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                NEW EVENTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED

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Watch recording of VFHL online film salon: "Living with Zionism: Israel, Palestine and the United States"

Featuring: Q&A discussion on Living with Zionism: Israel, Palestine, and the United States with panelists Amira Musallam - Christian peace activist; member, Unarmed Civilian Protection team in Palestine; Mimi Kirk -  editor, Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism; Editorial Consultant, Al-Shabaka; Odeliya Matter -  Program Associate, Friends Committee on National Legislation; Co-Founder, Negev Media.  Seth Morrison -  board member, JVP Action; leader, Bay Area Jewish Voice for Peace Moderated this conversation.  This event was Co-Sponsored by Friends of Sabeel North America and Jewish Voice for Peace – Boston Chapter.

   For more info: https://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/salonrecordings  

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Watch relaunch of Britain Palestine Project.

Featuring: Balfour Project relaunches as Britain Palestine Project with speeches by Palestinian Ambassador Husam Hamlet, Lord Soames, BPP Chair Andrew Whitley and BPP Director Dr Brian Brivati.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ5NFccyP4U  

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Read The Nation’s article  “Trump’s War on the Palestine Movement Is Something Entirely New”.

   For more info: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-palestine-campus-repression-analysis/  

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Filmfest DC and The Jerusalem Fund present 30th Annual Arabian Sights Film Festival.

Featuring: Festival runs from April 24-May 4, 2025.

   For more info: https://www.filmfestdc.org/arabiansights/  

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Pre-order “We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gazas Youth”.

Featuring: The book contains a collection of writings from the first 10 years of We Are Not Numbers. It includes WANN’s most memorable essays and poems, as selected by WANN co-founders Ahmed Alnaouq and Pam Bailey; the pair has also contributed an epilogue covering the experiences of WANN writers during Israel’s ongoing aggression in Gaza. Pre orders available in the US and Canada.

   For more info: https://wearenotnumbers.org/north-american-edition-of-wann-book-now-available-for-pre-order/  

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Recording of 2025 World Zionist Congress Election, “Fighting for Change From the Diaspora”.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoVtto0uiT8  

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Watch highlights of panel discussion at premiere of “From the Nakba to Camp David: 1947-1979”.

Featuring: The documentary explores pivotal moments from the British Mandate to the Camp David Accords, featuring rare archival footage, personal diaries, and expert insights into the history of Palestine and Israel. The panel participants included Gillian Mosely, director, Sir Vincent Fean, former Consul-General to Jerusalem, John McHugo, author of A Concise History of the Arabs, and Diana Safieh, writer, podcaster and BPP events manager.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDUjMjdst5U  

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Watch recording of IPC simulation with Smadar Ben-Natan.

Featuring: The Israeli Palestinian Confederation (IPC) introduced a proposal for a federal government that would coexist with, but remain independent from, the existing Israeli and Palestinian governments. Designed to represent all people in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, the IPC would include a 300-member parliament, a rotating Israeli Palestinian presidency, and a balanced judiciary, with legislation requiring majority approval from both sides.

A mock election was held to demonstrate the viability of this system. During the process, Professor Smadar Ben Natan and others voiced concerns about historical inequalities, the absence of resource redistribution, and the need for a Bill of Rights in the constitution.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-paDAG50w_A  

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Read Mondoweiss article by Rev. Jeff Wright.

Featuring: Palestinian Christians are condemning the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for collaborating with the American Jewish Committee on an online resource that defines Palestinian resistance as antisemitic. Also read: https://www.kairospalestine.ps/images/Kairos_Palestine_open_call_to_The_U.S._Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops_April_14th_2025.pdf

   For more info: https://mondoweiss.net/2025/04/palestinian-christians-reject-u-s-catholic-bishops-collaboration-with-pro-israel-group/  

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4/22/25-4/26/25: Link for tickets

Watch “the Encampments’ at Angelika Film Center & Cafe Mosaic and Angelika Pop-up at Union Market.

Featuring: Link for trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjS_FdTUkFE

   For more info: https://the-encampments.com/buy-tickets  

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4/22/24 7:00PM: Register for event

Just Peace Advocates Webinar, “Defend Our Democratic Rights to Oppose Genocide in Gaza!”

Featuring: Join for this critical webinar discussing the increasing government crackdown against social justice, antiwar and Palestine solidarity activists, and how we can fight back.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NVj0pqQsQz6U9BEqvx4wJw#/registration?link_id=9&can_id=c25e31d259dab2c30a0edf88ede15ebd&source=email-antiwar-issues-are-election-issues&email_referrer=email_2703444&email_subject=defend-our-democratic-rights-to-o  

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4/23/25 11:00AM: Register for event; Pedro Arrupe, S.J.Hall, Arrupe Multipurpose Room, Georgetown University.

The Berkley Center at Georgetown University presents “Gen Z Muslims: New Media, New Values?”.

Featuring: This event will feature Daniel DeHanas, associate professor of politics and religion at King’s College London. Berkley Center Senior Fellow Judd Birdsall will moderate the discussion.

   For more info: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/gen-z-muslims-new-media-new-values?  

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4/23/25 12:00PM: Register for event; in person and online

The Alaweed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hosts Saree Makdisi for The Gaza Lecture Series, “The Gaza Genocide and the Question of Palestine”.

Featuring: Saree Makdisi received his BA in English and Economics from Wesleyan University in 1987 and his PhD from the Literature Program at Duke University in 1993. Professor Makdisi’s teaching and research are situated at the crossroads of several different fields, including British Romanticism, imperial culture, colonial and postcolonial theory and criticism, and the cultures of urban modernity, particularly the revision and contestation of charged urban spaces, including London, Beirut and Jerusalem.

   For more info: https://events.georgetown.edu/acmcu/event/28942-the-gaza-genocide-and-the-question-of-palestine  

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4/23/25 2:00PM: Register for event

Join Jim Zogby for Coffee and a Column, “Arabs: The Weak Link in the US Civil Liberties Chain”.

Featuring: Link for letter: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQbdrKfFfznjvHmqtbDDQtNqrpl

   For more info: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FA_9NW0GTcKBbCeMPcBl5w?emci=df259cf5-b51e-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=fa47baec-b81e-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=752519#/registration  

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4/23/25 6:00PM: Register for event; 3700 O St. NW, CCAS Boardroom, ICC 241, WDC.

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies presents “The Palestine in Letters Series”, featuring Yahya Ashour.

