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Source: Grassroots Al-Quds

Here you can read the story of Jerusalem: the history and present of its neighborhoods and villages, as well as the different policies of displacement that the Israeli occupation authorities implement to empty Jerusalem of its Palestinian residents.

We research Jerusalem’s history and current reality, and monitor the way the Israeli colonial projects are changing the city. We believe that this knowledge must support community mobilization, as it can be an important tool of confrontation and resistance.

#AlQuds #Jerusalem #mapping #colonize #displacement

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DISCOVER AL-QUDS | Grassrootsalquds | Jerusalem Palestinian Perspective

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Here you can read the story of Jerusalem: the history and present of its neighborhoods and villages, as well as the different policies of displacement that the Israeli occupation authorities implement to empty Jerusalem of its Palestinian residents.

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The Palestine Museum - From Home (or school)

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The Palestine Museum - From Home (or school)

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Enjoy the learning and the museum experiences, virtual tours, E-platforms & research from a computer or cellphone.

Museum from home

The Palestine Museum homepage

Source: The Palestine Museum

#Museum #PalestineMuseum #DigitalArchives #art #exhibits #collections #Education #stories #documents #videos #publications

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"An Orange Grove's Recollection", a special podcast marking the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, produced and presented by Jinan Silwadi.
How does a place vanish completely from the imagination? How does a scent evoke within us the sense of a faraway place? Where does memory hide, only to return sharp as a knife?
In this podcast, we'll discover Hoda Batshoun's journey of exile from Jaffa, the exile of her memory itself and its sudden, unexpected return.

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Welcome to this space that allows you to enjoy learning and museum experiences and delve into our rich research outputs, all from the comfort of your own home! Join us wherever you are; from home while spending time with children and family, from the park with your friends, or even from your workplace, and enjoy virtual tours of our past exhibitions and the museum's permanent collection.

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See the entire infographics connection from Visualizing Palestine

#colonial #extraction #visual #infographic #climate #WestBank #VisualizingPalestine #greenwashing #toxic #naturalresources

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Systems of colonialism & militarism destroy both human rights + the environment. This series depicts the intersection between the Palestinian human rights movement and the environmental and climate justice movements. Learn from Palestinians' experiences living under Israeli apartheid in a part of the world warming faster than the global average. Understand how environmental justice concepts such as climate vulnerability, green colonialism, environmental racism, and extractive colonialism impact Palestinians.

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Systems of colonialism & militarism destroy both human rights + the environment. This series depicts the intersection between the Palestinian human rights movement and the environmental and climate justice movements. Learn from Palestinians' experiences living under Israeli apartheid in a part of the world warming faster than the global average.

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#food #visual #infographic #foodsovereignty #hunger #sovereignty #VisualizingPalestine

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In this visual, we explore various ways that Israeli policies of settler colonialism and apartheid deny Palestinian food sovereignty. During the Nakba in 1948, Palestinian refugees lost some 4.6 million dunums of farmland, which the Israeli state quickly appropriated for Jewish-only agricultural settlements. The Ongoing Nakba continues to take a heavy toll on farmers, fishers, and pastoralists across historic Palestine. In besieged Gaza, 35% of agricultural land is inaccessible due to Israeli military measures. In the occupied West Bank, 63% of agricultural land is under complete Israeli control in Area C, with Palestinian rural communities in Area C being some of the most vulnerable to Israeli policies of forced displacement. Israel's wall cuts off more than 10% of the West Bank, forcing thousands of Palestinian farmers to constantly petition Israeli authorities for permits to access their own land beyond the wall.

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In this visual, we explore various ways that Israeli policies of settler colonialism and apartheid deny Palestinian food sovereignty. During the Nakba in 1948, Palestinian refugees lost some 4.6 million dunums of farmland, which the Israeli state quickly appropriated for Jewish-only agricultural settlements.

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Also see: Gaza Water Visual

See the entire infographics collection from Visualizing Palestine

#video #visual #infographic #water #saltwater #saline #VisualizingPalestine #GazaWater #infographic

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As a result of the scarcity of safe water, Palestinians in Gaza are resorting to drinking from polluted agricultural wells that are almost as salty as seawater, well beyond the safe limit established by the World Health Organization. This poses an immediate health risk, particularly for infants, pregnant women, and individuals with kidney disease. In addition, the consumption of polluted water increases the likelihood of contracting diseases, such as diarrhea and cholera. The absence of electricity or fuel to power water and sanitation facilities will lead to an increase in the spread of diseases in Gaza.

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#refugee #village #history #Nakba #visual #infographic #WestBank #VisualizingPalestine

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In Gaza, 1.7 million Palestinian refugees from more than 190 villages across historic Palestine have been confined to only 1% of their homeland for 75 years.

This map shows the villages of origin of Palestinian refugees in Gaza. The majority of their home villages are within 30-40 kilometers of where this genocide is unfolding.

During the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948, known as the Nakba, about 27% of the 750,000 Palestinians who were forcibly displaced sought refuge in Gaza, tripling its population overnight.

Most were peasant farmers who thought they would soon return to their land and livelihood. Instead, their futures are still held hostage by Israel.

Today, these survivors and their descendants make up 70% of the population in Gaza. They are once again experiencing a catastrophe, or Nakba, with 1.9 million people displaced in Gaza, 18,787 killed, half starving, and more than 300,000 housing units destroyed or damaged.

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In Gaza, 1.7 million Palestinian refugees from more than 190 villages across historic Palestine have been confined to only 1% of their homeland for 75 years. This map shows the villages of origin of Palestinian refugees in Gaza. The majority of their home villages are within 30-40 kilometers of where this genocide is unfolding.

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#goods #visual #infographic #food #starving #VisualizingPalestine #foodinsecurity

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The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court defines the following as a war crime: "Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies."

Before this unfolding genocide, the average of 500 truckloads of goods entering besieged Gaza per working day was not nearly enough, as 63% of Palestinians in Gaza were already food insecure. Since October 7, a trickle of essentials has failed to alleviate rising starvation, while Israeli attacks on Gaza's agricultural land and food systems will have a devastating long-term impact. Additionally, Damaged roads and fuel shortages make it very difficult to deliver the few essential goods that do enter to desperate people.

This is not the first time Israeli officials have used food as a weapon. In 2006, advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ehod Olmert, talked about restricting food for people in Gaza, saying "the idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger." Depriving food and attacking food systems are time-worn tactics of genocide.

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The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court defines the following as a war crime: "Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including wilfully impeding relief supplies."

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See the entire infographic collection from Visualizing Palestine

#visual #infographic #Gaza #74elders #VisualizingPalestine #olderthanIsrael

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This visual is a tribute to the first Nakba survivors who are no longer with us.

After U.S. President Biden further dehumanized Palestinians by questioning the death toll in Gaza, the Gaza Ministry of Health released the names, ages, and ID numbers of 6,747 people killed in Gaza. Among them were 74 Palestinians between the ages of 76 and 93.

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This visual is a tribute to the first Nakba survivors who are no longer with us. After U.S. President Biden further dehumanized Palestinians by questioning the death toll in Gaza, the Gaza Ministry of Health released the names, ages, and ID numbers of 6,747 people killed in Gaza.

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Selected short videos:

1. Stop the Genocide (main)

2. 6 Israeli assaults in 16 years

3. Not enough water in the West Bank?

See the entire collection & infographics from Visualizing Palestine

Source: Visualizing Palestine Visuals

Homepage: Visualizing Palestine

#video #visual #infographic #water #WestBank #VisualizingPalestine

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Too many lives have been lost. Too many dreams have been crushed. Stop the genocide against the Palestinian people NOW. Demand a permanent ceasefire and an end to Israel's atrocities from your representatives today - keep up the pressure!

As a movement, we must use this critical moment to increase pressure on all governments that are complicit with Israel's actions. We must send an unmistakable message that they, too, could be held liable for violations of the Genocide Convention, including failure to prevent genocide and complicity in genocide.

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Too many lives have been lost. Too many dreams have been crushed. Stop the genocide against the Palestinian people NOW. Demand a permanent ceasefire and an end to Israel's atrocities from your representatives today - keep up the pressure! As a movement, we must use this critical moment to increase pressure on all governments that are complicit with Israel's actions.

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Treating Trauma Under Israeli Fire- Dec 2023

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Source: Visualizing Palestine

#infographic #trauma #medical #health #hospitals

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Treating Trauma Under Israeli Fire- Dec 2023

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This is the fourth time we update the data on this visual since October. We updated this visual to include data up until December 26.

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The visual says it all.

Source: Visualizing Palestine

#infographic #buses #children #martyred #missing #VisualizingPalestine

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As of today, more than 9,600 Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed by the Israeli genocidal assault on the besieged population. Thousands more are missing and presumed dead. Gaza has been described as a "graveyard for children" by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Mass killings are the tip of the iceberg of Israeli violations against Gaza's children. The vast majority are currently displaced. Most face severe hunger, with malnutrition posing lifelong developmental risks for young children. There are 71,000 cases of diarrhea in children under 5 in Gaza, which can cause dehydration and death. UNICEF reported that around 1,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both legs. Thousands have lost one or both parents.

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As of today, more than 9,600 Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed by the Israeli genocidal assault on the besieged population. Thousands more are missing and presumed dead. Gaza has been described as a "graveyard for children" by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Mass killings are the tip of the iceberg of Israeli violations against Gaza's children.

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Sixteen years of childhood in Gaza.

Source: Visualizing Palestine

#war #PalestinianYouth #childhood #childrenofGaza #children #Gaza #Infographic

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Israel is not only killing Palestinian children at astonishing rates, but killing the childhood of those who survive. We first published this visual as "Four Wars Old" in May 2021, and with today's update, it highlights SIX Israeli military assaults on Gaza in sixteen years.

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Israel is not only killing Palestinian children at astonishing rates, but killing the childhood of those who survive. We first published this visual as "Four Wars Old" in May 2021, and with today's update, it highlights SIX Israeli military assaults on Gaza in sixteen years.

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We Had Dreams - Palestinians living and dying under siege in Gaza

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We Had Dreams - Palestinians living and dying under siege in Gaza

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See the dreams in a visual interactive page (scroll down & sound on or off for effects)

Source: Visualizing Palestine

#wehaddreams #stories #PalestinianVoices #visual

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Palestinians living and dying under siege in Gaza

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Impact of Health Attacks - Infographics from WHO

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World Health Organization (WHO) Infographics – Impact of health attacks

1. Impact of Health Attacks in the Gaza Strip (Main Infographic) - Date: 7 Oct – 5 Dec 2023

2. Impact of health attacks in the WestBank Dec 3 - Updated: 3 December 2023, 18:00

3. Impact of health attacks in the Gaza Strip NOV 28 - Updated: 28 November 2023

Palestinian voices - Learn about the Palestinians who are directly impacted by health attacks.

Source: WHO Information resources.

Infographic Source: World Health Organization Palestine Site >Information resources > Infographics

#healthcare #infographic #WHO #hospitals #healthattacks #Gazastrip #WestBank

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What is bad News? - A free game that "exposes the tactics and manipulation techniques that are used to mislead people and build up a following."(Source: Get Bad News). Players will learn six common misinformation techniques that are used to spread misinformation.,

Source: Getbadnews.com

Bad News Game was developed in collaboration with the Dutch media collective DROG and graphic design agency Gusmanson. Read more here about the research and science behind the game.

#game #fakenews #badinformation #socialmedia #misinformation #combatmisinformation #badnewsgame

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Play the fake news game! How bad are you? Become a fake news tycoon and get as many followers as you can.

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Israel: Water as a tool to dominate Palestinians

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Israel: Water as a tool to dominate Palestinians

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Learn about how Israel uses water as a tool to deliberately deny Palestinians control over their own natural water sources. Read more here.

Source: Israel: Al Jazeera Water as a tool to dominate Palestinians

#water #naturalresources #Isreal #watercontrol #Waterasaweapon

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Act now against these companies profiting from the genocide of the Palestinian people - BDS

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Act now against these companies profiting from the genocide of the Palestinian people - BDS

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This Boycott Infographic and reading explains some of the companies that are profiting from genocide.

Read more here.

Source: BDSmovement.net

Check out this free app for boycotting products made in Israel: Boycott - Israeli Products

#boycott #BDS #Divest #companies #Profit #genocide

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Powerful interactive site. Between Oct 7th to Oct 26th 2023, 6,747 Palestinians were killed in Gaza(Source). This interactive site allows to click on a martyred Palestinian and find out their name and age. Data provided by the Ministry of Health in Gaza. Link to CC regarding distribution. See current data Here

Source: Visualizing Palestine Remember Their Names

Visualizing Palestine

*See Visualizing Palestine in the column Palestine Resource Hubs and Resource Collections

#martyr #PalestinianNames #Interactive #Remember #visualizing #Gaza

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[March 2013] On March 2, 2013, VP launched a billboard campaign throughout Washington DC with the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. As the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) met for its annual Congressional lobby, the campaign called for an end to the $30billion in US military aid promised to Israel over the coming decade. This is one of three posters highlighting the ways in which US funding to Israel could instead be used to fund communities' needs. Posters were seen by commuters on the Washington DC Metro and on a billboard affixed to a truck following AIPAC conference attendees.

