Resources
Palestinian & Israeli Organizations
International Organizations
North American Organizations
Individuals
Recommended Books
Recommended Pamphlets
Palestinian & Israeli Organizations:
Adalah, Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Addameer, Prisoners Support & Human Rights Association
Al-Haq, Palestinian Legal & Human Rights Organization
Alternative Information Center (AIC), A partnership of Israelis & Palestinians
Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ), Promoting Palestinian sustainable development & self-reliance
Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA), In service of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel
Association of Forty, Representing the residents of the unrecognized villages in Israel
BADIL, Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugees’ Rights
Breaking the Silence, Israeli ex-soldiers tell stories about the Occupation
B’tselem, Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Bustan, Sustainable Community Action for Land & People
Coalition of Women for Peace, Including Machsom Watch, Women in Black, New Profile, & others
Gisha, Legal Center for Freedom of Movement
Grassroots Jerusalem, Connecting & supporting grassroots actions & organizations in
Jerusalem
Gush Shalom, Israeli Peace Bloc
HaMoked, Israeli human rights organization & Center for the Defense of the Individual
Holy Land Trust (Bethlehem), Palestinian nonviolent program promoting and supporting Palestinian communities
IndyMedia, Alternative news source by Israeli activists
Jerusalem Center for Social & Economic Rights, Palestinian NGO providing legal assistance & representation to Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem
Mandela Institute for Human Rights, Human rights organization focusing on the plight of political prisoners
MIFTAH, NGO in East Jerusalem promoting human rights, democracy, & peace
Mossawa Center, Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel
Palestine Monitor, Information from Palestinian civil society to the foreign press
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)
Physicians for Human Rights, Israel/Palestine Chapter
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), Israeli rabbinic campaign against discrimination & inhumane conduct, giving voice to the Jewish tradition of human rights
Stop the Wall, A project of the Palestinian Environmental NGO Network (PENGON)
Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC), Community-based health organization
Ta’ayush, Grassroots partnership of Jewish & Palestinian citizens of Israel against racism & segregation
Yesh Din, Human rights volunteers promoting law enforcement of settler violence in the West Bank
Zochrot, Israeli citizens raising awareness of the Nakba
International Organizations:
Amnesty International, Worldwide campaign for human rights
Doctors without Borders, International independent medical humanitarian organization
Electronic Intifada, Leading Palestinian portal for information on the Israel/Palestine conflict
European Jews for a Just Peace, Federation of Jews
Global Exchange, International human rights organization
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, In solidarity with the struggle for Palestinian self-determination
Palestine Remembered, Extensive information on the Nakba
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), Working for racial, social, and economic justice for all people everywhere
North American Organizations:
Adalah — NY, The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel
American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights (AAPER), Organizing and informing the American public about the human and national rights of the Palestinian people
American Jews for a Just Peace, Committed to a just peace based on international law, human rights, and democracy
Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Grassroots civil rights organization
Birthright Unplugged, Educational trips geared towards action
Council for the National Interest, Advocating Middle East policies that serve the American national interest
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work for peace, social justice, & human rights
Research Journalism Initiative, Providing students a direct link to regions of conflict abroad
St Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee
Two Peoples, One Future,The “Be On Our Side” media and educational campaign to End US Military Aid to Israel
US Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel, Responding to the Call by Palestinian Civil Society
US Campaign to End the Occupation, Umbrella organization that aims to change US policies that sustain the Occupation & deny equal rights for all
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans; Interpreting North America for the Middle East
Individuals:
All Things Palestine
Life on Wheels
Mondoweiss
Recommended Books:
Ali Abunimah, One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
Alternative Tourist Group, Palestine & Palestinians
Phyllis Bennis, Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer
Mark Braverman, Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land
Jimmy Carter, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid; There Can Be Peace in the Holy Land
Noam Chomsky, Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians
Jonathan Cook, Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Iran, Iraq and the Plan to Remake the Middle East
Norman Finkelstein, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History; Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Jeff Halper, Obstacles to Peace: A Reframing of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict; An Israeli in Palestine
Amira Hass, Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege
Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness
John Mearsheimer & Stephen Walt, The Israel Lobby
Ilan Pappe, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Mazin Qumsiyeh, Popular Resistance in Palestine
Mazin Qumsiyeh, Sharing the Land of Canaan
Tanya Reinhart, Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948; The Road Map to Nowhere
Edward Said, The Question of Palestine
Avi Shlaim, The Iron Wall
Sandy Tolan, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
Various Jewish Authors, Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Israeli Occupation
Various Palestinians, Letters from Palestine: Palestinians Speak Out about Their Lives, Their Country, and the Power of NonViolence
Recommended Pamphlets:
Is Israel an Apartheid State? by Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions — USA, summarizing a legal study by the Human Sciences Research Center of South Africa
The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict by Jews for Justice in the Middle East
The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere: Making Resistance to Anti-Semitism Part of All of our Movements by April Rosenblum
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