Resources
Actions
Donate
- Organizations (section below)
- Individuals and families in Gaza – Nabali Aid Network
- Donate an eSIM to people in Gaza – Connecting Humanity
Call for a ceasefire
Canada:
Contact the Prime Minister, your Member of Parliament, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and urge them to follow through on the Canadian government’s commitment to support international efforts towards a sustainable ceasefire by all parties and other measures to protect civilians.
Mark Carney: https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/connect/contact
Find your MP: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
Mélanie Joly: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/melanie-joly(88384)#contact
US:
Take action: Urge U.S. Officials to Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, Support Humanitarian Aid, and Protect Civilian Life
Find your representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: https://uscpr.org/activist-resource/grassroots-advocacy-toolkit/
Join the movement:
- Jewish Voice for Peace
- BDS Movement
- Canada Palestine Association Vancouver
- Independent Jewish Voices Canada
- Youth for Palestine Vancouver
- Palestinian Youth Movement
- Palestinian Solidarity Campaign
- US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Attend a protest
Find a protest in your city: https://www.instagram.com/palestinianyouthmovement/
Upcoming Protests: https://www.protectpalestine.org/protests
Protest safety tips: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/toolkits/protest-safety-tips-from-greenpeace/#-what-to-bring
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement works to end international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.
https://bdsmovement.net/
https://bdscoalition.ca/
Sign a Petition
Amnesty International: Demand a ceasefire by all parties to end civilian suffering
Move On: Do everything you can to stop all loss of life NOW!
Jewish Voice for Peace Power Half-hours:
Register Here
Claremont Colleges Faculty for Palestine
Resources for Teaching and Learning about Palestine – Living Document
Organizations to Support
- Operation Olive Branch
- Nabali Aid Network – Help families in Gaza
- Jewish Voice for Peace
- Palestine Red Crescent Society
- Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders
- Taawon
- Ele Elna Elak
- Choose Love Fundraiser
- Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
- Middle East Children’s Alliance
- Eyewitness Palestine
- Save Gaza’s Children
- Defense for Children International – Palestine
- Jahalin Solidarity
- Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
- Arab Resource and Organizing Center
- Palestinian Feminist Collective
- Standing Together
- Medical Aid for Palestinians
- Rawa
- Grassroots International
Films, videos, and podcasts
Films
- Palestine Films
- No Other Land by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal (2024)
- Israelism by Erin Axelman & Sam Eilertsen (2023)
- Where Olive Trees Weep by Zaya & Maurizio Benazzo (2024)
- Jenin, Jenin by Mohammed Bakri (2002)
- Farha by Darin Sallam (2021)
- Born In Gaza by Hernán Zin (2014)
- Omar by Hany Abu-Assad (2013)
- Salt of This Sea by Annemarie Jacir (2008)
- Gaza Fights for Freedom by Abby Martin (2019)
- A Year in Gaza: Training to be a War Surgeon (2021)
Videos
- An Israeli and a Palestinian Talk Peace, Dignity and Safety | Ali Abu Awwad and Ami Dar | TED (2024)
- Conversations with History: Palestinian Voice Hanan Ashrawi (2008)
- Very powerful speech by Mary Lou McDonald on Palestine (2023)
- Jewish Voice for Peace’ holds rally to support Palestinians (2023)
- Israel’s Mask Is Slipping w/ David Hearst | The Chris Hedges Report (2024)
- How Israel uses ‘hasbara’ to shift narratives in its favour (2024)
- Dima Khalidi on Al Jazeera: Are restrictions on pro-Palestine speech ‘the new McCarthyism?’ (2024)
- How Zionism Indoctrinated the West with Ahmed Paul Keeler (2024)
- What is Zionism? (2024)
- An animated introduction to Israel and Palestine (2012)
Podcasts
- Foundation for Middle East Peace
Spotify
Apple Podcasts - Palestine was never a ‘land without a people’ with Elizabeth Vibert and Salam Barakat Guenette
- Let’s Talk Palestine
Spotify
Apple Podcasts - Rethinking Palestine
Spotify
Apple Podcasts - This is Palestine
Spotify
Apple Podcasts - Palestinian Liberation After the Destruction of Gaza – On the Nose
News and articles
News
- Middle East Eye
- Middle East Monitor
- The Electronic Intifada
- Mondoweiss
- The Palestine Chronicle
- +972 Magazine
- Al Jazeera
- This Week in Palestine
- Let’s Talk Palestine
- LTP Instagram broadcast channel
- The Palestine Academy
- The Slow Factory
Palestinian Journalists and Blogs
- Bisan Owda
- Motaz Azaiza
- Lama Jamous
- Hossam Shbat
- Plestia Alaqad
- Yara Eid
- Mansour Shouman
- Salma Shawa
- Hind Khoudary
- Anas Jamal
- Wael Al Dahdouh
- Abdullah Almajaida
- Mohamed Al Masri
- Hossam Al-Ghazawi
- Hamdan Dahdouh
- Nadin Abdullatif
- Amr Tabash
- Islam Bader
- Bassam Faluona
- Mohammed R Mhawish
Articles
- Sumud as a Key to Global Liberation
- Israeli Historian: This Is Exactly What Genocide Looks Like
- Ten Stages of Genocide
- You can’t arm a genocidal state into moderation. So why does the West keep trying?