Featuring: This series brings four leading Palestinian literary voices to Georgetown in order to explore the challenges of literary expression in this era of massive repression. Yahya Ashour | يحيى عاشور is an exiled Gazan touring poet and awarded author, and currently based in the US. He is an honorary fellow in writing at the University of Iowa and the author of the e-book “A Gaza of Siege & Genocide”. Dr. Natalie El-Eid specializes in contemporary transnational literatures and cultures of the Arab world.

   For more info: https://events.georgetown.edu/ccas/event/31326-palestine-in-letters-yahya-ashour-with-nathalie-el-eid  

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4/24/25 10:00AM: Register for event

Arab Center Washington DC presents Zoom Webinar, “Washington Targets Dissent; Repression from the Academy to the Streets”.

Featuring: The Trump Administration's policies toward universities and protestors have been characterized as the biggest assault on civil liberties in the United States since the Second Red Scare or the era of McCarthyism.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6117447318200/WN_vC1owW60Swa5GnL4jHAQGg#/registration  

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4/24/25 10:00AM: Register for event

The Berkley Center at Georgetown University presents a Conversation with Tom Gjelten and Jonathan Rauch, “Can Christianity Save Democracy-and Itself?”

Featuring: In his new book, Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy (2025), Jonathan Rauch argues that Christianity has in practice offered a “load-bearing” foundation for those essential values. He contends that all Americans therefore have a stake in a healthier Christianity. In a conversation with Sakka Family Religion and International Journalism Fellow Tom Gjelten, Rauch—himself atheist and Jewish—will explore how he has reached that conclusion and why he thinks the country’s civic life is endangered.

   For more info: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/can-christianity-save-democracy-and-itself?utm_source=Berkley+Center+Master+List&utm_campaign=4e3cac5155-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_14_09_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4e3cac5155-374941#rsvp  

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4/24/25 11:00AM: Link for tickets

Museum of the Palestinian People presents Zoom conversation with Ahmed Massed.

Featuring: "Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda" is a mystery novel that takes place in the heart of the now destroyed Jabaliya Camp, through the eyes of an eight-year old boy, Omar. Through Omar, author Ahmed Masoud takes the reader through the alleyways of the camp, the terrors induced by Israeli soldiers, and the temporality of life, in search of his missing father.

   For more info: https://museumofpalestinianpeople.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=/portal/events/17479  

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4/24/25 2:00PM: Register for event

New Jewish Narrative presents Webinar with Dr Shibley Telhami.

Featuring: We'll discuss the unprecedented pressures that higher education is facing in the current moment, as well as the political pressures on Middle East scholarship here in the US.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pD4QSlXeRNKceV3-N3fZKw?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=17cee9ed-fca9-4937-a4db-386b10b242ab#/registration  

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4/24/25 5:30PM: Register for event

JVP DC Metro New Member Orientation.

Featuring: Attending a new member orientation is the first step to getting more involved with our chapter. This orientation will provide background on JVP, our local chapter’s values, structure, and activities, and offer more information about specific ways you can plug in.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sfuihqT8sGNd5Ypxu1gncuPfu4SI1IrAW?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY1Czb4PjWFJWxkntO5DKH0Wm3yVGxEIu4vJ2iVyXbphPcuTYRiHzHZ2aU_aem_YBYtbNTE1bPM_lEiA19VqQ&utm_source=JVP+-+DC+Metro&utm_campaign=f91343d4a1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_  

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4/24/25-5/4/25: Link for information

30th Annual Arabian Sights Film Festival

Featuring: The Arabian Sights Film Festival will be presented in conjunction with the 39th annual Washington, DC International Film Festival, the umbrella organization of Arabian Sights.

   For more info: https://www.filmfestdc.org/arabiansights/  

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4/25/25 4:00PM: State Department, 2201 C Street NW, WDC

DMV Palestinian Youth Movement Global Day of Action for Gaza.

Featuring: As Israel’s genocide on Gaza rages on, as the Occupation Forces continue to relentlessly assault the West Bank with the aim of annexation, and as the Trump administration continues its lawless repression of the movement for Palestine here in the United States, we heed the popular demands coming from Gaza and are calling for a Global Day of Action on April 25th.

   For more info: National: https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/  Local DMV action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIulcvWoEi-/ and https://www.instagram.com/dmvpym/p/DIkEwKIyGPc/?img_index=1

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4/26/25 7:00PM: Register for event

Museum of the Palestinian People hosts screening of “No Other Land”.

Featuring: The evening will begin with an introduction to the Museum and the history of Masafer Yatta, providing context for the ongoing struggle against Israeli military displacement. The screening will follow, showcasing Basel’s powerful firsthand footage and his unexpected friendship with Yuval, a Jewish Israeli journalist who supports his cause but grapples with the deep divide between their lived realities.

   For more info: https://museumofpalestinianpeople.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=/portal/events/16504  

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4/27/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Isareli-Palelstinian Confederation present Zoom discussion on merit, purpose and feasibility of a federal system in the region.

Featuring: Is true democracy possible in a region where Muslims, Jews, and Christians live side by side?
Why has peace remained so elusive in Israel-Palestine?

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jAX-U4MUSvq_mGu_zjnj9Q#/registration  

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4/27/25 2:00PM: Register for event

Join JVP DC Metro for Zoom Book Group, “Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic”.

Featuring: Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic shows us how an unassailable consensus was built – and how it might be dismantled.

   For more info: http://bit.ly/jvpdcbookgroup   

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4/27/25 5:30PM: Register for event

Museum of the Palestinian People hosts screening of “No Other Land”.

Featuring: The evening will begin with an introduction to the Museum and the history of Masafer Yatta, providing context for the ongoing struggle against Israeli military displacement. The screening will follow, showcasing Basel’s powerful firsthand footage and his unexpected friendship with Yuval, a Jewish Israeli journalist who supports his cause but grapples with the deep divide between their lived realities.

   For more info: https://museumofpalestinianpeople.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=/portal/events/16504  

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4/28/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Join Red Letter Christians for a Zoom book club with Rev Dr Munther Isaac, in conversation with Shane Claiborne.

Featuring: We’re honored to welcome our friend Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac as our guest for the April Red Letter Christians Book Club. He’ll be in conversation with Shane Claiborne to discuss his urgent and prophetic book, "Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, & the Genocide in Gaza."

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eUFLOrTMTn2_1Tp3-Jxq-Q?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio#/registration  

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4/28/25 6:00PM: Register for event; 3700 O St NW, McGhee Library, ICC 301, WDC.

