Radical Index: palestine

• Free Access E-Books

  
  From the River to the Sea Edited by Sai Englert, Michal Schatz and Rosie Warren
  

  Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions by Omar Barghouti

  Palestine: A Socialist Introduction edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian bean 

  Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire edited by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Michael Merryman-Lotze

• Free Access Shorter reads

  Mapping Palestine: Erasure and Unerasure by Ahmad Barclay in Sharpening the Haze: Visual Essays on Imperial History and Memory, 2020, pp. 177-189 (13 pages)

  Evicting Palestine by Penny Green, Amelia Smith in State Crime Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, Palestine, Palestinians and Israel's State Criminality (Spring 2016), pp. 81-108 (28 pages)

  We Cannot Cross Until We Carry Each Other: The editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents on recommitting to our movements in this moment by Arielle Angel

  America's Palestine Policy by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod in Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 1/2, AMERICA AND THE PALESTINIANS (Winter/Spring 1990), pp. 191-201 (11 pages)

  The Gaza Strip: Humanitarian Crisis and Lost Statehood by Tareq Baconi in Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition, 2021, pp. 54-79 (26 pages)

  The State, the Land, and the Hill Museum by Hanan Toukan in Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition, 2021, pp. 107-126 (20 pages)

  Transitional Justice in Palestine/Israel: Whose Justice? Which Transition? By Nadim Khoury in Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition, 2021, pp. 153-172 (22 pages)

  Palestine Was Not Empty In this excerpt from Ten Myths About Israel, Ilan Pappe takes on the myth that Palestine was an empty land.

  For the last time: Rejecting the conversation ‘between the sword and the neck’: Western media's double standard for Israel and Palestine demands that Palestinians and their allies surrender to the logic of Israeli occupation. Shadi Chalesh writes of the importance of resisting and delegitimizing questions that demand Palestinian capitulation. Shadi Chalesh, 13 October 2023

  The equanimity of lunatics: In response to the conflict in Gaza, the international media has systematically downplayed the severity of the events and aided in Israeli obfuscation and falsehoods. Richard Seymour surveys the media's "lunatic equanimity in the face of barbarism". Richard Seymour 17 October 2023

  UN slams Israel for ‘de-development’ of Palestine New report reviews effects of Israel’s 50-year occupation of the Palestinian territories and settlement growth. By Zena Al Tahhan Published On 12 Sep 201712 Sep 2017 in Al-Jazeera

  A Textbook Case of Genocide Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening? By Raz Segal October 13, 2023 in Jewish Currents

  UN expert warns of new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, calls for immediate ceasefire 14 October 2023

  An Anti-Palestinian Crackdown Across Europe: European leaders are responding to growing pro-Palestine protests with an unprecedented wave of repression. By Jonathan Shamir October 26, 2023 in Jewish Currents

  “The Settlers Can Do Whatever They Want With Us”: An employee of the Palestinian Authority testifies to a brutal attack at the hands of Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Mohammad Matar as told to Al-Haq October 25, 2023

  Dispatches from the West Bank: In the West Bank, violence and dispossession intensify as the line between settler and soldier is fast disappearing. Mustafa, Luna, Mariam, Ghassan Najjar, and Sabri As told to Maya Rosen, Amos, and Shira Wolkenfeld

  Dispatches from Gaza: Three Palestinians describe life under constant Israeli bombardment—and lay out their visions for liberation.Mohammed Zraiy, Khalil, and Rania Hussein As told to Alain Alameddine, Maya Rosen, and Julia

  A “McCarthyite Backlash” Against Pro-Palestine Speech: From university disciplinary hearings to death threats, supporters of Palestinian rights are facing a wave of reprisals. Alex Kane, October 20, 2023

  How Much Aid Does the U.S. Give to Israel? The United States has given Israel more aid than any other nation since World War II, granting it more than $260 billion. By Christopher Wolf Oct. 10, 2023

  Israel's settlements: Over 50 years of land theft explained Produced by Zena Tahhan

  Amnesty International: On Gaza’s Great March to Return

  This could be my last report from Gaza: Keep my stories alive, so that you keep me alive. Remember that the world that pretended to be the savior of humanity participated in killing it. By Tareq S. Hajjaj, October 15, 2023

  Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948? By Mohammed Haddad, Published 15 May 2022

  The Nakba did not start or end in 1948, published 23 May

• Other Book recommendations

  1. Men in the sun by Ghassan Kanafani 

  2. Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa 

  3. Minor Detail by Aadania Shibli 

  4. My first and Only Love by Sahar Khalief 

  5. Ever Since I Did Not Die by Ramy Al-Asheq 

  6. In Search of Fatima by Ghada Karmi 

  7. Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine by Noura Erakat

  8. Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis

  9. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi

  10. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

  11. Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine conflict by Norman G. Finkelstein

  12. Orientalism by Edward W. Said

  13. The Trinity of Fundamentals by Wisam Rafeedie

  14. The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine by Ghassan Kanafani

  15. Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire by Richard Becker

  16. Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe

  17. Palestine Speaks Edited by Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek

  18. Blaming the Victims Edited by Christopher Hitchens and Edward W. Said

  19. The Case for Sanctions against Israel edited by Audrea Lim

  20. The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy

• Reading lists

  DecolonizePalestine

  Pluto Books

  Verso Books

  Haymarket Books

  Palestinian Youth Movement

  University of California Press

  Leeds Palestinian Film Festival

  Skin Deep Magazine

  Publishers for Palestine

  English PEN: Valentines for Palestine

• interviews

  What I Witnessed in Gaza Is a Holocaust: Palestinian Writer Susan Abulhawa, March 6th, 2024 on Democracy Now!

