It's What We Do
- Resources for Information about Israel - Palestine
Check for periodic updates to these resources
Brief Introductory Guides
- Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar. Primer on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP), February 2014.
- Phyllis Bennis. Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2012.
Maps
- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs maintains an interactive map that allows the user to see, among other things, the locations of current Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank. See also the OCHA January 2017 map, "West Bank Access Restrictions."
Internet Resources and Human Rights Organizations
- Breaking the Silence (see also, The Guardian, "Netanyahu wants to repress my group, Breaking the Silence. May, don’t help him," by Yehuda Shaul)
- B’Tselem: Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'Tselem provides a breakdown on the types of closures Israel imposes)
- Al-Haq (Palestinian human rights non-profit organization)
- Haaretz
- +972 (Israeli blog-based web magazine)
- Institute for Middle East Understanding
- Peace Now
- Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions
- Youth Against Settlements
- Rabbis for Human Rights (Israel)
- Institute for Palestine Studies
- Alternative Information Center (joint Palestinian-Israeli non-profit organization)
- Zochrot (Israeli educational non-profit organization)
- Haaretz, Editorial, "In Israel, Persecuting the Messenger," Oct 19, 2017
- The Forward, "Palestinian Women Are Harassed And Humiliated At Checkpoints. Here Are A Few Of Their Stories,"
by Mariam Barghouti, Oct 17, 2017 - The Washington Post, "Why a leading Palestinian activist isn’t fixated on a Palestinian state," by Ishaan Tharoor, Oct 6, 2017
- "‘Price Tag’ Attacks and Jewish Extremism", by the Centre on Religion & Geopolitics, now the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Aug 6, 2015
- National Public Radio, "7 Things To Know About Israeli Settlements," by Greg Myre and Larry Kaplow, Dec 29, 2016
- Peace Now, map and data on settlements
Films and Videos
- Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine. Dirs. Connie Field, Mik Kuhlman, Kamel El Basha. Prod. Connie Field. Clarity Films Production, 2013.
- Five Broken Cameras. Dirs. Iyad Burnat and Guy Davidi. Kino Lorber, 2012.
- The General’s Son: The Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. Prod. Miko Peled. Alternate Focus, May 21, 2011.
- Little Town of Bethlehem. Dir. Jim Hanon. Prod. Mart Green. EthnoGraphic Media, 2010.
- Stone Cold Justice. Dirs. John Lyons, Janine Cohen and Sylvie Le Clezio. (Aired on Australian ABC1 TV station, February, 10, 2014 about arrests and detentions of Palestinian children.)
- The Stones Cry Out: The Story of the Palestinian Christians. Dir. and Prod. Yasmine Perni. 2013.
- This is My Land. Dir. Tamara Erde. Prod. Tatiana Bouchain and Oury Milshtein. 2014. (about Israeli and Palestinian school curricula regarding their respective histories/narratives).
- Two Blue Lines. Dir. and Prod. Tom Hayes. 2015.
- Voices Across the Divide. Dirs. Alice Rothchild and Sharon Mullally. 2013.
- The Wanted 18. Dirs: Paul Cowan and Amer Shomali. Kino Lorber, 2014.
Books
- Breaking the Silence. Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers’ Testimonies From the Occupied Territories. New York: Picador, 2012.
- Ehrenreich, Ben. The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine. New York: Penguin Press, 2016.
- Harris-Gershom, David. What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist who tried to Kill Your Wife?: A Memoir. London: One World, 2013.
- Makdis, Sareei. Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, New York: W.W. Norton, 2010.
- Peled, Miko. The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. Charlottesville, VA: Just World Books, 2012
- Rosen, Brant. Wresting in the Daylight: A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity. Charlottesville, VA: Just World Books, 2012.
- Rothchild, Alice. Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish & Palestinian Trauma & Resilience. London: Pluto Press, 2007.
- Shehadeh, Raja. Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape. New York: Scribner, 2007.
- Suad, Amiry. Sharon and My Mother-in-law: Ramallah Diaries. Norwell, MA: Anchor, 2006.
- Tolan, Sandy. The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East. London: Bloomsbury, 2007.