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies presents “The Palestine in Letters Series”, featuring Ahmad Almallah.

Featuring: Ahmad Almallah grew up in Palestine and currently lives in Philadelphia. His newest poetry collection, Wrong Winds, is out with Fonograf Editions (2025). His other collections include Border Wisdom (Winter Editions 2023) and Bitter English (Chicago 2019). He is currently artist in residence in English and Creative Writing at UPenn.

   For more info: https://events.georgetown.edu/ccas/event/31330-palestine-in-letters-ahmad-almallah  

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4/29/25 12:00 PM: Register for event

The Alaweed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hosts Zoom event in Gaza Lecture Series, Khaled Abou El Fadl and Peter Beinart, “Religious Ethics in Dark Times: A Muslim-Jewish Dialogue on Gaza”.

Featuring: This unique and unprecedented event brings together two remarkable, devout, and courageous religious ethicists who are renowned for their historical and political erudition to discuss the most important moral outrage of our times: the genocide in Gaza.

   For more info: https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phpQGWl-Tnex-HHeSv28xA#/registration  

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4/29/25 1:30PM: Register for event

20th Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony.

Featuring: The Joint Memorial Ceremony is the largest Israeli-Palestinian peace event in history. Featuring Israeli and Palestinian artists and bereaved peacemakers, this year’s event will be broadcast on April 29, 2025. The Ceremony is organized by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle–Families Forum, and Partners for Progressive Israel is proud to be a sponsor.

When the world seems so dark, the ceremony offers us hope to remember the sanctity of all life and a way to heal and take action together. Register today and help build a better future based on peace, freedom, and dignity for all.

   For more info: https://www.afcfp.org/2025-joint-memorial-day-ceremony  

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4/29/25 6:00PM: Link for tickets

Palestine House of Freedom presents film series, “Jenin, Jenin”.

Featuring: Join us for our recurring film series starting on April 29th. We will be featuring the work of Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor.

   For more info: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/recurring-film-series  

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5/1/25-5/9/25: For more info

Friends of Sabeel North America US Christian Leaders Tour of The Holy Land.

Featuring: Join regional, national, and organizational Christian leaders on a delegation to visit Palestinian Christian communities and build relationships across global lines of difference.

   For more info: johnnoble@fosna.org  

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5/3/25 7:00PM: Link for tickets

Museum of the Palestinian People present “Living With Drones - A Live Journalism Experience”.

Featuring: Living with Drones is a groundbreaking live journalism production that weaves together wartime diaries, personal testimonials from Gaza, multimedia elements, and live performance to explore the devastating impact of drone warfare on civilians.

   For more info: https://museumofpalestinianpeople.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=/portal/events/17481  

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5/4/25 2:00PM: Link for tickets

Museum of the Palestinian People present “Living With Drones - A Live Journalism Experience”.

Featuring: Living with Drones is a groundbreaking live journalism production that weaves together wartime diaries, personal testimonials from Gaza, multimedia elements, and live performance to explore the devastating impact of drone warfare on civilians.

   For more info: https://museumofpalestinianpeople.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=/portal/events/17481  

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5/4/25-5/16/25: In person; for information

"Living Stones" Solidarity Tour of Palestine

Featuring: First traveler’s meeting on Monday, January 13, 12:00PM ET.

   For more info: Lmichaelspath@gmail.com  

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5/7/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Join Eyewitness Palestine for Mutual Aid Webinar, “Building Joy”.

Featuring: Join us for a mutual aid webinar dedicated to building a playground in Palestine, creating a safe space for children to play, heal, and thrive. In partnership with the deputy mayor of Rahat, we’ll discuss the impact of this project, the importance of community support, and how you can contribute to making this vision a reality. Be part of this effort to bring joy and resilience to Palestinian children.

   For more info: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/mutual-aid-webinar-playground-for-the-children-in-rahat?sourceid=1119570&emci=42c6f360-4e1c-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=5a928a1f-551c-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=13259350  

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5/8/25: Register for event; in person and online

Save the Date for Balfour Project Annual Conference, “The Rule of Law-the route to a better future for Palestinians and Israelis”

Featuring: This conference will bring together leading legal minds and experts to discuss the role of international law in shaping a just and peaceful future.

   For more info: https://billetto.co.uk/e/the-rule-of-law-the-route-to-a-better-future-for-palestinians-and-israelis-tickets-1136668?utm_source=organiser&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=manage_visit&utm_content=1  

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5/11/25 12:00PM: Register for event

Israeli Palestinian Peace Simulation presents Udi Aloni.

Featuring: Aloni is a filmmaker, writer, and artist whose
work focuses on the interrelations between art, politics and theology in Israeli/Palestine.

   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pTWgHTGGRIKjSMbGd3N6Iw#/registration  

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5/15/25 12:00PM: Register for event

IPF ATID presents “Israel at 77: Challenges and Opportunities in the Year to Come”.

Featuring: Join IPF Atid for a virtual discussion with Research Director and The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Senior Fellow Shira Efron and Israel Fellow Nimrod Novik.

   For more info: https://israelpolicyforum.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8wXgGkAdQx-aaFubaFrPeA#/registration  

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5/17/25:

Save the Date for Middle East Peace Now presents Part ll of Zoom Webinar, “The theological battleground: a moment of truth for U.S. society and for the church”.

Featuring: Circling back to Part 1, we will discuss the achievements of the global church movement that arose in response to the Palestinian call. We will consider how the churches, in coalition with human rights organizations, campuses, and labor, can stand up to colonialism in our time.

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5/18/25 6:00 PM: iN person

"Peacebuilding Behind the Wall: Educating Palestinian Children and Families in the West Bank"

Featuring: Presentation by Milad Vosgueritchian, Co-Director of House of Hope Vision School near Jerusalem in the West Bank followed by Q and A.  House of Hope delivers a kindergarten - 5th grade trauma-informed education for children growing up under Occupation.  https://houseofhope.vision/our-work/practicing-nonviolence    Milad will discuss the current status in the West Bank, particularly for children and families.  He will also describe the school's approach to nonviolence education and his training of teachers and family caregivers to use nonviolence practices in classrooms and in their daily lives.  Dinner and Drinks for purchase.

   For more info: Shirlington Busboys and Poets 4251 S. Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206

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5/20/25-5/28/25: For more info; For application

Friends of Sabeel North America Young Adult Delegation to The Holy Land.

Featuring: This trip is for young adult ages 19-26, with opportunities to serve, pray, and worship alongside Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers.