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End $30 Billion of US Military Aid to Israel - Green Jobs - Visualizing Palestine

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March 2013] On March 2, 2013, VP launched a billboard campaign throughout Washington DC with the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. As the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) met for its annual Congressional lobby, the campaign called for an end to the $30billion in US military aid promised to Israel over the coming decade.

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Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestinian Question

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Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestinian Question

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The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question was developed by the Institute for Palestine Studies as part of a joint project with the Palestinian Museum,

Trace the history of modern Palestine, from the end of the Ottoman era - present.

Explore a large selection of events, biographies, highlights, places and primary documents.

This encyclopedia is the first interactive platform entirely devoted to the Palestine Question.

Sections

Overall Chronology

Thematic Chronologies

Highlights

Biographies

Places

Documents

Source: The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question

#PalestinianQuestion #encyclopedia #history #timeline #biographies #documents

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Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question - palquest

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Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question

Explore thousands of events, biographies, highlights, places and primary documents, in the first interactive platform entirely devoted to the Palestine Question.

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Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question - palquest

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Explore events, biographies, highlights and documents, in a platform entirely devoted to the history of the Palestine Question

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Statistics on the Israeli Genocide in the Gaza Strip

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Statistics on the Israeli Genocide in the Gaza Strip

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Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor - From their Who We Are page: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor is a youth-led independent, nonprofit organization that advocates for the human rights of all persons across Europe and the MENA region, particularly those who live under occupation, in the throes of war or political unrest and/or have been displaced due to persecution or armed conflict.

All Infographics available here.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor

Follow @euromedhr on Instagram

#infographics #currentinformation #news #humanrights #graphics #socialmedia

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Ghassan Kanafani was a prominent Palestinian author, intellectual, politician and icon of Arab culture and art. He is considered to be a leading Palestinian writer and a revolutionary inspiration of his time and still to this day.

Featured article: The revolutionary intellectual who wrote Palestine: Remembering Source: The New Arab

On Ghassan Kanafani Day: 5 Online Reads

Free Ghassan Kanafani E-Books

All That’s Left To You A Novella And Short Stories ( PDF)

Palestine’s Children Returning To Haifa & Other Stories ( PDF)

Analysis of Ghassan Kanafani’s Men in the Sun

Teaching Note - Ghassan Kanafani’s “Men in the Sun” by Linda Dittmar

#GhassanKanafani #Writer #politician #freeEbooks #Author #ArabCulture #revolutionary #books

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In Akka, the northern Palestinian coastal city whose walls defeated Napoleon in 1799, Ghassan Kanafani was born. And in 1972 in Beirut, then an icon of Arab culture and art, fifty years ago today Kanafani's body, along with his 17-year-old niece's, was pulverised in a car bomb planted by the Mossad.

"Ghassan Kanafani's martyrdom secured his place in the arc of suffering that envelops the Palestinian collective, yet, again through martyrdom, he was born anew to become part of the collective history of his people"

Shortly after his family became refugees in Lebanon in the wake of Israel' s 1948 inception, 12-year-old Ghassan moved to Damascus to finish his secondary school and university, then to Kuwait to work as a teacher, only to return to Beirut a few years later.

Kanafani's revolutionary journey began with the Arab Nationalist Movement but was cut short due to his disillusionment with its Pan-Arab agendas, which blurred and scattered the Palestinian identity in the process of creating a unified Arab geographical and political continuum.

It is by becoming a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1967 and especially helped by being the founder/editor of the widely circulated weekly Al-Hadaf, that GhassanKanafani transcended Arabism to Palestinianism.

And yet, this is not a biography about Kanafani's 36 years of life; but about his much longer and rather continuous post-life. It is about how his multiple struggles with diabetes, smoking, identity, romances, loss, and narration have cast a long shadow on his novellas and short stories and paved the path for the next generations of Palestinian writers.

It is with the same incisive yet less known spirit that Kanafani, once a student of literature at Damascus University, analysed and critiqued multiple literary works, of which a book he authored on Zionist literature was translated into English only recently.

"My grandmother purposely left all her fabric exactly where it was at home because she thought she'd come back and finish her sewing": Remembering #Naksa https://t.co/J5s5lrzJ3G
- The New Arab (@The_NewArab) June 6, 2022

What is of great importance is how this young revolutionary intellectual breathed into the realm of literature an unorthodox chronology of the dare-not-to-say Palestinian journey: from exile to self-lamentation and disorientation, to revolution and resistance, and eventually to self-discovery and internationalism.

"The most dominant theme in his work, one that continues to unify almost all Palestinians, is exile. Each Palestinian has their version of it, whether as refugees abroad or within the borders of historical Palestine or as legally alienated subjects on their land, as is the case for Palestinians inside Israel"

Renowned Lebanese novelist, Elias Khouri, spoke profusely about the timelessness and precognition of Kanafani's work.

Ghassan Kanafani's martyrdom, says Khouri, secured his place in the arc of suffering that envelops the Palestinian collective, yet, again through martyrdom, he was born anew to become part of the collective history of his people.

As if to say, death liberated his text and allowed it to continue a journey toward becoming a collective work, first for all Palestinians, then for revolutionaries and humanists around the world.

The most dominant theme in his work, one that continues to unify almost all Palestinians, is exile. Each Palestinian has their version of it, whether as refugees abroad or within the borders of historical Palestine or as legally alienated subjects on their land, as is the case for Palestinians inside Israel.

Precisely because of that, Kanafani set a literary trajectory where the exile was stripped of its physical form - from being an actual uprooting and denial of return to the homeland - to also an ethereal and deeply psychological existence of exclusion, marginalisation, and memoricide.

In All That's Left to You (1966), Kanafani projects his own experience and struggles, highlighting the exile through the broken family ties and scatteredness.

The protagonists Hamid and his sister Maryam get separated from their mother as they could not all get on the same boat during the 1948 exodus. The siblings are then taken to Gaza and the mother to Jordan.

Throughout the novella, by focusing on the emotional void and the search for the missing mother Kanafani illustrates the sense of collective disorientation that fell upon most Palestinians following the Nakba. More critical yet, the author explores the overwhelming but rather muted sense of shame and guilt among the refugees.

Against enormous odds, Palestinians have successfully preserved their pre-Nakba culture and, through that, kept their right of return and national consciousness alive. My latest on @the_newarab https://t.co/LrA29TYwB6
- Emad Moussa (@emadmoussa) May 17, 2022

Hamid continuously grapples with guilt for failing to get on the other boat with his mother. Meanwhile, his sister, Maryam - inundated with desperation and searching for meaning on a seemingly purposeless journey - becomes an easy victim to the temptations of her lover Zakariya.

This affair, and later unholy pregnancy, drives a wedge between her and her brother; another metaphor for the even more shameful internal Palestinian fragmentation, which has become an archetypical attribute of Palestinian realpolitik.

The exilic shame is as pronounced in Returning to Haifa (1969), albeit this time represented through the idea of abandonment and betrayal.

"In the Palestinian exilic experience, many refugees went through a process of 'refugee authentication,' where they sought to maintain the perception of a refugee as a helpless, vulnerable, and speechless victim"

The protagonist Said returns with his wife to Haifa after twenty years to look for their missing child, Khaldoun. The parents repeatedly try to avoid mentioning the child's name, taking comfort in the deluded idea that he must be well and happy now.

But, much like many refugees who chose to ignore the reality of exile and focus on the almost unrealisable return to Palestine, the parents are crushed to find that their son is now adopted by a Jewish family and serving in the IDF.

Yet, because the shame and guilt are too much to bear, the parents soon resort to the "comfort zone of denial," to routinise and normalise the dire consequences of exile, as if what happened was meant to be.

In her book, Purity and Exile (1995), Liisa Malkki maintains that in the Palestinian exilic experience, many refugees went through a process of "refugee authentication," where they sought to maintain the perception of a refugee as a helpless, vulnerable, and speechless victim.

Even by highlighting the hush-hush feelings of shame and guilt, Kanafani rejects the stereotypical notion that the refugees were helpless or willing to accept the exilic reality as irreversible, even if it appeared as such.

In Men in the Sun (1963), Kanafani tells the story of three Palestinian refugees who are smuggled from Iraq to Kuwait hiding in a tank.

On the Iraqi-Kuwait border, the men inside the tank die from heat and lack of oxygen. Kanafani tells us that they did not even knock on the tank wall for help.

The "tank" does not only represent the muted death of the refugees inside the camp, but also the ghettoisation of their lives as refugees. And, as such, Kanafani resists the notion of passiveness, rather aggressively calling upon Palestinians to rise and fight, "to knock to the tank wall" and break free from the debilitating ailments of victimhood.

Kanafani broke ties with the traditional writing of the era, ushering in a new style more representative of the various, albeit not all, planes of existence of the Palestinian experience.

To Khouri, Kanafani's novellas are characterised by short, clipped sentences, economy and austerity of expressions, providing a sense of immediacy - as if the author had started at the end of the story because he was pressed for time and lacked the patience for elaboration. And, as if unless he did so, Palestine would slip away like water through his fingers.

But this hastiness and apparent incompleteness are what liberated Palestine literarily, and precisely that is what lent Kanafani's work a peculiar, timeless charm and malleability, and made it an inspiration for the next generations of writers.
Dr Emad Moussa is a researcher and writer who specialises in the politics and political psychology of Palestine/Israel. Follow him on Twitter: @emadmoussa

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Ghassan Kanafani: A revolutionary inspiration

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From exile to self-lamentation and disorientation, to revolution and resistance, Ghassan Kanafani's revolutionary work continues to inspire new writers and put Palestine at the forefront of literary debate.

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On Fatima Bernawi, Women's Struggle, and Black-Palestinian Solidarity

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Fatima Bernawi's life (1939-2022) and political perspectives were transformed by the Nakba, which she experienced as a young child. She was a historic fighter for Palestinian solidarity and made history by being the first woman to be arrested by the IOF.

Article: On Fatima Bernawi, Women's Struggle, and Black-Palestinian Solidarity

Also see this post on Facebook on Fatima Bernawi

Source: Institute of Palestine Studies

#FatimaBernawi #PalestinianSolidarity #HistoricWomen #Palestinian #Resistance

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On Fatima Bernawi, Women’s Struggle, and Black-Palestinian Solidarity

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See this post from @fathom_the_road

Al-Thawabit al-Wataniyya (Arabic: الثوابت الوطنية), shortened as Thawabit ('fundamental principles') and sometimes referred to as Palestinian red-lines, are a set of supra-constitutional principles that were formulated by the Palestinian National Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1977, representing the core issues of national consensus on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and "to which all Palestinian factions must pledge fealty":

the right to resistance,

the right to self-determination (statehood),

Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, and

the right of Palestinian refugees to return (in accordance with UNGA 194).

The Thawabit, declared as Palestinians' inviolable national rights, became the cornerstones of the ethos of conflict of the Palestinian society, featuring prominently in all cultural products, in the media, in the speeches of leaders, in official documents, in textbooks and in the daily life of the Palestinian society. (source: Wikipedia)<- Yes, Wikipedia is not the best source, but Teachers for Palestine found it difficult to find any solid resources on the Thawabit. If you have a good resource, please submit it to our feedback form.

#Thawabit #SelfDetermination #rightofresistance #Jerusalem #UNGA194 #PalestinianSociety #PLO #redlines #alThawabit

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Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question

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Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question

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Conceived by the Institute for Palestine Studies as part of a joint project with the Palestinian Museum, The Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question traces the history of modern Palestine, from the end of the Ottoman era to the present.

Consisting in the description of various aspects of the Palestine Question that is simultaneously objective and committed, the Encyclopedia presents the Palestinians as they are—purposeful actors and not just victims.

Following years of preparation and several stages of implementation, the Encyclopedia is now a fully-bilingual platform geared towards academics, students, journalists, and the general public.

It currently consists of the following sections.

Start by exploring its backbone: a detailed Overall Chronology of the main events that shaped Palestinian history in the realms of war, diplomacy, culture, economy, and many other topics.

Some of these events form part of Thematic Chronologies, allowing you to access with a single click the milestones of the PLO's history, the main United Nations resolutions, the different stages of Arab-Israeli wars and negotiations rounds, and many other crucial developments in Palestinian history.

For a deeper understanding of the main events and dimensions of the Palestine Question, discover an ever-growing number of Highlights written by leading academics and experts in the field.

