Helpful Resources on Israel/Palestine
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How You Can Help
Please support humanitarian and peace organizations.
- Catharsis Holistic Healing needs funds to send therapists into Gaza as soon as the war is over. They also run a program for Palestinian children that combines yoga, meditation and creative art therapy to address stress and trauma.
- The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund operates relief programs for children in Gaza, where half of the population is under 18.
- Anera is providing food parcels, hygiene kits, and blood bags to support patient survival.
- The Middle East Children’s Alliance provides emergency assistance to families who have fled their homes and emergency medical supplies for hospitals and clinics.
- Gaza Community Mental Health Program provides clinical, social, research and training services.
- The Palestinian Counselling Center offers comprehensive psychological care – including direct intervention, prevention methods, capacity building, and advocacy efforts – that reach Palestinians throughout Jerusalem and the West Bank.
- מרחב מרפא provides immediate and integrative support to trauma survivors of the Hamas attack in Israel.
- Naqab Emergency supports unrecognized Bedouin communities in the Negev and the south.
- Defense for Children International – Palestine provides legal services to children in urgent need.
- Doctors without Borders provides urgently needed humanitarian aid in moments of crisis and conflict.
- 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.
- Dror Israel – An educational movement whose mission is to bring meaningful, long-term educational and social change in Israeli society in order to promote solidarity, social activism, democracy and equality.
- Jewish Voices for Peace – JVP is a grassroots organization working towards Palestinian freedom.
- Rebuilding Alliance – dedicated to rebuilding war-torn communities and bringing the world together to make them safe.
- The New Israel Fund works to build a stronger democracy in Israel, rooted in the values of equality, of inclusion, and of social justice.
- The Friends Committee on National Legislation is a nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress for peace and justice.
- Find a Protest: US campaign for Palestinian rights.
Books recommended by Dr. Gabor Maté
- The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities by Simha Flapan
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi
- Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom by Norman Finkelstein
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
Social media handles and websites
- If Not Now – @Ifnotnoworg
- Democracy Now! – @democracynow
- Gideon Levy
- Amira Hass
- Norman Finkelstein – @normfinkelstein
- Valarie Kaur
- Yousef Munayyer – @yousefmunayyer
- Noura Erakat – @4noura
- Only facts: Palestine Israel
- Aaron Maté – @aaronjmate
- Daniel Maté – @danielbmate
- Hala Alyan
- Independent Jewish Voices Canada
Books, articles, videos & other resources
- Gaza fights for freedom – 2019 Documentary
- A library of 1700 books on Israel/Palestine
- Gabor and Hannah’s video. On Palestine/Israel – October 28
- Movement Chaplaincy & Healing for Ceasefire Actions
- 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 (nytimes.com)
- Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation by Carolyn L. Karcher
- Message from The Plum Village International Monastic Community
- Israel-Hamas War: Gabor Mate vs Piers Morgan On Palestine and Gaza | The Full Interview
- London Palestine Film Festival
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