   For more info: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhCcKL-qkR1KGAEwgKzCDu7_xSeo5gfMM60eniHCs0BsEbiA/viewform  

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5/27/25 6:00PM: Link for tickets

Palestine House of Freedom presents “Since You’ve Left”.

Featuring: Join us for our recurring film series starting on April 29th. We will be featuring the work of Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor.

   For more info: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/recurring-film-series  

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5/31/25 7:00AM: Register for event

Join UNRWA for Gaza 5k.

Featuring: Join UNRWA USA in Rock Creek Park for a morning 5K walk/run, breakfast, coffee, fundraising prizes, and more.

   For more info: https://getinvolved.unrwausa.org/event/2025-dc-gaza-5k/e673165  

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6/15/25-6/26/25: Email for information and to register

“Come and See, Go & Tell: A Solidarity Pilgrimage to Israel/Palestine”, sponsored by Palestine Justice Network and Sabeel.

Featuring: This solidarity pilgrimage will include visits with Christian congregations, leaders of denominations, human rights groups, site visits with local communities, and Muslim and Jewish partner organizations.

   For more info: info@thePJN.org  

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6/24/25 6:00PM: Link for tickets

Palestine House of Freedom presents “Wajib”.

Featuring: Join us for our recurring film series starting on April 29th. We will be featuring the work of Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor.

   For more info: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/recurring-film-series  

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6/22/25-6/29/25: Link for application

2025 IPF Atid Delegation

Featuring: Join IPF Atid for a one-week delegation to Israel for current IPF Atid steering committee leaders. Representing IPF Atid in key meetings with Palestinians and Israelis, delegates on the Summer Delegation to Israel emerge with a greater understanding of the on-the-ground political and security considerations related to Israeli-Palestinian affairs. Application deadline is  March 7, 2025.

   For more info: https://israelpolicyforum.org/atid/programs/delegation/  

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7/14-24; 9/1-11/ 10/15-26/25: Link for information and application

Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America pilgrimages to the Holy Land.

Featuring: The Holy Land Franciscans have been living, working and guiding pilgrims in the Holy Land for 800 years. Because their mission is to also nourish the lives of Christians who live there, by taking a non-profit Franciscan Holy Land pilgrimage, you ensure that your trip will also support and nurture Christians struggling to survive in the Holy Land region.

   For more info: https://holylandpilgrimages.org/?mc_cid=3624fc0c7f&mc_eid=029c305605  

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10/23/25: Link for information

Save the Date for 22nd Annual Kahil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards Gala.

   For more info: aaiusa.org/gibran  

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10/28-111/06/25: Link for information

Solidarity Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Bishop Greg Rickel.

Featuring: In response to the growing sense of isolation felt by the Christian communities in the Holy Land, Bishop Greg Rickel is leading a pilgrimage this fall, which will combine some visits to traditional holy sites with encounters with Christians in Palestine & Israel (and with some other advocates for peace).

   For more info: https://tours.lightlinena.com/ti/TkRVek16RmZOVEE0TWpWZmJuVnNiQT09  

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Recurring Events

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Weekdays 3:00 PM: Link to YouTube

Jewish Voice for Peace - Power Half-Hour for Gaza

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams.  

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Tuesdays 12:30 PM: Link to join

Israel/Palestine Mission Network Prayer Meeting, held every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

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   For more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85823208748?pwd=MVZHckI3U2Y0MFd3YURuaUlkMENOdz09&mc_cid=a1d69eb61f&mc_eid=9122b2f830#success  

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Wednesdays 12:30 PM: Register for event

Churches for Middle East Peace, Praying for Peace

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   For more info: https://cmep.org/wednesday-prayer/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=211d3879-592c-4157-b9b9-cee364656004  

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Thursdays 10:00 AM: Register for event

Churches for Middle East Peace, Weekly Briefings

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   For more info: https://cmep.org/thursday-briefing/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=211d3879-592c-4157-b9b9-cee364656004   

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Fridays 12:00 PM: Register for event

AFSC Action Hour- Ceasefire Now

Featuring: Join AFSC staff every Friday at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT to hear updates from Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact our elected officials and call for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us.

   For more info: https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now  

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Thursdays 11:00 AM: Register for event

Sabeel Prayer Service

Featuring: Sabeel invites you to join in its online services. The online services are open to the community and friends are conducted in English. The services are a time to join together to discuss how the weekly scripture readings apply to our lives today, especially in Palestine & Israel, and to pray for the specific needs of this region through the Sabeel wave of prayer.

   For more info: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdOCtqT8oH9Hj6noeoJPop264vDN-kAaA#/registration  

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Tuesdays 11:00 AM: Register for event

Kumi Now! Rise Up Together for Justice

Featuring: Kumi Now is an online gathering every Tuesday (6pm Palestine) with a guest activist on the ground exploring issues of critical relevance to the Palestinian people and how you can get involved.

   For more info: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArcOCtrjkiGtRzqANXD30dawMNhdAJgUMJ?_x_zm_rtaid=RdaKCOAuTqeLwChgmWC2kA.1717360018884.1dff4f697c1daed63fec13f5ecd0fa66&_x_zm_rhtaid=686#/registration  

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Sundays 6:00PM: Register for event

Freedom Church of the Poor: Advent of a Revolution 2024-2025

Featuring: The Freedom Church of the Poor community and our partner organizations come together for this “Winter Offensive,” this season which we call Advent of a Revolution (Advent) & Birth of a Movement (Epiphany), to expose the lies of the candy-cane Christmas; to revive the revolutionary power of the ancient story of Christmas; to reconnect to the God who Mother Mary praised, the one that “casts down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly”; and to give strength and unity to the movement of our people in these troubled times.

   For more info: https://kairoscenter.org/freedomchurch/  

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Other Items

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Link for information and application

New Jewish Narrative hiring Communications and Development Interns for Summer 2025.

Featuring:

   For more info: https://www.newjewishnarrative.org/jobsinternships?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5c7fc81e-3468-4426-b484-e3b33b7e796f  

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Link for information and application

Eyewitness Palestine Open Delegation to West Bank and 1948 Palestine

Featuring: Our delegations provide opportunities for participants to meet and learn directly from people across Historic Palestine about the conditions they face, and how to support their struggle for justice and liberation back home. This delegation is open to folks of all backgrounds. Spread the word to anyone who may benefit from learning and connecting on the ground!

   For more info: http://eyewitnesspalestine.org/apply  

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Link for information and application

Apply for Charles Bronfman IPF Atid Conveners Fellowship.