Don't forget to discover the Biographies of Palestinian intellectuals, artists, activists, combatants and politicians who have influenced the history of Palestine since the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Delve further into the painful legacy of the past by exploring hundreds of villages destroyed by Israel during the Nakba, which are now featured in a new section called Places.

And don't leave the platform without having browsed the Documents section through hundreds of historical texts, photographs, maps and charts that exemplify the great diversity of Palestine, past and present.

The Encyclopedia will be continually upgraded and populated with additional content. To help us improve it further, we need your feedback and suggestions; write to us at palquest@palestine-studies.org.

#History #Colonization #OttomonEmpire #BritishMandate #IsraeliOccupation #OccupiedPalestine #Palestine

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Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question - palquest

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The Naqib al-Ashraf Rebellion (1703 - 1705)

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The Palestine Diaspora Movement (PDM) is:

committed to amplifying the Palestinian cause

advocating for the right of return

challenging the forces of occupation and colonization.

PDM leverages the power of social media and grassroots activism to educate, mobilize, and create meaningful change in political, social, and economic realms, standing in solidarity with all oppressed and indigenous peoples. (Source: About Us Page)

Palestine 101 - For Beginners, Start learning here!

Class 1 - History of Palestine

Lesson 1 - Pre-Nakba and Zionism

Lesson 2 - Nakba & Settler Colonialism

Lesson 3 - Post-Nakba & Resistance

Class 2 - Occupied Palestine

Lesson 1 - The Birth of a Settler Colonial State

Lesson 2 - Colonialism disguised as 'policy'

Lesson 3 - Life in the Occupied Territories

Lesson 4: The Modern Occupation

Lesson 5 - Daily Life Under Siege & Occupation

Class 3 - Palestine Media Training

Lesson 1: Understanding Propaganda and Media Misrepresentation

Lesson 2: How the mainstream media is complicit in genocide

Lesson 3 - Decolonize your vocabulary

Source: The Palestine Diaspora Movement

#Palestine101 #StartHere #Summary #101 #history #Lessons #Media #Vocabulary #PalestineHistory

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Palestine Diaspora Movement a grassroots advocacy organization led by the Palestinian diaspora, embracing our heritage and the struggle of our ancestors. We area global collective joined by our allies, our enduring fight unites us for a free Palestine. We embody the resilience and aspirations of Pal

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The Nakba Files - The Nakba & Law Project

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“The Nakba & The Law” project — a joint initiative of Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Columbia University Center for Palestine Studies — explores and thinks through the Nakba as an event, a structure, and a process through a critical lens on the law. This blog, The Nakba Files, is the project’s online work and discussion space. (Source: The Nakba & Law page)

Nakba Casebook

Legal materials: court cases, statutes, administrative orders that comprise part of the legal architecture of the Nakba as it has unfolded over time.

Source: The Nakba Files

#Legal #Nakba #documents #NakbaDocuments #NakbaFiles #Timeline #Law #LegalMaterials #statutes #CourtCases #Orders

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Suhad Bishara In recent years, a growing number of scholars, advocates, NGOs, and international human rights organizations have been advocating for the rights of the Bedouin, both citizens of Israel in the Naqab and those living under occupation in... Continue Reading →

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The Nakba & The Law project from Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and Center for Palestine Studies Columbia University

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The Electronic Intifada project is an online publication produced by a network of pro-Palestinian activists with a history of Internet and media activism, focused on one aspect of the struggle – the media struggle for a fair representation of the Palestinian point of view. Excellent articles, including historical background, myths, and media critiques. (Source)

Source: Electronic Intifada

#News #PalestinianPerspective #Myths #History #articles #media #Publication #ElectronicIntifada #Activists #Activism

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Elbit UK has already lost two government contracts even as the political environment grows more hostile to pro-Palestine activism.

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The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA)

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The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA)

Over 200 Years of Palestinian Life Portrayed Through Photographs, Documents, Letters, Diaries, Publications, and Audio & Video Recordings.

The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive Homepage

Search the Archive

Browse the Collections

Explore Topics

About the Archive

Source: The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive

Also see: The Palestine Museum From Home (or School) in this padlet.

#PalestinianMuseum #DigitalArchive #Documents #letters #diaries #publications #audio #video #recordings #archive

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The Palestinian Youth Movement ("PYM") is a transnational, independent, grassroots movement of young Palestinians in Palestine and in exile worldwide as a result of the ongoing Zionist colonization and occupation of our homeland. Our belonging to Palestine and our aspirations for justice and liberation motivate us to assume an active role as a young generation in our national struggle for the liberation of our homeland and people. Irrespective of our different political, cultural and social backgrounds, we strive to revive a tradition of pluralistic commitment toward our cause to ensure a better future, characterized by freedom and justice on a social and political level, for ourselves and subsequent generations.

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The Palestinian Youth Movement ("PYM") is a transnational, independent, grassroots movement of young Palestinians in Palestine and in exile worldwide as a result of the ongoing Zionist colonization and occupation of our homeland. Our belonging to Palestine and our aspirations for justice and liberation motivate us to assume an active role as a young generation in our national struggle for the liberation of our homeland and people.

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About USPCR

Resources

Campaigns

Networks - Connect with a group near you

Action

Stop Gaza Genocide Action Toolkit

more information on their website!

On Instagram: @uscpr

Source: US Campaign for Palestinian rights

#resources #actionitems #action #networks #USCPR #PalestinianRights

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Home - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

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USCPR is a political home for all who believe freedom for the Palestinian people is an integral part of achieving our collective liberation.

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Let's Talk Palestine has a large amount of resources (google drive) and slide decks (social media). ALL resources available on social media are available in the text form in Spanish, French, German & English here.

Let's Talk Palestine Linktr.ee

Google drive FULL of resources

Podcast

Telegram and WhatsApp - Get up-to-date news out of Palestine

Social Media

Lets Talk Palestine on Social media:

Instagram: @letstalkpalestine

TikTok: @letstokpalestine

Podcast Let's Talk Palestine

Source: Let's Talk Palestine linktr.ee

#letstalkPalestine #letstokPalestine #resources #socialmedia

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You can find the Publishers of Palestine Statement of Solidarity Here.

Reading list originally created for Read for Palestine week (Nov 29 - Dec 5th). *Not all of the links work because Read for Palestine week is over, but there are many great resources and recommended readings.

Source: Publisher of Palestine

#Reading #readinglist #resources #Palestinianresources #recommendedreadings #ReadforPalestine

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A Preliminary Report from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine Librarians and Archivists with Palestine has released a new research report today: "Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023 to January 2024". This report documents damage or destruction of two archives and rare book collections, eight libraries, four university libraries, and eight ... Continue reading Librarians and Archivists with Palestine: Report, "Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023-January 2024"

Posted in Uncategorized

We invite publishers, editors, and writers around the world who stand for justice, freedom of expression, and the power of the written word, to sign this letter and join our global solidarity collective, Publishers for Palestine.

Posted in Tagged statements Letters, Publishers for Palestine

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International publishers supporting a free & just future for Palestine.

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The Journal of Palestine Studies(JPS) is published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis(T&F) on behalf of the Institute for Palestine Studies.

Topics include but are not limited to: humanities, social sciences, history, political science, international relations, law, economic development, geography, sociology and anthropology/ethnography, as well as gender and queer studies, literature, culture and the arts.(Source: T&F)

Explore recent published articles, essays, books, bibliographies and more here. Volume 52 is from 2023.

Volume 52, Issue 1 (2023)

Volume 52, Issue 2 (2023)

Volume 52, Issue 3 (2023)

*Articles are available in full text, abstracts, PDFs and EPUBS.

Source: Taylor & Francis

Link to The Journal of Palestine Studies

#reading #journal #text #humanities #history #socialstudies #politicalscience #internationalrelations #law #economics #geography #sociology #anthropology #ethnography #queerstudies #genderstudies #literature #culture #arts

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The Freedom Archives - Palestine Collection

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Collection of audio, video tapes and publications about the colonization of Palestine, the Palestinian struggle for self determination and Zionism. Most of this collections is focused on Palestinian resistance between 1948- early 90s.

Source: The Freedom Archives Palestine Collection

Subcollections

Arab Perspectives on Palestine

Anti-Zionism

Human rights in Palestine

International Perspectives on Palestine

Americans for Middle East Understanding

Arab information Center

US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine

Middle East Research & Information Project

Institute for Palestine Studies

Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations

Democratic Palestine

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Homepage The Freedom Archives

#liberation #publications #reading #audio #zionism #thefreedomarchives #Arabperperspectives #antiZionism #humanrights #research #documents #video

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A Growing Culture Resource List to Support the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation

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A Growing Culture Resource List to Support the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation

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Check out this extensive living document of resources from A Growing Culture - Food sovereignty. For everyone. Everywhere.

Source: A Growing Culture Linktr.ee

Website Their Vision

Follow @agrowingculture on Instagram

#agrowingculture #liberation #resources #food #resourcelist #foodsovereignty

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Visualizing Palestine (VP) was established in 2012, and is dedicated to using data and research to visually communicate Palestinian experiences to provoke narrative change. VP envisions a liberated future for Palestinians in a world free from oppression.

Visuals

Tech

About

Impact

Source: Visualizing Palestine

#resources #visuals #Palestinianvoices #Liberation

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Visualizing Palestine uses data and research to visually communicate Palestinian experiences to provoke narrative change. We envision a liberated future for Palestinians in a world free from oppression.

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About the Institute for Palestine Studies

News Explorer

Journals (see more detail on the Journals in the Historical Documents Tab)

Books - Books suggestions from IPS

Blog - The Palestine Square features news, analysis, narrative, perspectives, and arts and culture pieces on Palestinian affairs.(IPS)

Digital Projects - Digital databases and collections of documents on the question of Palestine.

Source: The Institute for Palestine Studies

#news #books #arts #culture #database #journals #PalestinianQuestion #InstituteforPalestinianStudies #resources

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The most reliable source of information and analysis on the Question of Palestine.

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All the Walls Will Fall: 2023 Palestine Liberation Resource List

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All the Walls Will Fall: 2023 Palestine Liberation Resource List

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All the Walls Will Fall: 2023 Palestine Liberation Resource List - Many resources!

Curated by the Popular University of the Palestinian Youth Movement

Source: The Palestinian Youth Movement

Link to Resource List

#resources #resourcelist #Palestineyouthmovement

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All the Walls Will Fall: 2023 Palestine Liberation Resource List

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Resource Library with Action Items: Ceasefire Now!

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Resource Library with Action Items: Ceasefire Now!

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Check out this resource library from @queenofpalestine

Source: @queenofpalestine on Instagram Tamara 🕊تمارا

Resource Library link

Toolkit link

#toolkit #resourcelibrary #learningmaterials #actionitems

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Digital space to reclaiming the Palestinian narrative from the Israel propaganda machine.

Categorized digital learning and unlearning

Includes

Historic context

Modern day events

Maps

Analysis & more

Source: The Palestine Academy

#PalestineAcademy #resources #learning #unlearning #hub #Palastiniannarrative #resourcehub

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Makan is a Palestinian-led transformative educational platform with a variety of resources.

Gaza Resource Hub

Palestine 101 (5 min video)

Virtual Talks

Historical Overview

Glossary

Hub

Palestinian Rights

Source: Makan

Learn more about their work here

additional free online courses and educational resources here

#glossary #resourcehub #Palestinianled #virtualtalks #history #vocabulary #Palestinianrights #Makan

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We're thrilled to announce the launch of our video, 'Palestine, a Story of Colonialism and Resistance'.

Our short video explores the history of injustice faced by the Palestinian people, from colonialism to displacement to present-day apartheid.

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A collection of resources for organizers and for anyone who wants to educate themselves more about Palestine.

A great place to start is at The Palestine FAQ

Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about Palestine.

Decolonize Palestine Myths Database

Explore and debunk common myths and learn talking points about Palestine.

Palestine 101

Learn about Palestine throughout history 9000BCE - 2022

The Palestine Reading List

A list of work organized by category from Decolonize Palestine

Rainbow Washing

Comprehensive overviews of Redwashing, Greenwashing, Bluewashing, Purplewashing, Pinkwashing and Faithwashing

Source: Decolonize Palestine

Learn more and support Decolonize Palestine here

#myths #palestine101 #readinglist #rainbowwashing #greenwashing #history #decolonize #faq #facts #vocabulary #glossary

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Myths database

Tired of all the propaganda and disinformation on Palestine?

Explore our myths database, where you you will find a continuously updated list of some of the most prominent myths and talking-points related to the Palestinian question, as well as their debunking.

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Welcome to Decolonize Palestine, a collection of resources for anyone who wants to learn more about Palestine.

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Explore the beauty of Palestine through photos & maps of the 'Best Trails in Palestine' from All Trails.