  Report from Rafah: U.S. Airdrops Food to Gaza While Arming Israel to Drop Bombs, with Gazan journalist Akram al-Satarri, March 4th, 2024 on Democracy Now!

  Noura Erakat: Western Leaders & Media Are Justifying Israel’s “Genocidal Campaign” Against Palestinians,  October 13, 2023 on Democracy Now!

  “A Textbook Case of Genocide”: Israeli Holocaust Scholar Raz Segal Decries Israel’s Assault on Gaza, October 16, 2023  on Democracy Now!

  “Gaza Is Running Out of Life”: Human Rights Watch Sounds Alarm on Israel’s Collective Punishment, October 16, 2023 on Democracy Now! 

  “Our Will of Life Is Stronger Than Despair”: Palestinian Ahmed Abu Artema on Israeli Attacks on Gaza, April 01, 2019 on Democracy Now!

  HRW Condemns Israel’s Collective Punishment on Gaza, Urges Biden to Help Restore Humanitarian Aid, October 17, 2023, on Democracy Now!

  “We Will Never Leave”: Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani in Gaza City Refuses to Be a “Good Victim”October 17, 2023, on Democracy Now!

  U.N. Rapporteur for Palestine: Gaza War Risks “Largest Instance of Ethnic Cleansing” in Mideast History, October 18, 2023, on Democracy Now!

  Annexation, Ethnic Cleansing & Genocide: Mustafa Barghouti Decries Israel’s Deadly Campaign in Gaza, October 19, 2023, on Democracy Now!

  “Divide and Rule”: How Israel Helped Start Hamas to Weaken Palestinian Hopes for Statehood with Tareq Baconi, October 20, 2023 on Democracy Now!

  Rashid Khalidi on Biden’s “Israel-First Approach” & Growing Outrage over Gaza Across the Middle East

  Thousands Turns Out for Pro Palestine Protests

  How the Media Lies About Palestine | Ash Meets Mohammed El-Kurd

  Amnesty International Finds “Damning Evidence of War Crimes” by Israel in Gaza; Death Toll Tops 6,500

  Arming Apartheid: Ghada Karmi & Antony Loewenstein

  Arms Factory Blockaded As Calls for Practical Solidarity With Palestine Grow

• miscellaneous/info sources

  Democracy Now! Topic Israel/Palestine

  DecolonizePalestine

  Has palestine 101 information, discussion and debunking prevalent myths about palestine 

  Al-Jazeera 

  Jewish Voices for Peace 

  Not Our Dime: Resources

  An Indicative Archive: Salvaging Nakba Documents by Ilan Pappé

  Interactive map: Palestine Oral History Map 

  Queering the map: (a reminder of the humanity at stake)

  Palestinian Ministry of Health pdf documenting the names, age, sex, and identification number of the deceased between 7.10.2023 - 25.10.2023 

  Note: this is not a translate version, the document is in Arabic

  Institute for Middle East Understandings

  International Rescue Committee (IRC) 2024 Emergency Watchlist, 2: Occupied Palestinian Territories

• the occupation of Palestine and the oil industry

  Israel hands out offshore oil exploration licenses to BP and ENI to strengthen international relations

  The unrealized potential of Palestinian oil and gas reserves

  This Genocide is About Oil

  Israel has just given BP licenses to drill for gas off the coast of Gaza. So, people blockaded its head office

  Don’t Expect Gas Companies to Pause Business on Gaza’s Behalf

  Siemens and Chevron: Stop Fueling Apartheid and Climate Disaster

  Palestine’s $500 Billion Reason to be Subjugated

  Oil and Gas companies profiting from the ongoing occupation of Palestine and its people

• Donation links

  Doctors without borders 

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  Palestine Children's Relief Fund 

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  donate link

  Medical Aid for Palestinian’s 

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  Donate link

  World Food Programme 

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  UNRWA 

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  donate link

  ANERA

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  donate link

• Palestinian artists delivering messages of resistance and resilience:

  “Layan Abu Atia, 20, multimedia-visual art student at the University of Jordan, embarking on creative adventure with a deep desire to explore the connection between art and human rights”:

  Insta: @layan._abuatia

  Website: Inking Brains: A Tale of Art, Freedom, and Expression | UNESCO

  “Zara Jamal, uses traditional and digital mediums to capture the beauty and strength of her land and people”:

  Insta: @zahraa.jamal

  Print shop: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/zara/

  “Mohammed Mussallam, Gazan artist who creates abstract art to communicate a message. “Living in exile,” he says, “I feel even more connected to my identity and I feel greater responsibility to create art about Palestine.” 