Featuring: Conveners Summit Dates: Sept.13-Sept.16, 2025.

   For more info: https://israelpolicyforum.org/atid/programs/bronfmansummit/  

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For more info

FOSNA/Sabeel Witness Trips in April and May 2025

Featuring:

   For more info: https://theamalgamation.substack.com/p/confirmed-information-and-logistics  

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Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon Recordings

Featuring: Panel discussions focusing on "Living with Zionism: Israel, Palestine and the United States", "Made Homeless in the Homeland: Lawfare, Demolition and Land Theft","Marketing the Occupation: The Social Media Battleground in a Time of War", "What's in a Word? Defining ZIONISM", "Silencing Student Voices", "The Past and Present Tell Us: Palestine's Future has to be Different", "Israel, Palestine, BDS and Boycotting in the US". "In Conversation: 'Humanity in Gaza' Revisited", "TWO KIDS A DAY: Israel's Systematic Incarceration of Children", “October 7: Behind US and Israeli Headlines”, “Destroying Healthcare: Israel’s War Against Gaza Hospitals”,  “Israeli Apartheid in Action: Water Control”, “Also Happening: Oppression and Violence in the West Bank”,  "Israelism", "Humanity in Gaza", "Marketing the Israeli Occupation - Part Two", "Erasing Palestine from U.S. School Curricula",  "The Truth: LOST AT SEA", "My Tree", "The First 54 Years: An Abreviated Manual for Military Occupation", “NAKBA 75: Remembering the Voices”, “Marketing the Israeli Occupation - Part 1”, “The Law and the Prophets”, “The Law and the Prophets”, "Til Kingdom Come", “Is Israel an Apartheid State”, "Come and See; Go and Tell", "BOYCOTT", "Skies Above Hebron", "How to Make a Revolution", "Journalism Under Occupation - In Memory of Shireen Abu Akleh", "Palestine Poster Project", "Art & Resistance", "Of Land and Bread", "Advocate", "Soldier on the Roof", "Gaza: Still Alive", "Christians in Palestine", "1948: Creation & Catastrophe", "Bethlehem Today", "Valentino's Ghost:  Why We Hate Arabs", "Stitching Palestine", "Gaza Fights for Freedom", "Radiance of Resistance", "MAYOR", "On the Side of the Road", "Occupation of the American Mind", "We All Live in Gaza", "Next Generation's Perspectives on the Occupation: Three Student Films", "Detaining Dreams" and "OBAIDA", "Objector", "The Ruins of Lifta", “Roadmap to Apartheid”, “Rock the Boat: Anatomy of a non-violent action", “Naila and the Uprising”, “It’s What We Do”, and “Home Front: Portraits from Sheik Jarrah”.

   For more info: https://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/online-film-salon-videos/online-film-salon  

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Link to film resource list

Just Vision offers films and in depth discussion guides

Featuring:

   For more info: https://justvision.org/films  

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View Mondoweiss article

View Kairos Palestine letter to US Conference of Catholic Bishops

Featuring: [Kairos Palestine] shares with you the open call [they] sent to The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in response to [Kairos' request] two weeks ago on the resource “Translate Hate: The Catholic edition”.

   For more info: https://mondoweiss.net/2025/04/palestinian-christians-reject-u-s-catholic-bishops-collaboration-with-pro-israel-group/  

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Link to recording

Watch now: Highlights from "From the Nakba to Camp David" panel discussion

Featuring: highlights from the powerful panel discussion at the premiere of From the Nakba to Camp David: 1947 – 1979, hosted by Amnesty International. The documentary explores pivotal moments from the British Mandate to the Camp David Accords, featuring rare archival footage, personal diaries, and expert insights into the history of Palestine and Israel.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDUjMjdst5U  

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Free films about Palestine

Featuring: In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free. In the attached documet, Philip Farah shares links to films you can view and share to get our message out to the world.

   For more info:  pfarah50@gmail..com

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Link to recording

Watch relaunch of Britain Palestine Project.

Featuring: Balfour Project relaunches as Britain Palestine Project with speeches by Palestinian Ambassador Husam Hamlet, Lord Soames, BPP Chair Andrew Whitley and BPP Director Dr Brian Brivati.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ5NFccyP4U  

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Register for event

Museum of the Palestinian People exhibition “Gaza Remains the Story”.

Featuring: “Gaza Remains the Story” is an exhibition that centers Gaza’s cultural heritage, resilience, and lived reality amid genocide, war, and erasure. Featuring historical archives, contemporary artworks, and community-centered scholarship, the exhibition bears witness to the devastation unfolding in Gaza while honoring the enduring creativity of its people.

   For more info: https://museumofpalestinianpeople.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=/portal/events/16186  

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Link to YouTube

Watch video by If Americans Knew.

Featuring: If Americans Knew has produced a short video in response to an advertising campaign being launched by Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs. When If Americans Knew learned of the Ministry’s campaign and saw its video, the organization decided to create a video to set the record straight. This replicates the visual style of the Israeli video but depicts the factual experience for Palestinian students.

   For more info: https://youtu.be/DxMa47bD6VY  

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Link to article

Read Philip Farah’s Znetwork article “Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Gaza Plan, Elon Musk, Apartheid South Africa and White Supremacy”.

Featuring:

   For more info: https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trumps-ethnic-cleansing-gaza-plan-elon-musk-apartheid-south-africa-and-white-supremacy/  

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Link for information

Museum of the Palestinian People is seeking a Director of Development.

Featuring:

   For more info: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/communications-manager-at-museum-of-the-palestinian-people-4112055776  

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Link to YouTube

Listen to Francesca Albanese discuss "Israel's Torture Policy of Palestinian Hostages".

Featuring:

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPP9GfB15JA  

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View the trailer

"The Gaza Project"

Featuring: +972 Magazine is proud to be partaking in the Gaza Project — a collaborative investigation into the targeting of Palestinian journalists during Israel’s current bombardment of Gaza, whose findings will be published this week. Over four months, in partnership with 50 journalists from 13 media organizations around the world, we analyzed the more than 100 deaths of media workers in Gaza, as well as other cases in which members of the press have been threatened or wounded since October 7, including in the occupied West Bank We focused on patterns of targeting, including drone strikes and attacks against press infrastructure in Gaza.