1. The Best Trails in Palestine website also has images/maps from the

Top regions

Top parks

Top Cities

2.Explore the Cave trails of Palestine

Source: Alltrails - Best Trails in Palestine and Explore the Cave trails of Palestine

#Trails #photosofPalestine #Beauty #Caves #Regions #Parks #Cities #AllTrails #maps #images #photography #explore

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Geology, the Caves in Palestine, and the People that Dwell in Them.

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Geology, the Caves in Palestine, and the People that Dwell in Them.

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The geology of Palestine is extremely important. Not just because of the desire to control oil and gas reserves off of the coast of Gaza , or because Israel uses groundwater to control all water resources to Palestinians. It's also because of caves. With the help from groundwater, the soft limestone geology of Palestine will naturally form caves. With some more help by human excavation, natural caves become burial grounds, dwellings, tourist attractions & used for transportation. Caves in Palestine are still used today as homes to escape occupation.

The last cave dwellers of Palestine (source: Al Jazeera 2015) (main link)

Palestinian cave-dwellers worry over Israeli settler incursions (source: Reuters 2021)

The Palestinian territory Israel has turned into a firing zone: meet the cave-dwelling people of Masafer Yatta (source: The Conversation 2022)

Resisting Israeli Efforts to Displace Them, Palestinians Move Into Caves (source: The New York Times 2022)

"This history of the inhabitants of Palestine is controlled by the physiography of the land; and, as we may believe that every man of culture should know much of the history, it follows, in our view, that he should have some knowledge of the land-forms and physical conditions." Source: Reginald, A. Daly PALESTINE AS ILLUSTRATING GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTROLS (written in 1899).

#Geology #caves #cavedwellers #occupation #history #geography #geologyofPalestine

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Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank - In the district of Masafer Yatta, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, about 1,500 Palestinians in a dozen hamlets maintain a unique tradition of cave dwelling.

"We live the same way my ancestors used to. It is a very simple life; we live with the seasons, taking care of the flock, harvesting the fields. We collect water from two wells, and a power generator provides electricity," said Mahmoud Hussein Hamamdi, who lives in Um Faqarah, a cave hamlet where the Israeli military has prevented the building of any new structures.

According to research by Ali Qleibo, a Palestinian anthropologist studying these communities, the tribes from the south of Jerusalem to the outskirts of Beersheba were all cave dweller communities until the 19th century.

"The powerful symbolism of these caves still resonates in the Judeo-Christian-Muslim tradition, as is evident in the Cave of Abraham in Hebron, the Cave of the Nativity in Bethlehem, and the cave under the Dome of the Rock," Qleibo told Al Jazeera.

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About 1,500 Palestinians in a dozen West Bank hamlets maintain a unique tradition of cave dwelling.

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Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Crash Course Geography #25

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Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Crash Course Geography #25

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This video (length 11:05) focuses on the role groundwater plays in the 'conflict' between Palestine and Israel. So many connection in this video: natural resources, geology, farming, water access, hydropolitics. Connections to Israel flooding Gaza tunnels with seawater.

Source: Crash Course: Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Crash Course Geography #25

#groundwater #geology #hyrdropolitics #farming #wateraccess #water #Israel #naturalresources #geography

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Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Crash Course Geography #25

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Palestine Today - Explore how the Nakba transformed Palestine 

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Amazing project by Visualing Palestine. Explore an interactive map of how the Nakba transformed Palestine.

Source: Visualizing Palestine

Link to interactive map

Extension Resources: Nakba/ Catastrophe Of Massacres, Forced Exile, Diaspora: 1947-1948

from Understanding Palestine | A Compendium of Resources in Understanding the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

#nakba #map #geography #interactiven #mapofPalestine

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Explore how Acre, Palestine has been transformed since the Nakba

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Palestine Open Maps (POM) is a platform that allows users to explore, search and download historical maps and spatial data on Palestine. Features of POM include:

Detailed historical base map layers from the 1870s up to the 1950s.

Population data on over 2,000 places, past and present.

The ability to download hundreds of individual historical map sheets.

A split-screen mode to view past and present maps side-by-side.

A 3D mode, showing the dramatic topography of Palestine.

The ability to overlay historical map features on present day maps

Source: Palestine Open Maps

#Map #geography #interactive #history #populationdata #historicaldata #topography #palestineopenmaps

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Maps and Atlases from the Palestine Land Society

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Explore several curated maps and atlases from the Palestine Land Society.

Source: Palestine Land Society

Link to Maps and Atlases

Find more about Palestine Land Society and their mission here.

#map #atlas #Palestineland #geography

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Palestine Land Society is an independent non-profit scholarly society dedicated towards research and information-gathering on Palestine, the land and its people.

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These stickers can be printed on sticker paper or you can make your own stickers!

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Print - Choose (from the links above) which stickers or sticker sheet you would like to print.

How to make your own stickers (student friendly instructions) Materials: printed stickers, packaging tape or clear tape, scissors, parchment or wax paper

Wheatpasting Tutorial - Wheatpasting is a low cost art installation technique that uses flour and water to create an adhesive to post art and messaging into a public space. Materials: flour, water and tool for installing

#stickers #media #shareresources #TeachforPalestine #sticker

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Share this QR code on social media or print and share! Hand it out at protests. Leave them at your school in the break room. Get creative and Teach for Palestine!

QR codes (6 sheet on 8.5x11)

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ESTE Inc. Empowering Self, Students, & Society Through Education.

ESTE Inc. is a non-profit founded & managed by a Chicana educator with 21 years of experience. Our goal is to help radically change the way we learn, teach, and exist in community with each other.

Let’s educate, empower, imagine, & create!

ESTE Inc. Webpage

Follow on Instagram

@the_banned_knowledge_barrio - ESTE Inc.

Current Project: The Banned Knowledge Barrio

Through the ESTE Inc. Webpage you can also find the

The Banned Knowledge Barrio &

Teach for Palestine Padlet

#ESTEInc #Webpage #BannedKnowledgeBarrio #TeachforPalestine #links #community #education

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The current project from ESTE Inc. is The Banned Knowledge Barrio.

The Banned Knowledge Barrio is a virtual neighborhood filled with learning resources about some of the most important (and most censored) topics of the past & present!

Through the Este Inc. Webpage you can find the

The Banned Knowledge Barrio

&

Teach for Palestine Padlet

In solidarity with the Palestinian people and their right to liberation, the first casita in the “Banned Knowledge Barrio” is Teach for Palestine.

If you are interested in helping build the barrio, click here.

What is Banned Knowledge?

What's a Barrio? (scroll down)

What are Casitas? (scroll down)

#EsteInc #Webpage #BannedKnowledgeBarrio #TeachforPalestine #links #community #education #Bannedknowledge

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The Teach for Palestine Padlet is a Casita of The Banned Knowledge Barrio, a virtual neighborhood from ESTE Inc.

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Follow @the_rebellious_history_teacher - run by the owner of ESTE inc.

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Women street racers known as the “Speed Sisters” have become a beloved component of the Palestinian racing scene. Article
*the film Speed Sisters is no longer available for free online.

Speed Sisters film trailer: https://youtu.be/G2HO45B4yvQ?si=_C0P7OtUYjeEVZLY

See clip of the Speed Sisters at 18:35 from Fashion defined by borders in Palestine: https://youtu.be/IXZoWsuZYv0?si=wMZA2d4K1VfLp5w-
*this whole video is also worth watching. From 2016.

Source: Al Jazeera (article)

#speedsisters #racing #carracing  #womenofPalestine #sport #womensracingteam

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Ramallah, Occupied West Bank - Hundreds of people have gathered along a closed-off street on a Friday morning to watch a street racing event. Among the drivers are four women representing the "Speed Sisters", the first all-female racing team in the Middle East who have helped propel the nascent Palestinian racing scene into the international spotlight while breaking stereotypes.

Lined up at the start are the cars: Volkswagens, Peugeots, BMWs - everyday vehicles save the stripped down interiors, souped-up engines, and body work including window decals of Yasser Arafat and portraits of drivers superimposed in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.

Throngs of fans have gathered around the Speed Sisters, a group of women comprised of Betty Saadeh , Noor Dawood , Mona Ennab and Marah Zahalka . The team was formed in 2009 with the help of the British consulate in Jerusalem, and is seen as a success story in a region that has few.

"It's crazy, the love we get in Palestine," said Betty, posing next to her car with big blonde hair, make-up, painted nails, lip gloss, and a bright red racing suit. "It has been a blessing."

The crowd's attention turns to the track as they announce the next driver over the loudspeaker. A car with the words "white girls" scrawled across the side inches up to the start to begin the speed test - an individual timed race through a closed course. The driver speeds through it, weaving through cones, drifting around turns, then races back towards the starting line, leaving behind a cloud of smoke.

The government provides little financial support. Restrictions from the Israeli side as far as vehicles exiting into Jordan or Israel have become a major obstacle ... It is very hard to get vehicles out of Palestine.

by - Khaled Qaddoura, founder of Palestine Motor Sports Federation

This is the fourth of five street racing events that make up the Palestinian championship, with the final to be held in Jericho on November 15.

An enthusiastic crowd has gathered to watch the event. Khaled Qaddoura, a co-founder and long-time chairman of Palestine Motor Sports Federation, spoke to Al Jazeera about the evolution of the sport.

"It was challenging at the beginning. No one had done anything like this, but as the years went by we were able build something. The Speed Sisters have brought much attention to our small federation. It's been a great thing."

Yet economic and political pressure make racing in the West Bank a uniquely difficult endeavour.

"The tool is the car, and it's extremely expensive," Qaddoura said. "The government provides little financial support. Restrictions from the Israeli side as far as vehicles exiting into Jordan or Israel have become a major obstacle. In general, it is very hard to get the vehicles out of Palestine."

These types of restrictions inhibit drivers with West Bank IDs from racing in other parts of the world, including Israel. Israeli law forbids Palestinians with green plates to drive in Israeli territories, and even crossing into Jordan, the only other country in which West Bank racers can compete, is difficult.

Since the Second Intifada, Israel has systematically closed off the West Bank, culminating in the construction of the separation barrier that spans nearly 500km, mostly inside the 1967 armistice line - severely restricting Palestinian travel into Israel and Jerusalem. Israeli citizens are restricted from entering Area A, the 18 percent of the Palestinian territories that is under full Palestinian control.

Noor, the only Speed Sister with an Israeli ID, has faced challenges when racing in Israel.

"I was the only Palestinian racing against six Israeli girls. They didn't want a Palestinian to take it - they insulted me, tried to discourage me, did everything they could to make the situation difficult. Then coming back to Ramallah was the same. I got a lot of criticism from Palestinians for racing in Israel, even though I made it clear I was racing for Palestine.

"That's the problem: Everything you want to do involves politics here ... Let's just forget about that and play sports. But it's not easy. Being a racer in Palestine is political. Being a women ... here that is political as well."

Today the Speed Sisters are icons in the Palestinian sporting world. Yet gender politics have always been a part of their story: navigating conservative Palestinian society and competing in a sport that is traditionally dominated by men.

We would still hear things like you should be in the home cooking, negative things. But we let our racing do the talking.

by - Noor Dawood, member of the Speed Sisters

Mona, the first and only female racer for nearly three years, said she started racing illegally in 2004.

"Then I met the manager of the federation, he asked me to come and train with the boys. It was just me and the boys for almost four years. It was difficult for me - they didn't accept me for the first few years. Even later when the other girls arrived, we would still hear things like you should be in the home cooking, negative things. But we let our racing do the talking."

While all the women speak of their support from fans and families, societal pressure has affected the composition of the racing team over the years.

The group reached a high of eight members in 2010, but today only four remain. Some got married or stopped for other reasons. "In this society with marriage, commitment to the house, the culture itself can make it difficult to stay in the sport," said Qaddoura.

While the difficulties of being a female racer in the Occupied Territories are obvious, what is more clear is how much the Speed Sisters have become a beloved component of the Palestinian racing scene.

As Betty put it: "Our fans are incredible and always have been. It means a lot to have come this far, to break down barriers like this, to provide a different identity to Palestinian women than what gets portrayed in the media."

Racing can also be both a means of resistance and an outlet. "We [Palestinians] value our freedom and that's what driving is to me," said Mona.

"When I drive I feel free from pressure of life, from the political situation, from everything. That's what this is about for every one of us drivers."

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Women street racers known as the "Speed Sisters" have become a beloved component of the Palestinian racing scene.

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Gaza Circus is run by a group of young circus acrobats, and social activists living in Gaza. Their goal is to bring joy and to help the children of Gaza develop their personality, artistic identity, and social capacities (source).

Gaza circus: Entertainers train children in besieged strip (video 2:27) Source: Al Jazeera English

Follow Gaza Circus:

Instagram @free.gaza.circus

Facebook Free Gaza Circus Center مركز سيرك غزة الحر

Youtube here

Gaza Circus Webpage

#circus #gaza #joy #acrobats #activists #arts #freegazacircus #gazacircus #performers

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Dancers with the Camp Breakerz Crew, who had returned to Gaza to produce a show with a new generation of dancers, practice their moves among the rubble. 

