decolonizepalestine.com is an easy to navigate website run by two palestinians which breaks down common myths about palestine and provides a reading list organized by a wide variety of categories ranging from history and culture to media and censorship. it’s a good starting point to use if you want to learn more about the modern day situation in palestine and understand the truth behind myths that have been perpetuated about israel’s occupation of palestine.
Stevie photographed by Chris Walter - 1981.
Palestine Masterlist
Introduction to Palestine:
The Palestinian catastrophe (Al-Nakba)
- Al-Nakba (documentary)
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 (book)
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (book)
- Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948? (Article)
- The Nakba did not start or end in 1948 (Article)
Donations and charities:
- Al-Shabaka
- Electronic Intifada
- Adalah Justice Project
- IMEU Fundraiser
- Medical Aid for Palestinians
- Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
- Addameer
- Muslim Aid
- Palestine Red Crescent
- Gaza Mutual Aid Patreon
Books:
- A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine
- The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge
- Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean
- The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine
- Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique
- From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem until 1948
- Captive Revolution - Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System
- Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
- Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
- Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of The Palestinians 1876-1948
- The Battle for Justice in Palestine Paperback
- Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom
- Palestine Rising: How I survived the 1948 Deir Yasin Massacre
- The Transformation of Palestine: Essays on the Origin and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- A Land Without a People: Israel, Transfer, and the Palestinians 1949-1996
- The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
- A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples
- Where Now for Palestine?: The Demise of the Two-State Solution
- Terrorist Assemblages - Homonationalism in Queer Times
- Militarization and Violence against Women in Conflict Zones in the Middle East
- The one-state solution: A breakthrough for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock
- The Persistence of the Palestinian Question: Essays on Zionism and the Palestinians
- Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians
- The False Prophets of Peace: Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine
- Ten myths about Israel
- Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question
- Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition
- Israel and its Palestinian Citizens - Ethnic Privileges in the Jewish State
- Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy
- Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine
- Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
Palestinian Culture:
- Mountain against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture
- Palestinian Costume
- Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution
- Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora
- Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing (Oriental Institute Museum Publications)
- The Palestinian Table (Authentic Palestinian Recipes)
- Falastin: A Cookbook
- Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother’s Kitchen
- Palestinian Social Customs and Traditions
- Palestinian Culture before the Nakba
- Tatreez & Tea (Website)
- The Traditional Clothing of Palestine
- The Palestinian thobe: A creative expression of national identity
- Embroidering Identities:A Century of Palestinian Clothing
- Palestine Traditional Costumes
- Palestine Family
- Palestinian Costume
- Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, v5: Volume 5: Central and Southwest Asia
- Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure
Documentaries, Films, and Video Essays:
- Jenin, Jenin
- Born in Gaza
- GAZA
- Wedding in Galilee
- Omar
- 5 Broken Cameras
- OBAIDA
- Indigeneity, Indigenous Liberation, and Settler Colonialism (not entirely about Palestine, but an important watch for indigenous struggles worldwide - including Palestine)
- Edward Said - Reflections on Exile and Other Essays
- AL NAKBA
- Gaza Lives On
- Gaza we are coming
- Lost cities of Palestine
- Stories from the Intifada
- Last Shepherds of the Valley
Voices from Gaza
- Muhammad Smiry
- Najla Shawa
- Nour Naim
- Wael Al dahdouh
- Motaz Azaiza
- Ghassan Abu Sitta
- Refaat Alareer
- Plestia Alaqad
- Bisan Owda
- Ebrahem Ateef
- Mohammed Zaanoun
- Doaa Mohammad
- Hind Khoudary
Palestinian Voices, Organizations, and News
- Boycott Divest and Sanction (BDS)
- Defense for Children in Palestine
- Palestine Legal
- Palestine Action
- Palestine Action US
- United Nations relief and works for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA)
- National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
- Times of Gaza
- Middle East Eye
- Middle East Monitor
- Mohammed El-Kurd
- Muna El-Kurd
- Electronic Intifada
- Dr. Yara Hawari (suspended on X 10/25/2023)
- Mariam Barghouti
- Omar Ghraieb
- Steven Salaita
- Noura Erakat
- The Palestinian Museum N.G.
- Palestine Museum US
- Artists for Palestine UK
- Eye on Palestine (suspended on Instagram 10/25/2023)
It has been hard for me to talk about how what is going on with Israel and Palestine is affecting me personally, but I grew up in Gaza and most of my family still lives there. My father did not survive the bombings last week and I have not been able to contact my younger sister in days. I am try to being understanding that most people do not have personal connections to what is happening and therefore are justifying their silence, but is heartbreaking to see this misinformation being spread. What’s happening there is a genocide, not a war. It is not antisemitic to support Palestine, it’s not even antiemetic to criticise Israel. There is no grey area or neutrality regarding this, and it is so easy to find resources that will educate you on the subject. It is my people and my home being destroyed so I will never be silent about this, but I please urge everyone to get informed and start speaking up and finding ways they can help.
decolonizepalestine has tons of information on Palestine’s history/propaganda that has been spread throughout the years
Jewish Voice for Peace also has many resources for ways for US citizens to get involved, including protests
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