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)

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Films – fiction

• Farha by Darin Sallam (2021) 91 min

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Websites and Social Media

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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

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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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