   For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iugM6KOK7O8  

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Link for information

Friends of Sabeel North America Direct Action Database

Featuring: Use this tool to find online action links; keep up with FOSNA campaigns, coalitions, endorsements, handbooks, and more; and links to a wealth of amazing activist resources from our friends, partners, and allies in the movement for justice in and beyond the Holy Land.

   For more info: https://www.fosna.org/advocacy-direct-action-database  

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Middle East Books and More book list for understanding history of Gaza and US support for Israel

Featuring:

   For more info: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGtxdZHmqXQQfqwGKWpqvdQLhxH  

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PALESTINE TOUR INFORMATION

as of March 17, 2023

Information compiled by Voices From the Holy Land. 

Table of Contents

Scheduled Tours for 2023 ........................................................................................................................1 Tour Organizations..................................................................................................................................4 Virtual (Online) Tours..............................................................................................................................6 Handbooks, Maps, and Guides ................................................................................................................6

Scheduled Tours for 2023

RCA Immersion Tour of Palestine

Nov. 5-18, 2023

This trip will be led by Rev. Joshua Vis, Ph.D., who serves as Church Engagement Facilitator in Israel and  Palestine with RCA Global Mission. He stands alongside Palestinian and Israeli individuals and  organizations who seek an end to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza, in  a ministry of peace with justice. He leads immersion tours that include a deep dive into both the  history and archaeology of the Bible and the history and current realities of the Israeli-Palestinian  conflict.

https://www.rca.org/global-mission/missionaries/josh-sally-vis/

Register here: https://sforce.co/3y0mxDe

For more information and to request flyer, contact Stephanie: ssoderstrom@rca.org

Joint Advocacy Initiative Youth Journey for Justice - Palestine 

July 8-16, 2023

Youth, 17 - 30, from all over the world are invited to join the Journey for Justice in Palestine. https://www.jai-pal.org/en/advocacy-visits-trips/advocacy-programs-palestine/journey-for-justice

 

 

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9-Day Architectural Tour of Palestine (Siraj Tours)

Oct. 6-15, 2023

Visiting: Nazareth, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jericho, Hebron, Jerusalem.

Tour covers Palestine's architectural heritage and “the architecture of the occupation.” It will be  centred in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem but will also include a couple of days in Nazareth (a  predominantly Palestinian city in Israel), where guided by a Palestinian architect we’ll visit the site of  Palestinian villages destroyed in 1948 and explore the newly regenerated old city.

Link to photos from previous tours: https://bit.ly/Palestine_snapshot

Contact: karena.batstone@gmail.com

Travel2Palestine Tours

Encounter Palestine Tour 

May 28 – June 1, 2023 

Aug.27 – 31st, 2023 

Oct. 29th – Nov. 2, 2023 

Palestinian Citizens of Israel Tour

Nov. 5 – 9, 2023

We run small expert-led tours. Our mission is to educate and inform on the situation in Palestine and  Israel, specifically on the impact on human rights. We have Palestinian and Israeli guides and UK  organisers. We focus mainly on occupied Palestine, but also look at human rights of Palestinians living  within Israel. We take you to refugee camps, settlements, checkpoints and villages under attack by  settlers. You get top-level briefings from Palestinian and Israeli NGOs and from the United Nations. You  meet politicians and experts and activists. The focus is very much on the occupation and the conflict,  with only basic sightseeing (tour participants can stay on to do sightseeing on their own).

https://travel2palestine.org/bookvisit/

Contact: Martin director@t2ptravel.com or Mary organiser@t2ptravel.com

St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square and Christ Church, Georgetown Co-sponsored pilgrimage  Sept. 29 - Oct. 11, 2023: 

The voyage will offer pilgrims the opportunity to visit many of the major sites of our faith. The group  will be guided by Iyad Qumri, a Palestinian Christian who has been leading pilgrims through this special  place for more than 25 years.

For more info: https://www.iyadqumripilgrimages.com

Sign up: https://stjohns-dc.org/contact-paulbarkett/

 

 

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Holy Land Franciscan Pilgrimages 

12 pilgrimages planned for 2023

When you travel with us, your pilgrimage benefits the Christians who live in the Holy Land in a couple  of ways. First, you can support their livelihood because we’re able to direct you to Christian-owned  businesses and restaurants. And secondly, any support to the Holy Land Friars supports the work they  do in the Holy Land, work in providing education, healthcare, care for children and the elderly, and  maintenance of the holy shrines themselves.

https://holylandpilgrimages.org/upcoming-pilgrimages/

For more info: info@holylandpilgrimages.org

“Living Stones” Tour of Palestine-Israel 

June 11-24, 2023

Featuring Dr. Michael Spath, founder of the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace https://indianacmep.org

For more info: lmichaelspath@gmail.com

Americans for Peace Now Dual-Narrative Tour of Israel, Palestine And Morocco  March 2023

The tour will combine the traditional elements with new, exciting programming that takes advantage  of MEJDI Tours' expertise. Meet Israeli and Palestinian elected leaders and other officials at the Knesset  and in Ramallah, and Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan.

For more info: kpaul@peacenow.org

Community Peacemaker Team Delegation Visits to Palestine

Nakba Day May 10-22, 2023

Multifaith Peacemaking Sept. 27 – Oct. 9, 2023

Olive Harvest Nov. 3-15, 2023

CPT sends short-term (7-14 day) peacemaker delegations into crisis settings around the world. These  delegations link communities experiencing violence with individuals and groups. Delegations offer  participants a first-hand experience of CPT’s on-the-ground experiment in non-violence.

https://cpt.org/delegations/palestine

 

 

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Tour Organizations

Kairos Recommended trips to Israel/Palestine

https://www.kairosresponse.org/recommended_trips-1.html

Adventure tours

Abraham Palestine HeritageTrail

https://phtrail.org/trail/

Amos Trust Palestine Marathon

https://www.amostrust.org/amos-travel/run-palestine-2023/

Amos Trust Travel

https://www.amostrust.org/amos-travel/

Amos Trust

https://www.amostrust.org/amos-travel/experience-palestine-2023/

Bike Palestine

https://bikepalestine.com/

Siraj Center

https://sirajcenter.org/

Walk Palestine

https://www.walkpalestine.com/en

Human Rights/Factfinding Tours

Alternative Tourism Group

http://atg.ps/

Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (3-month stays, coordinated by the  World Council of Churches)

https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/eappi

Eyewitness Palestine

https://eyewitnesspalestine.org/

The Palestine Committee (Norway)

https://palestinakomiteen.no/ [website is in Norwegian]