- How Israel destroyed Gaza’s ability to feed itself
- ‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza
- Testimonies from the Mawasi massacre: 90 people buried in the sand
- Israel Has a History of Killing Hamas Leaders Who Are Trying To Secure Ceasefires
- Israel has approved ‘largest West Bank land grab in 30 years’, watchdog says
- The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth
- How Israel’s genocide in Gaza is creating enemies on all sides
- Antisemitism and Antizionism: A Dangerous Conflation
- As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel
- Does Any Other Country Besides Israel Have the Right to Defend Itself?
- Patrick Lawrence: Israel Runs the U.S. No, the U.S. Runs Israel. No, Wait …
- How the war on Gaza exposed Israeli and western fascism
- From ‘Defense’ to Destruction: The Evolution of Zionist Aggression
- Palestinians shut out of the DNC
- Western media can be held legally accountable for its role in the Gaza genocide
- Undebatable: What Harris and Trump Could Not Say About Israel and Gaza
- How a Canadian Rabbi Became a Lifeline for Gaza Residents
- ‘Order from Amazon’: How tech giants are storing mass data for Israel’s war
- Palestine Legal Condemns Wave of Campus Anti-Protest Policies Intended To Suppress Student Activism
- ‘No pride in occupation’: queer Palestinians on ‘pink-washing’ in Gaza conflict
- ‘Film was the best way to convey our art amid the suffering in Gaza’
- What Do You Call People Who Fight on Their Own Land Against Foreign Soldiers?
- Meet Amira Jazeera, A Queer Palestinian Songwriter Making Empowering Pop Anthems
- 17 Palestinian brands to support amid the Israel-Gaza War
- ROOM’s “Featuring Palestinian Voices” Series
- 65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza
- Laura Kraftowitz on learning Arabic in Gaza
Books, lectures, and poems
Books
- Orientalism by Edward W. Said (1978)
- I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti (2003)
- Reporting from Ramallah by Amira Hass (2003)
- The Parisian by Isabella Hammad (2019)
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (2020)
- Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (2006)
- Salt Houses by Hala Alyan (2017)
- Her First Palestinian by Saeed Teebi (2022)
- Deluge: Gaza and Israel from Crisis to Cataclysm edited by Jamie Stern-Weiner (2024)
- A River Dies of Thirst by Mahmoud Darwish (2009)
- Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé (2017)
- Baddawi by Leila Abdelrazaq (2015)
- We Are Palestinian: A Celebration of Culture and Tradition by Reem Kassis (2023)
- Gaza Writes Back Edited by Refaat Alareer (2014)
- A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall (2023)
- On Palestine by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé (2015)
- Stanger in My Own Land by Fida Jiryis (2022)
Lectures
- The Reith Lectures – Edward Said: Representations of the Intellectual (1993)
- Recognizing the Stranger by Isabella Hammad (2023)
- Voices for Peace and Human Rights in Israel/Palestine with Dahlia Scheindlin, Aida Touma-Suleiman, and Nadav Weiman (2024)
Poems
- “If I Must Die” by Dr. Refaat Alareer
- “My Defeated Banner” by Najwan Darwish
- “We Teach Life, Sir” by Rafeef Ziadah
- “Passport” by Mahmoud Darwish
- “What I Will” by Suheir Hammad
Education
Learn About Palestine
Toolkits and Resource Lists
- Claremont FJP Resources for Teaching and Learning about Palestine
- US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
- Palestinian Feminist Collective Freedom Within Reach – Palestine Action Toolkit
- Protect Palestine resource guide
- Advocating for Palestine
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