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Photo source: Photograph: Camp Breakerz Crew via The Guardian

1. ‘We give them hope and happiness for a while’: breakdancers perform for children in war-torn Gaza - Article

Source: The Guardian

2. Ahmed Alghariz is co-founder of Camps Breakerz Crew. Find out more about him here.

Follow his Youtube channel here.

3. Breakdancing lifts spirits in Gaza - 09 Sept 09 Source: Al Jazeera English

4. Gaza children breakdance to overcome trauma (Video 1:18) Source: Al Jazeera Newsfeed

#breakdancing #dance #dancing #Gaza #joy #hope #hapiness #campBreakerz #AhmedAlghariz

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Dance /Choreoghraphy: Aseel Qupty & Roosa Nirhamo

The Silence In-between. (video 5:30)

“When nothing is left to say, and all we have is deafening silence”. (source)

Aseel Qupty is a Palestinian contemporary dancer and choreographer. Find more about Aseel and her career here.

Source: Dance Art Journal

#Dance #Palestiniandancer #Palestiniandance #Art #PalestinianPerformer

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Dance as activism: The power of move and change - Samaa Wakeem TEDxAlsaaSquare

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Dance as activism: The power of move and change - Samaa Wakeem TEDxAlsaaSquare

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Samaa Wakeem is an actress, choreographer and performer from Haifa, Palestine. This TEDx talk "revolves around the ideology of contemporary dance and its relations to the Palestinian cause, how is difficult to accept and understand the art of physical movement."(Source)

(Video 10:43) No captions of transcript. Dance Starts at 7:45 and goes until the end of the video. (Source: TEDx)

More from Sammaa Wakeem:

Samaa Wakim – I am losing it - Dance

World Stage 2016 - Interview with Badke's Samaa Wakeem

#dance #activism #PalestinianDance #TEDx #resistance #Palestinianperformer #SamaaWakim

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Preserving Cultural Identity Through Dance

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Preserving Cultural Identity Through Dance

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Curfew is a dance production that explores: resistance, cultural identity and displacement. Curfew is a product of Hawiyya Dance Company and the El-Funoun Palestinian dance troupe. (video 4:25)

Source: Discover

Learn more about Curfew here

Learn more aout El-Funoun on their website

Follow Hawiyya Dance Company on Instagram @HawiyyaDabke

#Dabke #dance #tradition #culture #culturalidentity #resistance #danceproduction #PalestinianDance

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Dabke preserves cultural identity: Hawiyya x El-Funoun

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Learn about the history behind the Dabkeh, a traditional dance in Palestine.

Main Link Source: UNESCO: Dabkeh, Traditional Dance in Palestine

The art of the Palestinian Dabke (video 4:41)

Source: Middle East Eye

Palestinians Perform Palestinian Dabke in front of the Israeli snipers (video 2:41)

Source: The World of Urdu

Afro-Dabke, where Palestine and Cameroon meet to dance Article and short video (2:31)

Source: Al Jazeera

#Dabkeh #Dance #PalestinianDance #traditionaldance #tradition #heritage #culture #resistance #Dabke #video #culture

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The Gaza sunbirds are a professional para-cycling team in the Gaza Strip. Gaza Sunbirds Objectives: 1. Support people with disabilities 2. Global representation of Palestine 3. Share empowering stories. Learn more about the Gaza Sunbirds here. Read how their mission has realigned to fit the needs of the community in Gaza to deliver aid.

Source: Gaza Sunbirds Website

Current News: Gaza Sunbirds Co-founder Karim discusses their efforts amid ongoing Israeli Genocide on BBC News

Source: Gaza Sunbirds Youtube channel

** Pay close attention at 5:00 to what happens when he uses the word genocide.

Cycling Under Siege in Gaza - Close Up

Source: Al Jazeera

Meet Alaa al-Dali, the founder of Gaza Sunbirds and read about his story. Video here.

#GazaSunbirds #cycling #physicaleducation #athletes #athletics #Gaza #support #paracycling

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Welcome to the home of the Gaza Sunbirds! We're a paracycling team based out of the Gaza Strip looking to reach the international cycling stage. Browse through this site to learn more about us and our vision.

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The Palestinian Nakba: What Happened in 1948 and Why It Still Matters

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The Palestinian Nakba: What Happened in 1948 and Why It Still Matters

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Excellent discussion panel from Institute of Palestine Studies. (length 1:24)

Source: Institute for Palestine Studies

#Nakba #History #1948 #Discussion #Panel

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The Palestinian Nakba: What Happened in 1948 and Why It Still Matters

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Ghassan Kanafani and the era of revolutionary Palestinian media 

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Ghassan Kanafani and the era of revolutionary Palestinian media 

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Mini documentary (9:12) on the legacy of Ghassan Kanafani, a Palestinian journalist & writer who humanized the Palestinian condition of dispossession and displacement through revolutionary media.

Source: Al Jazeera English The Listening Post (Feature)

#GhassanKanafani #PalestinianJournalist #Writer #Media #Journalism #Shortfilm #documentary

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Ghassan Kanafani and the era of revolutionary Palestinian media | The Listening Post (Feature)

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5 Broken Cameras (2011): Five Broken Cameras is an Oscar nominated and critically-acclaimed documentary film by Emad Burnat. Presented by POV, this powerful work of front-line filmmaking tells a deeply personal first-hand account of life and nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army in Bil'in, a village in the West Bank. Structured around the violent destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras, the film follows one family’s evolution over five years of village turmoil. 5 Broken Cameras gives viewers direct insight into life in Palestine under Israeli occupation. 2011 (length 1:40)

Recommended from Project Palestine

Source: Paper Trail Documentary

#5brokenCameras #Documentary #Occupation #WestBank #film #Movie

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5 Broken Cameras I POV PBS I Documentary

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Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Featured Documentary (4 Parts)

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4 Episode documentary about the Nakba from Al Jazeera.

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 1 (47:24)

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 2 (47:30)

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 3 (47:30)

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 4 (47:30)

Also see: How did the Nakba happen? (6:13)

Disclaimer: Graphic Content

Source: Al Jazeera English

#Nakba #Documentary #AlNakba #Palestine #Catastrophe

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Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 1 | Featured Documentary

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1948: Creation & Catastrophe (Full documentary)

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1948: Creation & Catastrophe (Full documentary)

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A documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: Creation & Catastrophe reveals the shocking events of the most pivotal year in the most controversial conflict in the world.(Source: About 1948)

*Disclaimer: Clips can be shown to students, but the documentary has some graphic content and language.

Source: 1948: Creation & Catastrophe (YouTube Channel)

#1948 #Nakba #Israel #Creation #Catastrophe #Video #Documentary #PalestinianVoices #NakbaSurvivors

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1948: Creation & Catastrophe (Full documentary)

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Excellent interactive resource that gives you access to dozens of documentaries and many more resources about Palestine. The text in the films is synchronized with the video, so students can follow along.

Watch documentaries here

Watch remixes or create remixes of documentaries here.

Great resource for teachers and students.

Featured re-mix: Al Nakba

Timeline of Palestine's History 1799-2015

Maps - Vanishing Palestine

Glossary

Source: Palestine Remix

Learn more about Palestine Remix Here

#documentaries #video #clips #remix #timeline #history #maps #vocabulary #film #Nakba

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Producer, Al Jazeera Turk

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Manager of Corporate Relations and Communications, Al Jazeera Network

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Manager of Editorial Standards, Al Jazeera Network

CIHAT ILHAN KETEN

Assistant Creative Promotion Producer, Al Jazeera Turk

DEBORAH HARRINGTON

Manager of Business Affairs & Production, Al Jazeera Network

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Producer, Programs Department, Al Jazeera Balkans

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Reversion Producer, Al Jazeera Turk

ERKAN ÖZ

Reversioning Producer, Al Jazeera Turk

FAHRUDIN SMAILOVIC

Web Journalist, Al Jazeera Balkans

HAMZA YARDIMCIOĞLU

Reversioning Producer, Al Jazeera Turk

IMAD MUSA

Manager of Online, Al Jazeera International

JOHN OTIMI

Senior Video Editor, Programs Department, Al Jazeera International

JUMMANA GHASSAN ALKAHLOUT

Officer, Marketing Department, Al Jazeera Network

KHALID SALEEM

Arabic Content Editor

MAHMUT HILMI EZVERGIL

Head of Reversioning, Al Jazeera Turk

MAZEN N ABDULQADER

Online Interactive Producer, Al Jazeera Mubasher

MAYS AL-SHOBASSI

Translator & Assistant Producer

MUSTAFA M. ABUEIN

Online Senior Specialist, Al Jazeera Arabic

NAIDA MANDIC

Producer, Programs Department, Al Jazeera Balkans

NAJI TAMIMI

Producer, Programs Department, Al Jazeera Arabic

NISREEN ALI

Business Affairs, Al Jazeera Network

PRIYANKA GUPTA

Columbia Journalim School - Al Jazeera English Fellow

SONIA VERMA

English Content Editor

UMUT URAS

Online Producer, Al Jazeera English

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Everyone involved in this award winning production

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Ten films to watch about the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict

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Recommended Films about “the Israel-Palestine conflict” from Al-Jazeera

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1. Al Nakba (see link for all 4 parts of this series)

4 part series that explores the Nakba and the creation of Israel.

2. The War in June 1967

This film examines the roots of the June 1967 war and the consequences of six days of conflict.

3. The War in October: What Happened in 1973?

What really happened during the three weeks in 1973 that brought the world to the brink of a nuclear confrontation?

Episode 1 Part 1

Episode 1 Part 2

Episode 2

Episode 3

4. The Price of Oslo

This documentary traces the story of the Oslo Accords, detailing the negotiations that took place.

Episode 1 The Price of Oslo

Episode 2 The Price of Oslo

also see: What were the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians?

5. Jerusalem: Dividing Al-Aqsa

This film traces the history and significance of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

6. Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story

Historians and witness accounts. Features historical documentation of Palestine as a thriving province of Greater Syria and the Ottoman Empire at the dawn of the 20th century.

7. Gaza, Sinai and the Wall

In 1967, Israel occupied Sinai and the Gaza Strip. Israeli occupation of Gaza continued even twelve years later when Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty returning control of Sinai to Egypt. In 1982, a wall was built to separate the Sinai and Gaza – a wall which still stands today.

8. Israel’s Automated Occupation: Hebron

Examines Israeli surveillance in Hebron and Jerusalem.

Part 1

Part 2

9. Weaponizing Water in Palestine

A look into how Israel controls Palestine's water.

10. Rebel Architecture: The architecture of violence

Explains how architecture plays a key role in Israel’s occupation of Palestine and modern warfare.

Source: Al Jazeera Ten films to watch about the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict

#israel #genocide #conflict #film #AlJazeera #documentaries

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1) Al-Nakba

For Palestinians, 1948 marks the "Nakba" or "catastrophe", when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. For Israelis, the same year marks the creation of their own state. This four-part series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present.

Click here to watch parts 2 to 4 of this documentary.

Keep reading

2) The War in June 1967

The June 1967 war lasted only six days but its consequences are still felt across the region to this day. It redrew the landscape of the conflict, expanded Israel's territorial claims and confirmed its military dominance in the region.

This film examines the roots of the war as well as the six days of conflict and their consequences.

3) The War in October: What Happened in 1973?

The Egyptians call it the October War and the Israelis the Yom Kippur War - a war from which both Arabs and Israelis claimed to emerge victorious.

So what really happened during the three weeks in 1973 that brought the world to the brink of a nuclear confrontation?

Drawing on rare film archives and interviews with people who planned and fought in the battles, this three-part series uses graphic illustrations, maps and animated sequences to show the movements of forces in the many battlefields of the conflict.

Click here to watch parts 2 and 3 of this documentary.

4) The Price of Oslo

This two-part documentary traces the secret road to the Oslo Accords, telling the story of negotiations that took place in the political shadows and a search for common ground amid a region in turmoil. At the centre of it all was an unlikely mediator: the Scandinavian country of Norway.

Click here to watch part 2 of this documentary.

5) Jerusalem: Dividing Al-Aqsa

This film traces the history of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and its significance to both Muslims and Jews.

It also looks at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - where Israel controls Palestinian access and has imposed access and prayer restrictions - and asks whether this is the shape of things to come at Al-Aqsa.

6) Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story

"A land without a people, and a people without a land" is how the relationship between Palestine and the Jewish people was described by Christian writers in the 1800s. And the 20th-century history of the Middle East has largely been written through these eyes.