To Be There

https://tobe-there.com/

Travel2Palestine (UK)

https://travel2palestine.org/

UCC Palestine/Israel Network

https://www.uccpin.org/witness-trips

USPCR

https://uscpr.org/activist-resource/ethical-travel-to-palestine-challenging-apartheid-tourism/

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Wi’am

https://www.alaslah.org/tours/

YMCA and YWCA

https://www.jai-pal.org/en/advocacy-visits-trips/advocacy-programs-palestine/journey-for-justice

Zaytoun (UK)

https://zaytoun.uk/visit-palestine/

Responsible Religious Pilgrimages

Center for Jewish Nonviolence

https://cjnv.org/

Churches for Middle East Peace

https://cmep.org/travel/

Community Peacemaker Teams

https://cpt.org/delegations

Footsteps of Jesus (Disciples of Christ)

http://www.footstepsofjesustour.org/

Friends of Sabeel Witness Trips)

https://www.fosna.org/come-see-visit-the-holy-land friends@fosna.org

Holy Land Franciscan Pilgrimages

info@holylandpilgrimages.org

Laila Tours & Travel (Bethlehem)

https://www.lailatours.com/

Lightline Pilgrimages (UK)

https://www.lightline.org.uk/

Living Stones (Holy Land Trust)

https://www.fosna.org/come-see-visit-the-holy-land  

Living Stones Pilgrimages (Pilgrims of Ibillin)

https://www.pilgrimsofibillin.org

Living Stones Tours (United Methodists for Kairos Response)

https://www.kairosresponse.org/tours.html

McCabe Pilgrimages (UK)

https://www.mccabe-travel.co.uk/

Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East

https://neme.network/

Pilgrimage People (UK)

https://pilgrimagepeople.org/

RCA Immersion Tours of Israel-Palestine

https://www.rca.org/global-mission/missionaries/josh-sally-vis/

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Tangney Tours (UK)

https://www.tangney-tours.com/

Tree of Life Journeys (First Congregational Church of Old Lyme)

https://tolef.org/

Virtual (Online) Tours

Green Olive Tours

https://greenolivetours.com/online-events/

Visit to Deir al Balah, Gaza (ANERA, video)

https://www.anera.org/blog/a-visit-to-deir-al-balah-gaza/

We Are Not Numbers (video shorts)

https://www.youtube.com/@wearenotnumbers2698

Handbooks, Maps, and Guides

“Palestine & Palestinians” Guidebook (ATG)

http://atg.ps/guidebook

Comprehensive information on Palestinian culture, history, archaeology, religion, architecture, and  politics, along with practical information (transport, hotels, cafes, restaurants, museums, hiking routes,  cultural centers, etc.) to travel responsibly.

Wujood “Existence/Presence” (Grassroots Jerusalem)

https://www.grassrootsalquds.net/wujood

Political tourist guide of Jerusalem, emphasizing the city’s unique attractions while drawing a picture of  the realities of Palestinian Jerusalemite communities from a grassroots perspective. It invites visitors to  take an active role in supporting Palestinian freedom by supporting the Palestinian economy or  volunteering.

Interactive Map of Jerusalem (Grassroots Jerusalem)

https://www.grassrootsalquds.net/

Profiles the neighborhoods, history, stories, businesses, and local organizing of Palestinian  Jerusalemites.

Palestine Open Maps (Visualizing Palestine and Columbia University Studio X Amman) https://palopenmaps.org/

An online interactive map of the geography of Palestine, including present-day Palestinian localities and  the hundreds of destroyed Palestinian villages often erased from official government maps.

VisitPalestine.tech

https://visitpalestine.tech/

Itineraries, logistical support, and more for travelers interested in the Palestinian technology and startup  sector.

Welcome to Palestine

https://www.welcometopalestine.com

A website offering comprehensive destination guides, broken down by city and village.

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Selected Bibliography on

Palestine & Israel

Abunimah, Ali, One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse. 2007

Clear-eyed, sharply reasoned, and compassionate, One Country proposes a radical alternative: to revive the neglected idea of one state shared by two peoples. Abunimah shows how the two are by now so intertwined―geographically and economically―that separation cannot lead to the security Israelis need or the rights Palestinians must have. Taking on the objections and taboos that stand in the way of a binational solution, he demonstrates that sharing the territory will bring benefits for all.

Abunimah, a Palestinian American, is the co-creator and editor of the Electronic Intifada Web site. A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Chicago, he has written for the Chicago Tribune, among other publications.

Ateek, Naim Stifan, A Palestinian Theology of Liberation 2017

Addressing what many consider the world's most controversial conflict, Naim Ateek offers a succinct primer on liberation theology in the context of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and self-determination. Beginning with the historical roots of this struggle, he shows how the memory of the Holocaust served to trump the claims and aspirations of the native inhabitants of Palestine, and how later Israeli occupation and settlements in the West Bank have contributed to their suffering and oppression.  Supported by many Western Christians, Israeli claims to the land rely on a particular exclusivist reading of the Bible. In contrast, a Palestinian theology of liberation responds with a counterstrategy for biblical interpretation, emphasizing the prophetic themes of inclusivity and justice.  Ateek concludes by providing principles for achieving security, peace, and justice for all peoples in Israel/Palestine. Top of FormBottom of Form

Baconi, Tareq, Hamas Contained: A History of Palestinian Resistance 2018 (new material               added after October 7, 2023)

Hamas has ruled Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there since 2006. Hamas Contained, first published in 2018, offers a history of the group, drawing on interviews with organization leaders and their publications. Tareq Baconi maps Hamas's thirty-year transition from fringe military resistance towards governance, culminating in Israeli efforts to contain the movement to the Gaza Strip.  Baconi argues that under Israel's approach of managing rather than resolving the conflict, Hamas's demand for Palestinian sovereignty has effectively been marginalized in favor of military action against Hamas, and by implication, all Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. This dynamic―a violent equilibrium between Hamas and Israel and the movement's containment in the Gaza Strip―lasted for sixteen years, until it was shattered by Hamas’s offensive on October 7, 2023.

Now with new material that provides an analytical framework and reflection on Hamas's offensive of October 7, 2023, and Israel's ensuing war on Gaza, Hamas Contained is an even more essential guide to understanding Hamas and the brutal violence of Israel’s war on Palestinians.

Barber, Brian, No Way But Forward 2025

No Way But Forward takes you there via a set of deeply human accounts of three ordinary young Palestinian men over the past thirty years, including the year following October 7, 2023. Their lives have been riddled with oppressive military constraint, violence, humiliation, and loss. Yet along with their parents, wives, and children, they have persevered in making an honorable life for themselves. These narratives are gripping, instructive, inspiring, tragic, and universally relevant as tales of survival, endurance, and hope.

