Helpful Resources on Israel/Palestine
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Films – documentaries
- “Not in my name” – The story of a Jewish Israeli dissident (2024) 10 min
- Israelism by Erin Axelman & Sam Eilertsen (2023) 84 min
- The Law and the Prophets by Joshua Vis (2023) 114 min
- Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza by James Jacoby (2023) 85 min
- Gaza Fights for Freedom by Abby Martin (2019) 84 min
- 1948: Creation and Catastrophe (2017) 85 min
- Occupation 101, Voices of the Silenced Majority (2006) 88 min
- Life in Occupied Palestine by Anna Baltzer (2009): Part 1 – 60 min | Part 2 – 60 min
- The Occupation of the American Mind (2016) 21, 45, or 84 min
- Palestine is Still the Issue by Tony Stark (2002)
- London Palestine Film Festival (2023)
Films – fiction
- Farha by Darin Sallam (2021) 91 min
Videos
- Bethlehem Pastor Rev Munther Isaac criticises Western hypocrisy and Church complicity in the Gaza crisis
- The Chris Hedges Report with Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi on Zionism’s 100-year war against Palestinians
- An interview with Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram
- An interview with Israeli historian Ilan Pappé
- Norman Finkelstein | Stay Free with Russell Brand
- Writer Masha Gessen on Comparing Gaza to the Warsaw Ghetto
- Dr. Cornel West vs Eugene Kontorovich | Piers Morgan Uncensored
- Norman Finkelstein vs Alan Dershowitz | Piers Morgan Uncensored
- Dr. Gabor Mate vs Piers Morgan | Piers Morgan Uncensored
- Cenk Uygur vs Douglas Murray | Piers Morgan Uncensored
- Piers Morgan vs Norman Finkelstein | Piers Morgan Uncensored
- Gabor and Hannah Maté’s video – Oct 28
- The Israel / Palestine conflict in 6 minutes animation by Jewish Voices for Peace (2012)
Poems, Songs and Prayers
- If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer, prominent Palestinian professor, poet and writer, killed in an airstrike in northern Gaza, on Dec 7
- Makam Shekhina Arabic and Hebrew Chants and Songs of Counter-Oppressive Devotion
- In Palestine by Rich Siegel
- Rim Banna (The Absent One) by Haneen Sabbah
- Summons by Aurora Levins Morales
- Prayer of the Mothers by Yael Deckelbaum
Books
- The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities by Simha Flapan | Recommended by Dr. Gabor Maté
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi | Recommended by Dr. Gabor Maté
- Gaza: An Inquest into its Martyrdom by Norman Finkelstein | Recommended by Dr. Gabor Maté
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé | Recommended by Dr. Gabor Maté
- Bloodlines by Meital Yaniv and Bloodlines on Instagram
- Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation by Carolyn L. Karcher
- The End of Judaism by Hajo Meyer
- Israel’s Border Wars, 1949–1956 by Benny Morris
- In This Place Together by Penina Eilberg-Schwartz & Sulaiman Khatib
- A library of 1,700 books on Israel/Palestine
Articles
- Israel Therapy | Forward
- The Gaza-ification of the West Bank | The New Yorker
- Opinion: Even Before the Israel-Hamas War, Being Palestinian Was Controversial | The New York Times
- Message from The Plum Village International Monastic Community
- The Cost of Bearing Witness | Chris Hedges Report
- Horrific Gaza Videos: We Must Not Look Away by V (Eve Ensler) | The Guardian
- 1948 letter to the New York Times signed by Albert Einstein
- A Poet in Times of War by Aurora Morales
- Combatants for Peace
- American Friends of Combatants for Peace
- Independent Jewish Voices Canada
- Soulaiman Khatib on Instagram
- Haneen Sabbah on Instagram
- Yousef Munayyer – @yousefmunayyer
- Noura Erakat – @4noura
- Norman Finkelstein – @normfinkelstein
- Aaron Maté – @aaronjmate
- Daniel Maté – @danielbmate
Activism
- How to talk with family and friends
- Find a USCPR Protest: US campaign for Palestinian rights
- Find a IF NOT NOW Protest
- Center for Jewish Nonviolence brings Jewish activists from around the world to Israel/Palestine to join in Palestinian-led nonviolent civil resistance.
- Eyewitness Palestine inspires and trains participants to be accountable lifelong social justice advocates.
- Who is paid by Israel in American politics
- Companies behind Israel’s attack on Gaza
- BDS Movement
- Call your Elected Officials Toolkit by The Revolutionary Love Project
- Digital Action Toolkit by Palestinian Feminist Collective
- Three key insights for building a powerful and loving movement against oppression by Rae Abileah and Nadine Bloch
- Gaza is Palestine resources
- Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Support humanitarian and peace organizations
- The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund operates relief programs for children in Gaza, where half of the population is under 18.
- The Middle East Children’s Alliance provides emergency assistance to war refugees and emergency medical supplies to hospitals and clinics.
- Operation Olive Branch – Grassroots movement to support & amplify aid requests of Palestinian families – Access
- Save Gaza’s Children facilitates evacuations of critically injured children from Gaza.
- Defense for Children International – Palestine provides legal services to children in urgent need.
- Jahalin Solidarity protects the rights of Bedouins and other Palestinians living under occupation.
- Naqab Emergency supports unrecognized Bedouin communities in the Negev and the south.
- World Central Kitchen provides meals to Gaza’s displaced population.
- Doctors without Borders provides urgently needed humanitarian medical aid in moments of crisis and conflict.
- OXFAM is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.
- The New Israel Fund works to build a stronger democracy in Israel, rooted in the values of equality, inclusion, and social justice.
- Center for Jewish Nonviolence brings Jewish activists from around the world to Israel/Palestine to join in Palestinian-led nonviolent civil resistance.
- Eyewitness Palestine inspires and trains participants to be accountable lifelong social justice advocates.
- Catharsis Holistic Healing offers free somatic therapy in the West Bank and will send therapists to Gaza as soon as that is possible.
- Anera provides food parcels, hygiene kits, and blood bags to support patient survival.
- Gaza Community Mental Health Program provides clinical, social, research and training services.
- The Palestinian Counselling Center offers comprehensive psychological care to Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
- Global Compassion Coalition for anyone seeking refuge during this time of hurt and confusion.
- Tikkun The Prophetic Jewish, Interfaith & Secular Voice to Heal and Transform the World.
- Jewish Voices for Peace a grassroots organization working towards Palestinian freedom.
- Rebuilding Alliance is dedicated to rebuilding war-torn communities and bringing the world together to make them safe.
- Dror Israel strives to promote solidarity, social activism, democracy and equality in Israel.
- The Friends Committee on National Legislation is a nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress for peace and justice.
- The Palestinian Feminist Collective confronts systemic gendered, sexual, and colonial violence.
- מרחב מרפא provides support to trauma survivors of the Hamas attack in Israel.
- Chef Leila’s masterlist: How to help Gazans.
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