But this film from Al Jazeera Arabic looks at Palestine from a different angle. It hears from historians and witness accounts, and features archive documents that show Palestine as a thriving province of Greater Syria and the Ottoman Empire at the dawn of the 20th century.

7) Gaza, Sinai and the Wall

From 1948 to 1967, residents of Egyptian Sinai and neighbouring Gaza considered the area as a single territory.

But in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Israel captured Sinai and the Gaza Strip.

Twelve years later, Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty which returned control of Sinai to Egypt; but the Israeli occupation of Gaza continued. In 1982, a wall was built to separate the two territories - a wall which still stands today.

This film tells the story of the Palestinians whose lives were changed by that wall.

8) Israel's Automated Occupation: Hebron

This two-part series examines Israeli surveillance in Hebron and Jerusalem.

The first part explores AI-powered surveillance in Hebron and the previously unknown facial recognition system "Red Wolf", uncovered by Amnesty International and Breaking the Silence.

The second part discusses Israel's surveillance of Palestinians in Jerusalem and the secret Israeli unit responsible for spying on and blackmailing them.

Click here to watch part 2 of this documentary.

9) Weaponising Water in Palestine

Gaza's only freshwater source, the Coastal Aquifer, cannot meet demand and has been depleted by over-extraction and contaminated by sewage. Rising temperatures and sea levels are only making life more difficult, while in Israel, residents do not have to worry about their taps running dry.

This film explores how occupation and the climate crisis have made Palestinians some of the most water-insecure people in the world.

10) Rebel Architecture: The architecture of violence

Israeli architect Eyal Weizman explains how architecture plays a key role in Israel's occupation of Palestine and modern warfare.

"Architecture and the built environment is a kind of slow violence. The occupation is an environment that was conceived to strangulate Palestinian communities, villages and towns, to create an environment that would be unliveable for the people there," says Weizman.

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Ten films to watch about the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict

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From the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to the Israeli surveillance of Palestinians, films to help you understand the conflict.

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Al Jazeera English has live on the ground coverage from the Middle East.

Source: Al Jazeera English

#Live #Journalists #News #AlJazeera #Gaza

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Tatreez is a unique style of Palestinian cross stitch embroidery that I'd deeply rooted in the history and culture of Palestine. Video.  1:49

Leanne Mohamad is a British-Palestinian Human rights activist.

Follow Leanne Mohamad:

Instagram: @leannemohamad

Linktr.ee

Youtube: @leannemohamad9663 on YouTube

Source: @leannemohamad9663 on Youtube

Also see: Plotting Tatreez on the Coordinate Plane lesson plan

#Culture #culture #tatreez #embroidery #history #art #crossstich

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Leanne Mohamad — 5 things you need to know about Palestinian culture 🇵🇸

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5 things you need to know about Palestinian Culture

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5 things you need to know about Palestinian Culture

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Video.  4:25 length

Brief summary of 5 key elements of Palestinian Culture.

Leanne Mohamad is a British-Palestinian Human rights activist.

Follow Leanne Mohamad:

Instagram: @leannemohamad

Linktr.ee

Youtube: @leannemohamad9663 on YouTube

Source: @leannemohamad9663 on YouTube

#Culture #dabke #tatreez #cooking #cuisine #olivetrees #keffiyeh

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Leanne Mohamad — 5 things you need to know about Palestinian culture 🇵🇸

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Screenshot from video Bellal Hattab - The Idol

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Artwork by @mcgazaofficial

Ibrahim Ghunaim

A.K.A MC GAZA @mcgazaofficial

Palestinian artist from Gaza

Artist, Rapper, Writer & Videographer

*Links to Instagram

*Prewatch

This is my story:

I am Belall from Gaza.

I am Bader from Gaza.

I am Lubna From Gaza.

Sila, 11 years old

I am Khaled from Gaza

See more short vide here

#stories #Palestinianyouth #Palestinianchildrem #IamfromGaza

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Palestine Film Institute Archive of Films

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Palestine Film Institute Archive of Films

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A rich archive of Palestinian films provided by the Palestine Film Institute

Source: Palestine Film Institute

Website: PFP Films

#film #Palestine #Gaza #history #culture

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Written, Directed, Produced, Animated by Merve Cirisoglu

Animatick Amination Studio

Heart wrenching animated short animation (6:48) that follows "the story of a child whose joyous existence is shattered by the abrupt onset of war, thrusting him into a relentless battle for survival." Source)

*note: this animation isn't necessarily about the genocide in Palestine, but rather a child's general experience during 'war'.

Source: Animatick Amination Studio

Journey of a War Child: The Box

#film #animation #refugee #survival #war #TheBox #warchild #youth

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An Award-Winning Animated Journey of a War Child: THE BOX - From Playhouse to Lifeboat

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Learn how Israel was created on land already known as Palestine. (Length: 14:28)

Source: AJ+ on YouTube

Link to video

Extension Resources: Understanding Palestine - A Compendium of Resources in Understanding the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

#Nakba #Israel #history #Brittish #zionism #historyofzionism #zionist

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First Woman to Hijack a Plane: Leila Khaled

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First Woman to Hijack a Plane: Leila Khaled

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A 2006 documentary about Leila Khaled, an icon of Palestinian liberation, by Swedish-Palestinian filmmaker Lina Makbou.

"Leila Khaled was the first woman to hijack a plane. In 1969, she showed her grenades to the terrified passengers by order of the Che Guevara commando unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Through the ensuing media bombardment, she put the Palestinian nation on the global map." (Source: caption from First Woman to Hijack a Plane on Youtube)

Source: Real Stories

Link to Documentary First Woman to Hijack a Plane here

The film webpage can be found here

Read more about Leila Khaled In Her Own Words

#liberation #LeilaKhaled #FirstWomantoHijackaPlane #Palestinianvoices #Palestinianicon #Palestinianliberation

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30 min clip.

This uplifting documentary film, Flying Paper, follows Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown.

Source: Flying Paper on Vimeo

Flying Paper webpage

Further reading about Kites in Gaza

Kids and Kite-Flying in Gaza

Must Reads: They’re calling it the Kite War. How a simple plaything became a potent weapon in the Gaza Strip

Kite-flying film shows Gaza’s kids grow old too soon

Follow @kitesinsolidarity on Instagram "We invite you to FLY your kite to show solidarity with the people of Gaza"

#Kites #Kitesinsolidarity #FlyingPaper #Weapon #toy #Palestinianyouth #record #reading #video

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Flying Paper is a feature-length documentary film that tells the uplifting story of resilient Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness...

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Religion used as an 'excuse' in Gaza war - Centre Stage

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Dr. Omar Suleiman, an American Muslim scholar, civil rights leader and public speaker and founder of Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, discusses racism, Islamophobia, the oppression of Palestinian voices in the west.

Source: Al Jazeera English: Religion used as an 'excuse' in Gaza war - Centre Stage

Also see: Dr. Omar Suleiman - The 'righteous anger' of Palestinians

Note about problematic language: (Teach for Palestine does not align with the term "Islamophobia" and uses "anti-Muslim" in our content.)

#Gaza #current #Muslimvoices #ProPalestinianvoices #Islamophobia #Antimuslim #racism #DrOmarSuleiman #MuslimScholars #YaqeenInstitute #IslamicResearch

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Religion used as an 'excuse' in Gaza war | Centre Stage

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Part I: Settler Colonialism

Part II: History of Israel Palestine

Part III: Situating Gaza

Part IV: Structural Violence

Source: Status Audio-Visual Magazine, Gaza in Context on Youtube (Length:20:24)

Website Gaza in Context

Teaching Gaza in Context - GAZA IN CONTEXT

Resources for teaching this film

Source: Gaza in Context

#settlercolonialism #history #Gazaincontext #film #Israel

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Day 1: First day of ICJ hearings in South Africa's genocide case against Israel in Gaza

Key takeaways from Day 1 (Al Jazeera)

Also see: South Africa Application to ICJ

Day 2: ICJ hears Israel's defense against South Africa's genocide claim in Gaza

ICJ genocide case: What are Israel’s arguments and do they hold up? (Al Jazeera)

Source for ICJ hearings: Middle East Eye on YouTube

#ICJ #hearings #SouthAfrica #genocide #case #Israel #day1 #day2 #defense #arguments

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Watch in full: First day of ICJ hearings in South Africa's genocide case against Israel in Gaza

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Watch the full proceedings of the first day at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing for South Africa's genocide claim against Israel in Gaza.ICJ ...

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A Palestinian Olive farmer clutches an olive tree (Source: The Tree Hugger)

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Watch:

Palestine’s Olive Harvest: A Timeless Tradition (5:38)

Olive oil: the story of Palestinian identity (6:05)

Doha - A Palestinian, Women, and Farmer (5:47)

Palestinian statehood: The olive tree of al-Walaja (5:45)

The tree hugger: Settler attacks on Palestinian farmers and their olive trees (1:35)

Read:

How the olive tree came to symbolize Palestinian national identity

‘Our hearts burn’: Gaza’s olive farmers say Israel war destroys harvest

Infographics:

800000 Olive Trees Uprooted, 33 Central Parks

Palestine’s olive industry (article also)

Lessons:

Olives and Ordering Decimals

Sitti's Olives

The Olive Trees of Palestine

#Symbol #OliveTrees #Olives #OliveOil #Symbolology #PalestinianFarmers #Farmers #Farming #Culture

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1. Lesson Plan: Keffiyeh activities from Mamas Homeschool. (Main)

PDF of Keffiyeh Activities

Learn about the importance, heritage, tradition and symbolisms of the Palestinian keffiyeh.

(source: Mamas Homeschool)

2. Watch:

Symbol of solidarity: People around the world don the Palestinian Keffiyeh (2:42)

Inside the last keffiyeh factory in Palestine (2:44)

The History & Significance of the Kufiya (1:54)

The Last Palestinian Kaffiyeh Maker (2:12)

Leanne Mohamad — World Keffiyeh Day #ShireenAbuAkleh (2:40)

3. Learn: What does the Palestinian keffiyeh symbolize?

The Original Kufiya

What is the Palestinian keffiyeh?

What does the Palestinian keffiyeh symbolize?

What do the patterns on the keffiyeh represent?

Where can I buy the Palestinian keffiyeh?

4. Explore: Hirbawi

The Hirbawi factory and its artisans have woven the authentic Kufiya since 1961.

The Original Kufiya made by the last and only factory in Palestine

Learn about Hirbawi

#keffiyeh #Kufiya #elementary #preschool #history #symbolism #tradition #heritage #culture #patterns #symbol #symbology #Scarf

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Download the Kite Poster from Kites in Solidarity

Film: Flying Paper

Flying Paper webpage

This uplifting documentary film, Flying Paper, follows Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip on a quest to shatter the Guinness World Record for the most kites ever flown.

Source: Flying Paper on Vimeo

Further reading about Kites in Gaza

Kids and Kite-Flying in Gaza

Must Reads: They’re calling it the Kite War. How a simple plaything became a potent weapon in the Gaza Strip

Kite-flying film shows Gaza’s kids grow old too soon

Follow

@kitesinsolidarity on Instagram "We invite you to FLY your kite to show solidarity with the people of Gaza"

Hashtag #kitesinsolidarity

DIY kite (Instagram Highlight)

Make a Kite - Free Palestine | An Important Message! | Kite Making by Kites Korner

Hexagonal Kite Coloring Page (PDF) from Teachers for Palestine

#Kites #Kitesinsolidarity #FlyingPaper #Palestinianyouth #record #reading #symbol #flyingkites #Craft #ColoringPage #Color #Kite

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An artist in Gaza City works on a mural glorifying six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison. [Mahmud Hams]

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Learn how spoons became a symbol of resistance in Palestine, after 6 prisoners used them to escape the high-security Gilboa prison.

Check out the Gallery Here

Source: Al Jazeera - In Pictures - Spoons become a new symbol of Palestinian resistance (2021)

#Spoons #Symbol #Symbology #PrisonEscape #Resistance #prisoners #Gilboa

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Spoons are being brandished alongside traditional flags and banners as a Palestinian resistance symbol after six prisoners carried out a spectacular jailbreak through a tunnel they reportedly dug using the utensil.

When the six Palestinian political prisoners escaped on September 6 from the high-security Gilboa prison, social networks shared images of a tunnel at the foot of a sink and a hole outside. All six were eventually recaptured.

According to his lawyer, one of the re-arrested Palestinians, Mahmoud Abdullah al-Ardah, said he used spoons, plates, and even the handle of a kettle to dig the tunnel from his cell.

He began scraping his way out from the northern Israeli institution in December, the lawyer, Ruslan Mahajaneh, said.

"With determination, vigilance ... and cunning - and with a spoon - it was possible to dig a tunnel through which the Palestinians escaped and the enemy was imprisoned," writer Sari Orabi said on the Arabi 21 website.