  Insta: @mmmmusallan

  “Hazam Asif, interdisciplinary graphic designer, digital illustrator and storyteller.”

  Twitter: @AsifHazem 

  Website: worldofhazem.com

  “Irina and Maher Naji, artist couple who’ve made the conscious decision to express the plight, culture, traditions, and aesthetic heritage of the Palestinian people in their artworks.” 

  Article: Artists of the Month: Irina and Maher Naji

  Irina insta: @irina.naji

  Maher insta: @maher_naji_artist

  “Fuad Alymani, graduate from Birzeit Uni, w a major in Contemporary Visual Art, who depicts the daily suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza in digital art, sending sharp striking messages to the whole world.” 

  Insta: @fuad_alymani

  “Bassent Badawy, published children’s book illustrator, art teacher, and designer. One of her books features a young boy called Rafiq, who was forced to leave his homeland, but cherishes the memories left behind.” 

  Insta: @bassentdawoud

  Sliman Mansour, born in Birzeit, Palestine in 1947, Mansour studied fine art at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem, considered an important figure among contemporary Palestinian artists. 

  Twitter: @suleimanmanso13 

  Website: slimanmansour.com

  “Rawan Anani, Palestinian watercolour artist whose work focuses on representing Palestinian heritage through its cities, culture and women.” 

  About: Rawan Anani: Painting the Colours of Palestine

  Insta: @rawan-anani_artgallery

  “Malak Mattar, during the Israeli military assault on Gaza in 2014, forcing her to stay in her home, she began painting for catharsis. At 23, her work’s been featured in Vogue Italia and exhibits across the world. 

  Etsy: MalakArtStore

  Twitter: @MalakMattarart

  “Halima Aziz, “I believe that through my art and other art from amazing Palestinian artists, people will understand more clearly how we as Palestinians feel and what we have to go through.” “

  Website: www.palestinianartist.de

  Yousef Al Bagshi, 2D animation, illustration, and concept artist, holding a degree in Theatre Design, found drawing to be his personal way of communicating with the broader community. 

  Insta: @userseef_albagshi

  Mohammed Sami was a Palestinian artist, had hopes of opening an art studio one day. He was present at the Al-Ahi hospital. In his last moments he was seen playing with the children. 

  Insta: @mohammedsami99

  Majazz Project and the Palestinian Sound Archive
  “Majazz Project is a Palestinian-led record label and research platform founded by Mo’min Swaitat in 2020. (...) Majazz Project was borne out of the archive and is focused on sampling, remixing and reissuing vintage Palestinian and Arabic albums.”

  website: Majazz Project مشروع مجاز

  Insta: @majazzproject
  

  Listen

  
  Music released by Majazz Project on Spotify:

  
  Al Fajer The Dawn, by the Al Fajer Group

  
  The Urgent Call of Palestine, by Zeinab Shaath

  The Intifada 1987 by Riad Awwad
  
  
  

• what else to do

  Palestine Solidarity Campaign

  BDS (boycott divest sanction) Movement 

  info

  Get involved / Action Alert

  Targeted Boycott List

  Who to boycott? Find out who is profiting: https://www.whoprofits.org

  Join a protest 

  Global protest calendar

  US protest calendar

  Australia protest calendar

  Take direct action to shut down Israel’s weapon trade

  Palestine Action

  or Support Arrestees

• contact your representatives

  EU parliament 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/europe/ Germany 

  UK 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/uk/

  https://www.map.org.uk/campaigns/emergency-action-end-violence-against-palestinians-in-the-west-bank

  https://www.foa.org.uk/campaign/mp – friends of al-aqsa campaigns 

  Ireland 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/ireland/

  Poland 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/polska/

  Denmark 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/danmark/ 

  Sweden 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/sverige/ 

  France 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/france/ 

  Norway 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/norge/

  Netherlands 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/dutch/

  Greece

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/greek/ 

  Italy 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/italia/ 

  Finland

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/finnish/ 

  Portugal 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/portugal/ 

  Spain 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/espana/ 

  Austria 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/oesterreich/

  Switzerland 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/schweiz/ 

  Czech Republic

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/cesko/

  Belgium 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/belgie/

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/belgie-fr/

  Ukraine 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/ukraine/ 

  Bulgaria 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/bulgaria/ 

  Romania 

  https://voicesineuropeforpeace.org/romania/ 

  Canada – contact PM and Foreign Minister

  https://www.ijvcanada.org/gaza-on-the-brink-ceasefire-now/

  US – contact your House rep and Senator 

  https://act.uscpr.org/a/callforgaza 

  https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/email-congress-to-stop-fueling-violence/ (congress only) 

  Toolkit

  https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQAdO3MZWjmpNCqNRtyDN72QnMGaYX4jegUhsAMpnMqlJIlrCRXyD2uOgO8Z01Ygfl6YtDVEOLpXeRj/pub 

  Australia – contact local representative 

  https://apan.org.au/israel_stop/ 

  https://www.standwithpalestine.au/email-mps 

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