr. Peter Liatowitsch & Prof. Eduard Badeen, Switzerland – Peace activists for a just peace  between Israelis and Palestinians – and between Jews and Arabs in Switzerland

2002

• Sigmar Gabriel, Germany - Prime Minister, State of Niedersachsen

2004

• Maestro Daniel Barenboim - Conductor and pianist, peace activist and co-founder, together with the late Edward Said, of the international youth orchestra “East-Western-Divan”

2006

• Dagmar Schmidt, Germany (posthumous award) -Member of the Bundestag,President ofGivat HavivaGermany, activist for dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis

2009

• Ahinoam (Noa) Nini & Mira Awad-The Haviva Reik Peace Award for 2009 is awarded to the renowned singers and musicians Ahinoam (Noa) Nini and Mira
• Awad, in recognition of their joint activities and performances as Jewish and Arab artists – in recognition of their courageous endeavors, separately and together, for peace and Israeli-Palestinian dialogue; their efforts to build, through music, bridges between people even in difficult times of violent conflict