In Tulkarem, a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the escape brought back memories for Ghassan Mahdawi. He and another prisoner escaped from an Israeli prison in 1996 through a tunnel dug using not kitchen implements but nails.

"To escape from an Israeli prison is something each inmate thinks about," Mahdawi said. To have done it with a spoon, he added, is something that "will go down in history".

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Brazen jailbreak with utensils has put spoons in the spotlight at Palestinian rallies.

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The Art of Tatreez - Palestinian Embroidery

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Once a traditional craft practiced by village women, Palestinian embroidery has become an important symbol of Palestinian culture & identity. A rich artistic tradition passed down through generations, it is now common in all of Palestine & among members of the diaspora. (source: The Art of Tatreez)

Follow: @tatreezandtea on Instagram

Wafa Ghnaim - Palestinian Dress Historian & Museum Educator - @tatreezandtea

Linktr.ee for Tatreez and Tea

FREE Printable Pattern: Tatreez Revolution, Version 3

A 9-page embroidery pattern featuring patterns of the resistance during The Palestinian Genocide (2023), creatively produced by members of the Tatreez & Tea community, including Handala flying with a parachute, Refaat’s kite, a journalist press jacket, watermelons, spoons and more.

*The Tatreez patterns can also be used with Perler beads and other types of embroidery

See also:

Plotting Tatreez (math lesson) (on this Padlet)

What is Tatreez (video) (on this Padlet)

Tirazain

*Tirazain is a digital archive and library with the aim to document and preserve Palestinian embroidery.

Article source: Bayt Al Fann The Art of Tatreez

#Tatreez #Embroidery #PalestinianCulture #Tradition #Pattern #Craft #WomenofPalestine #ArtofTatreez

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Palestinian culture revolves around their rich variety of native foods. From weddings, celebrations, and everyday life, food is a symbol of the Palestinian culture. It's more than just food, it's about the time spent with family and friends and how their cuisine brings Palestine together.

1. Food Of Palestine - Welcome to Palestine

Learn about different foods and some traditional recipes.

Source: Welcome to Palestine

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The food of Palestine is a sumptuous array of vibrant and flavoursome dishes, sharing culinary traits with Middle Eastern and East Mediterranean regions. Nonetheless, Palestinian cuisine has its own unique identity, which stands out within the area and across the world.

Within Palestine there is a great diversity of food. Medleys that vary from season to season, street to home, city to village, coast to mainland and even north to south. Each governorate has its own specialities and secrets, priding themselves on their quality ingredients and individuality.

Within Galilee you will discover a region famous for its olives, pomegranates and freshwater fish. The West Bank boasts heavier dishes with lentils, meats and traditional breads. The cuisine in Gaza is rich in seafood and spices but also celebrates mouth-watering skewered meats and chilli peppers. Palestinian sweet treats are world renowned, normally featuring pastries, sweetened cheeses, nuts and dates.

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How the watermelon became a symbol of Palestinian resistance

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How the Watermelon Became a Symbol of Palestinian Resistance

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Learn about the myths, stories and history behind the symbolic watermelon.

1. How the watermelon became a symbol of Palestinian resistance (source: The National News)

2. Myth: Palestinians used watermelons during the first Intifada (Source: Decolonize Palestine)

3. The fruits of Palestine and their symbolism (Source: Al Jazeera)

4. Watch: Watermelon: A slice of Palestinian resistance (4:32) (Source: Middle East Eye)

5. Learn Watermelon in Levantine Arabic: battiikh بِطِّيخ

Fruits and vegetables in Arabic (Levantine dialect) (Watermelon @ 3:19) (Source: Speak Arabica)

6. See this post from AJ+: why is the watermelon used as a symbol of protest and support for Palestine? (Instagram)

#Watermelon #art #myths #symbolism #resistance #SymbolofPalestine #symbol #fruit

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Red, black, white and green - the colours of the Palestinian flag... and of watermelons. After the Arab-Israeli War in 1967, Israel prohibited the display of the Palestinian flag and its colours in Gaza and the West Bank, and it is said the Israeli army arrested or harassed anyone who tried to do so. As a form of protest, the story goes, activists would carry around slices of watermelon instead.

The story has become a bit of a contemporary myth, proliferated recently on social media, with its true origins buried in various retellings and reposts.

As far as the facts go, a military order from Israeli forces did prohibit the right of assembly and publication related to political matters or what could be interpreted as political, including the bearing of national symbols.

A report in The New York Times from October 1993, weeks after the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation - which gave birth to the Palestinian Authority and also lifted the ban on the flag - briefly references arrests linked to carrying the fruit.

"In the Gaza Strip, where young men were once arrested for carrying sliced watermelons - thus displaying the red, black and green Palestinian colours - soldiers stand by, blase, as processions march by waving the once-banned flag," the report states. The paper later retracted the detail, stating that they could not confirm the watermelon incident.

Another story involves artists Sliman Mansour, Nabil Anani and Issam Badr, whose exhibition at 79 Gallery in 1980 was shut down by the Israeli army as the artworks were deemed political and bore the Palestinian flag and its colours. Confronting the officer, Badr asked, "What if I just want to paint a watermelon?", to which he replied, "It would be confiscated".

Mansour, now in his seventies and living in Birzeit, remembers the incident, but clarified a few details for The National. He recalls that the exhibition in 79 Gallery was open for only three hours before soldiers cleared out the space and locked it up. Two weeks later, Israeli officers summoned the three artists, warning them to stop producing political paintings, and perhaps paint flowers instead.

"They told us that painting the Palestinian flag was forbidden, but also the colours were forbidden. So Issam said, 'What if I were to make a flower of red, green, black and white?', to which the officer replied angrily, 'It will be confiscated. Even if you paint a watermelon, it will be confiscated.' So the watermelon was mentioned, but by the Israeli officer," Mansour explains.

He does not recall artists during this period using the watermelon as a political motif in their work.

Beesan Arafat (@beesanarafat on Instagram), Palestinian-Jordanian artist in England, depicts a slice of watermelon on a Hebron plate. Courtesy the artist

In some ways, the veracity of these narratives are now secondary, as artists have adopted the fruit as a symbol of the Palestinian struggle.

The first example can be traced back to Khaled Hourani, who had heard a version of Mansour's story and painted a slice of watermelon for the Subjective Atlas of Palestine project in 2007. His work later travelled around the world, including Scotland, France, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. Hourani has also held art workshops centred around the work at schools in Ramallah.

In recent weeks, following the destruction and death in Gaza, online support for Palestine has amplified the conversation around Palestinian rights and the decades-long Israeli occupation. Along with the rise of online campaigns, Hourani's work has received newfound attention that he says is overwhelming, with hundreds of messages pouring in.

Artist Khaled Hourani first used the watermelon in his work for the Atlas of Palestine Project in 2007. Khaled Hourani

"For me, it was kind of sudden. This is just one of my projects, which was not as successful or widespread as it is right now," he says. "It's a unique kind of solidarity... It's very powerful. I honestly don't know how to deal with it. Some people are getting it as a tattoo, some are making patterns for clothes, putting it on flags, different mediums. I'm happy that it brings attention to the Palestinian cause."

Sarah Hatahet, a Jordanian illustrator who lives in Abu Dhabi, has created her own watermelon artwork after coming across Hourani's on social media. Others, such as Sami Boukhari, who lives in Jaffa, Aya Mobaydeen in Amman, Beesan Arafat in England, have also drawn upon the tale of the watermelon and shared their artwork on social media.

Hourani describes the support for Palestine online, particularly from younger generations, as harbouring a kind of "magic".

"People around the world are standing up and saying that the occupation has to come to an end. This is a historical moment. As an artist, as a human being, I feel honoured that my work is being used as a tool or is a part of this driving force," he says.

'Watermelon Resistance' by Jordanian artist Sarah Hatahet.

Resistance through art has a long-standing history in Palestine, but so do attacks on Palestinian culture - not only in the form of censorship, such as the ban on national symbols, but also of graver instances of closures, confiscations, arrests and destruction of property.

Even in the 79 Gallery incident recounted by Mansour, he recalls that two paintings had gone missing by the time the Israeli officers allowed the artists to return to the space and the exhibition never reopened.

A most recent example is the raid on Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research, or Dar Jacir, in Bethlehem.

"In the 1970s several art centres in Ramallah were also destroyed by Israeli forces," says art historian Salwa Mikdadi. "What they did to Dar Jacir is not new. This has been repeated over and over again."

Mikdadi, who has curated several exhibitions, including Palestine's first exhibition for the Venice Biennale in 2009, teaches at New York University Abu Dhabi and has written extensively about Arab and Palestinian art.

She says that the targeting of artists and cultural spaces is a tactic used by occupying forces to erase identity.

"Clearly they wanted to dehumanise the Palestinians, make them a people without a culture, without a past. It is a rich culture that goes back centuries. So for them, culture is a very dangerous tool in the hands of Palestinians. It's a medium that has proved to be more much more successful than politicians in how they effect change from the audiences around the world."

Mansour thinks similarly. "Some people even deny our existence, deny Palestinian culture and identity, so art fights this. It gives a home for the homeless," he says.

The artist's work, such as the 1973 painting Camel of Hardship, is among the most recognisable in Arab art, along with his depictions of peasants and women in traditional dress.

During the First Intifada, Mansour and other artists led the New Vision movement, which upheld the idea of self-reliance.

"The main philosophy of the First Intifada was to boycott Israeli products and rely on ourselves," he says. "People were planting vegetables in their gardens so as not to buy anything from Israel. We thought, 'Why don't we do the same as artists? Why should we buy paint from Israeli shops and then use it to paint against them?'".

He turned to materials such as mud and straw, joined by artists such as Nabil Anani and Tayseer Barakat, who used henna, vegetable dyes and other natural materials.

'Woman Picking Olives', by Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour. Courtesy Zawyeh Gallery

Today, despite the dispossession and destruction, a small sliver of progress, perhaps, is a renewed global conversation around the occupation, and growing support for Palestine expressed by cultural institutions worldwide.

These include a call for solidarity with Palestine by The Mosaic Rooms in London, signed by artists and organisations, as well as the ongoing Visual Arts for Palestine campaign.

On Tuesday, the International Biennial Association, for which the board of directors includes key leaders from the Sharjah Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Berlin Bienniale, Kochi Biennale Foundation and the Gwangju Biennale Foundation, have also put out a statement of support.

"Social media has made a very strong impact, much more so than when communications were controlled by the occupier. Now they don't have control over that," Mikdadi explains.

"Before, the Palestinians' voices were hardly ever heard. They were interpreted by correspondents and journalists. Now this is a direct communication, and the speed with which these messages are distributed around the world is phenomenal. It's extraordinary for us who lived through earlier times...

"The world is so interconnected now, people can see for themselves what's happening."

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Source: Museum of Palestinian People

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'From the river to the sea' - a Palestinian historian explores the meaning and intent of scrutinized slogan

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From the River to the Sea - a Palestinian historian explores the meaning and intent of scrutinized slogan

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What does the call " From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" mean to Palestinians who say it? And why do they keep using the slogan despite the controversy that surrounds its use?

As both a scholar of Palestinian history and someone from the Palestinian diaspora, I have observed the decades-old phrase gain new life - and scrutiny - in the massive pro-Palestinian marches in the U.S. and around the world that have occurred during the Israeli bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Pro-Israel groups, including the U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League, have labeled the phrase "antisemitic." It has even led to a rare censure of House Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, for using the phrase.

But to Tlaib, and countless others, the phrase isn't antisemitic at all. Rather, it is, in Tlaib's words, "an aspirational call for freedom, human rights and peaceful coexistence."

I cannot speak to what is in the heart of every person who uses the phrase. But I can speak to what the phrase has meant to various groups of Palestinians throughout history, and the intent behind most people who use it today.

Simply put, the majority of Palestinians who use this phrase do so because they believe that, in 10 short words, it sums up their personal ties, their national rights and their vision for the land they call Palestine. And while attempts to police the slogan's use may come from a place of genuine concern, there is a risk that tarring the slogan as antisemitic - and therefore beyond the pale - taps into a longer history of attempts to silence Palestinian voices.

An expression of personal ties

One reason for the phrase's appeal is that it speaks to Palestinians' deep personal ties to the land. They have long identified themselves - and one another - by the town or village in Palestine from which they came.

And those places stretched across the land, from Jericho and Safed near the Jordan River in the east, to Jaffa and Haifa on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

These deeply personal ties were passed down over generations through clothing, cuisine and subtle differences in Arabic dialects that are specific to locations within Palestine.

And those ties continue today. Children and grandchildren of Palestinian refugees often feel a personal connection to the specific places their ancestors hailed from.

A demand for national rights

But the phrase is not simply a reference to geography. It's political.

"From the river to the sea" also seeks to reaffirm Palestinians' national rights over their homeland and a desire for a unified Palestine to form the basis of an independent state.

When Palestine was under British colonial rule from 1917 to 1948, its Arab inhabitants objected strongly to partition proposals advocated by British and Zionist interests. That's because, buried deep in the proposals, were stipulations that would have forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs off their ancestral lands.

In 1946, the Delegation of Arab Governments proposed instead a "unitary state" with a "democratic constitution" that would guarantee "freedom of religious practice" for all and would recognize "the right of Jews to employ the Hebrew language as a second official language."

The following year, the United Nations instead approved a partition plan for Palestine, which would have forced 500,000 Palestinian Arabs living in the proposed Jewish state to choose between living as a minority in their own country or leaving.

It's in this context that the call for a unified, independent Palestine emerges, according to Arabic scholar Elliott Colla.

During the 1948 war that led to the formation of the state of Israel, around 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their villages and towns. By the end of the war, Palestine was split into three: 78% of the land became part of the Jewish state of Israel, while the remainder fell under Jordanian or Egyptian rule.

Palestinian refugees believed they had a right to return to their homes in the new state of Israel. Israeli leaders, seeking to maintain the state's Jewish majority, sought to have the refugees resettled far away. Meanwhile, a narrative emerged in the West in the 1950s claiming that Palestinians' political claims were invalid.

Future vision

Palestinians had to find a way to both assert their national rights and lay out an alternative vision for peace. After Israel occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the call for a free Palestine "from the river to the sea" started to gain traction among those who believed that all the land should be returned to the Palestinians.

But it soon also came to represent the vision of a secular democratic state with equality for all.

In 1969, the Palestinian National Council, the highest decision-making body of the Palestinians in exile, formally called for a "Palestinian democratic state" that would be "free of all forms of religious and social discrimination."

This remained a popular vision among Palestinians, even as some of their leaders inched toward the idea of establishing a truncated Palestinian state alongside Israel in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.

Many Palestinians were skeptical of this two-state solution. For refugees exiled since 1948, a two-state solution would not allow them to return to their towns and villages in Israel. Some Palestinian citizens of Israel feared that a two-state solution would leave them even more isolated as an Arab minority in a Jewish state.

Even Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - those who stood the most to gain from a two-state solution - were lukewarm to the idea. A 1986 poll found that 78% of respondents "supported the establishment of a democratic-secular Palestinian state encompassing all of Palestine," while only 17% supported two states.

That helps explains why the call for a free Palestine "from the river to the sea" became popular in the protest chants of the First Intifada, or Palestinian uprising, from 1987 to 1992.

Notably, Hamas, an Islamist party founded in 1987, did not initially use "from the river to the sea," likely due to the phrase's long-standing ties to Palestinian secular nationalism.

Two states or one?

The 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords led many to believe that a two-state solution was just around the corner.

But as hopes for a two-state solution dimmed, some Palestinians returned to the idea of a single, democratic state from the river to the sea.

Meanwhile, Hamas picked up the slogan, adding the phrase "from the river to the sea" to its 2017 revised charter. The language was part of Hamas' broader efforts to gain legitimacy at the expense of its secular rival, Fatah, which was seen by many as having failed the Palestinian people.

Today, broad swaths of Palestinians still favor the idea of equality. A 2022 poll found strong support among Palestinians for the idea of a single state with equal rights for all.

Offensive phrase?

Perhaps colored by Hamas' use of the phrase, some have claimed it is a genocidal call - the implication being that the slogan's end is calling for Palestine to be "free from Jews." It's understandable where such fears come from, given the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 people, according to the Israeli foreign ministry.

But the Arabic original, "Filastin hurra," means liberated Palestine. "Free from" would be a different Arabic word altogether.

Other critics of the slogan insist that by denying Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, the phrase itself is antisemitic. Under such thinking, protesters should instead be calling for a Palestinian state that exists alongside Israel - and not one that replaces it.

But this would seemingly ignore the current reality. There is strong scholarly consensus that a two-state solution is no longer viable. They argue that the extent of settlement building in the West Bank and the economic conditions in Gaza have eaten away at the cohesion and viability of any envisioned Palestinian state.

Further demonization

There is another argument against the slogan's use: That while not antisemitic in itself, the fact that some Jewish people see it that way - and as such see it as a threat - is enough for people to abandon its use.

But such an argument would, I contend, privilege the feelings of one group over that of another. And it risks further demonizing and silencing Palestinian voices in the West.

Over the last month, Europe has seen what pro-Palestine advocates describe as an " unprecedented crackdown" on their activism. Meanwhile, people across the U.S. are reporting widespread discrimination, retaliation and punishment for their pro-Palestinian views.

On Nov. 14, George Washington University suspended the student group Students for Justice in Palestine, in part because the group projected the slogan "Free Palestine From the River to the Sea" on the campus library.

Principle, not platform

None of this is to say that the phrase "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" doesn't have multiple interpretations.

Palestinians themselves are divided over the specific political outcome they wish to see in their homeland.

But that misses the point. Most Palestinians using this chant do not see it as advocating for a specific political platform or as belonging to a specific political group. Rather, the majority of people using the phrase see it as a principled vision of freedom and coexistence.

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Through the eyes of a Palestinian refugee. Handala, created by Naji Al-Ali, is an important symbol that represents self-determination and justice for the Palestinian people. Learn more below.

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Who is Handala?

Download Handala stickers, signs, banners

Cartoons by Naji Al-Ali

About Naji Al-Ali

Source: Handala.org

Solidartity in action:

Artists around the world are standing with Palestinians by sharing their versions of the iconic character Handala (Source: See Aj+ post on Instagram)

Follow #withhandala to view the various artist submissions who stand in solidarity with Handala and the Palestinian People.

See also: The Handala workbook

#Handala #symbolism #symbol #cartoon #NajiAlAli #refugee #selfdetermination #justice #history #art

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A brief description of 21 important symbols of Palestine with pictures.

See more detailed posts in this column on the specific symbols of Palestine.

Source: Ummah.com - online Muslim Community

Link to symbols of Palestine

#symbolism #symbols #watermelon #Handala #key #olive #Palestiniansymbols #heritage #resilience #culture

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Hosted by Sabrina Tavernise

Featuring Amanda Taub

Source: New York Times

In the International Court of Justice, South Africa is accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

Amanda Taub, a human rights lawyer-turned-journalist at The Times, walks through the arguments of the case, and the power that the rules of war have beyond any verdict in court.

#ICJ #SouthAfrica #genocide #rulesofwar #war #gaza

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What does international law say about Israel’s attack on Gaza?

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Gaza Guy is the first podcast out of Gaza. Host Moe Moussa (Mohammed Moussa), a freelance journalist, poet, podcast host, and the founder of Gaza Poets Society who is based out of Gaza, discusses topics like; art, poetry, Palestine, Gaza, cultures, and more. (Source: Gaza Guy Apple Podcast)

Gaza Guy on Spotify

#Podcast #Listen #Poetry #Culture #Gaza #MoeMoussa #GazaPodcast #Art

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Gaza Guy with 'Moe Moussa' a Journalist and a Poet based in Gaza. Moe discusses on his podcast different topics; most likely, art, poetry, Palestine, Gaza, cultures, and more... Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gazaguy/support

Gaza Guy with 'Moe Moussa' a Journalist and a Poet based in Gaza. Moe discusses on his podcast different topics; most likely, art, poetry, Palestine, Gaza, cultures, and more... Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gazaguy/support

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Some recommended Podcasts

Let’s Talk Palestine (links to Spotify)

The Red Nation Podcast

Rev Left Radio (use the search bar to search subject)

Free Palestine: The National Liberation Struggle against Zionism, Colonialism, and Apartheid

Toward Liberation - Palestine on Fire

Toward Liberation - Palestine on Fire ll

A Brief History of Jewish Antizionism (best of)

All Episodes

Confronting Zionism: Exposing the Moral Bankruptcy of Liberal Intellectuals

From the River to the Sea: The Palestinian Liberation Struggle(Best of)

The Daily (Links to Youtube)

Today Explained

Source: Brooke Graves on Instagram

#podcast #liberation #talkPalestine #RedNation #RevLeftRadio #TheDaily #TodayExplained

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Brooke Graves on Instagram: "On this day of striking for Palestine here is what I’m listening to. I’ve been ignorant of the circumstances and history of the people in Gaza and Israel. I am learning whenever and wherever I can. 🇵🇸🎧

Let’s Talk Palestine 
The Red Nation Podcast
Rev Left Radio
The Daily
Today Explained"

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Offers contemporaneous weekly episodes from various BBC correspondents in the area.

Source: BBC Sounds - The Conflict: Israel-Gaza

#Podcast #currentevents #theconflict #IsraelGaza #BBC

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Three part podcast overview of the Palestinian-Israeli 'Conflict' The purpose is to provide context for further learning into this very complex topic. See Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 101 - Part 1-3

Source: The Wiser World Podcast

Learn more about this podcast here

#podcast #Israel #Palestine #101 #currentevents

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Part 1 of 3: A brief historical introduction to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This episode covers from 4,000 years ago until 1917 with the Balfour Declaration. This episode is designed for those who know little to nothing about the conflict and are looking for an approachable way to learn about it. For resources to further your study, head to my Patreon.

Support the podcast on PATREON. Thank you so much!

Sources used in making this episode. Special thanks for Rachel Cox for her assistance in research for this episode.

For more information on Wiser World:

What is Wiser World?

Did you forget your world history, and now feel lost when world topics come up in current events? Designed for busy people who forgot-or never learned it in the first place-and need a quick refresh, Wiser World takes world history and makes it approachable and concise.

Here we explore different regions of the world, giving you the foundational facts and context you need to think historically when considering current events, travel, and global topics.

Episodes are published monthly (1 or 2 episodes a month).
- 101 Episodes are deeper dives into the last 100-ish years of history in a country.
- Know Before You Go Episodes are brief history/culture lessons on travel destination countries.
- The rest are short episodes on various topics, such as holidays, historical moments, religion, etc.

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Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 101 - Part 1

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Part 1 of 3: A brief historical introduction to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This episode covers from 4,000 years ago until 1917 with the Balfour Declaration. This episode is designed for those who know little to nothing about the conflict and are looking for an approachable way to learn about it.

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Palestine Diaspora Movement: Palestine 101 Course

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Palestine Diaspora Movement: Palestine 101 Course

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Our mission with this crash course series is to unapologetically educate the world about the oppressive reality faced by Palestinians stemming from the genocidal Zionist enterprise and its ongoing settler colonialism. Our ultimate goal is not just to share the truth but to pave the path for Palestinians to return home to a decolonized, liberated homeland. We created this course to help educate beginners on Palestinian history and the ongoing struggle for liberation, freedom and return.

Source: Palestine Diaspora Movement

#palestine #history #colonialism #diaspora

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Learn about Palestine: Explore Its Past, Embrace Its Present: Go beyond headlines and engage with the heart of Palestine. This beginner-friendly course equips you with knowledge and understanding of the land, its people, and their diverse narratives. Explore history, delve into culture, and gain act

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Making a Difference in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Lesson Plan

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Making a Difference in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Lesson Plan

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This high-school-level lesson plan from PBS explores the history and complexity of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through videos, websites, and interactive activities that provide more insight into the conflict. (source: How to Talk About the Israel-Hamas War: Resources for Educators)

Describe the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, citing at least three major events that have impacted the conflict

Explain the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from different perspectives

List ways that individuals or organizations have made a positive impact in the region

Describe one individual or organization and the actions it is taking to promote communication and/or peace in the region (source: Objectives)

Disclaimer of Problematic language: conflict - Teachers for Palestine know that this is not a conflict, but a genocide. Please see our resources on problematic language.

Source: PBS Learning Media Making a Difference in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Wide Angle: Lesson Plan

See the follow up lesson Fears of bigger war grow as Israel-Hamas fighting continues here.

#LessonPlan #WideAngle #highschool #PBS #history #differentperspectives

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Making a Difference in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Wide Angle: Lesson Plan | PBS LearningMedia

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Using segments from the PBS program: Wide Angle, this high school lesson explores the history and complexity of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and examines the roles individuals and organizations can play in promoting understanding and peace. In addition to videos, there are links to websites and interactive activities that give students more insight into the conflict.

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BOYCOTTS: GOALS, METHODS, AND CHALLENGES FROM THE U.S. TO SOUTH AFRICA TO ISRAEL-PALESTINE

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BOYCOTTS: GOALS, METHODS, AND CHALLENGES FROM THE U.S. TO SOUTH AFRICA TO ISRAEL-PALESTINE

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This activity gives students a chance to apply the knowledge and insights they’ve gained from studying Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story and broader issues of the bus boycott and the U.S. civil rights movement, including decisions that activists made about tactics and strategy.(From Instructional Notes in the Lesson)

Source: Fellowship of Recognition (FOR)

#BDS #Boycott #Divest #Sanction #Lessonplan #MLK