Bennis, Phyllis, Understanding Palestine & Israel 2025

People watched in horror as Israel responded to the terrible acts of October 7, 2023 with a brutal war against the people of Gaza. They demanded a ceasefire and protested the U.S. government financing, arming, and protecting Israel’s war. A key question was when to start the clock — because none of those events actually began on October 7; all had their origins in events many years earlier.

In straightforward, accessible language Phyllis Bennis takes on that question — and more — providing answers to many questions about this ongoing conflict. What is the Balfour Declaration? What are the Occupied Territories? What is Zionism — and do all Jews support it? Does Israel have the right of self-defense? What were conditions like in Gaza before October 7?

Carter, Jimmy, Peace Not Apartheid, 2007 and We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land 2009

The former president reflects on the actions necessary to bring a true peace to a troubled region he knows well.

Chacour, Elias Blood Brothers 1984

Father Elias Chacour is a Catholic priest and the Archbishop of the Melkite Church in Israel. Born in a village in the Galilee, he and his family were expelled in 1948 as part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Zionist forces. Father Chacour has stayed in Israel, devoting himself to peace through the education of Palestinian children and working for reconciliation between Palestinians and Jews. This is the memoir of an extraordinary man.

Erakat, Noura, Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine 2019

Justice in the “Question of Palestine” is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the Israel-Palestinian conflict's most vexing challenges have been resolved by judicial              intervention. Occupation law has failed to stem Israel's settlement enterprise. Laws of war have permitted killing and destruction during Israel's military offensives in the Gaza Strip. The Oslo Accord's two-state solution is now dead letter.

Justice for Some offers a new approach to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom, told through the power and control of international law. Erakat shows how the strategic deployment of law has shaped current conditions. Within the law, change is possible. International law can serve the cause of freedom when it is mobilized in support of a political movement. Presenting the promise and risk of international law, Justice for Some calls for renewed action and attention to the “Question of Palestine”.

 Falk, Richard, Dugard, John, Lynk, Michael, Protecting Human Rights in Occupied Palestine: Working Through the United Nations 2023

This book is the first comprehensive examination of UN efforts to protect Palestinian human rights in the territories occupied by Israel more than 50 years ago in the 1967 War. Working through the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, three top international legal experts served for six consecutive years as unpaid Special Rapporteurs with a UN mandate to report on Israeli violations of international humanitarian law and human rights standards. Strikingly, despite their differences in background and political outlook, they came to a unanimous consensus confirming the routine and various Israeli violations of Palestinian basic rights. This book recounts their frustrations, their trials, their experiences, and their conclusions. This is a brilliant and authoritative account of the manner in which Israel has administered the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Gorenberg, Gershom, The Accidental Empire 2006

An essential and well-written book. An Israeli journalist and historian, Gorenberg recaps Zionist history as the preamble to conditions that set up the occupation of the Palestinian territories post-1967. He then tells the whole tragic story of fanaticism, political cowardice, and failed opportunities. A unique and courageous window into Israeli society and politics.

Halper, Jeff, War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification 2015

Modern warfare has a new form. The days of international combat are fading. So how do major world powers maintain control over their people today?

This book has disturbing insight into the new ways world powers such as the US, Israel, Britain and China forge war today. It is a subliminal war of surveillance and whitewashed terror, conducted through new, high-tech military apparatuses, designed and first used in Israel against the Palestinian population. Including nano-technology, hidden camera systems, information databases on civilian activity, automated targeting systems and unmanned drones, it is used to control the very people the nation's leaders profess to serve.

Jeff Halper reveals that this practice is much more insidious than previously thought. As Western governments claw back individual liberties, War Against the People is a reminder that fundamental human rights are being compromised for vast sections of the world, and that this is a subject that should concern everyone.

Isaac, Muther, Christ In the Rubble 2025

In this impassioned and incisive book, Munther Isaac challenges mainstream Christians’ uncritical embrace of the modern State of Israel. Speaking from his unique vantage point as a prominent Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian, he proclaims a truth that is rarely acknowledged in Christian circles: Israel’s campaign to eliminate the Palestinian people did not begin after October 7, 2023. Rather, the campaign is a continuation of a colonial project with nineteenth-century roots that has, since 1948, established systems of entrenched discrimination and segregation worse than South Africa’s apartheid regime.


 He calls on Christians to repent of their complicity in the destruction of the Palestinian people. And he challenges them to realign their beliefs and actions with Christ—who can be found not among perpetrators of violence, but with victims buried under the rubble of war.

Khalidi, Rahshid, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine 2021

A landmark history recounting one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians. Drawing on untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members, Khalidi traces a colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then the State of Israel, backed by Britain and the United States. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process.
Original, authoritative, and important, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is not a chronicle of victimization, nor does it whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. In reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, it offers an illuminating new view of a conflict that continues to this day.
       

Masalha, Nur,  Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History 2018

Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and the latest archaeological evidence, Masalha shows how Palestine's multicultural past has been distorted and mythologized by Biblical lore and the Israel–Palestinian conflict.

In the process, Masalha reveals that the concept of Palestine, contrary to accepted belief, is not a modern invention or one constructed in opposition to Israel, but rooted firmly in ancient past. Palestine represents the authoritative account of the country's history.

McDonald, Alex, When They Speak Israel: A Guide to Clarity in Conversations about Israel 2021

When They Speak Israel is a guide for better understanding one’s own and others’ association with Israel. It is a guide written primarily for people who oppose racism and stand for human rights yet want to build relationships and conversations with others who may have different views. When They Speak Israel responds to talking points that we hear in the press and from politicians about Israel, Palestine, and everyone in between. The guide offers queries to unpack these talking points offering potential bridges for thinking, caring, and conversations where they would otherwise be almost impossible.

McDonald, Alex, How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American's Guide to a Foreign Policy Language, 2021

How I Learned to Speak Israel is a guide for Americans wanting to better understand the Israel/Palestine situation. It is the author’s story of how he thought he knew about the situation and history only to learn that a lot of mythology was mixed in. This book provides tools and approaches for discerning what is fact from fiction. How I Learned to Speak Israel emphasizes the importance of the language used to create the understandings we have of the situation and how the language used by the media and politicians affects domestic US policy and our rights as Americans.

Pappe, Ilan, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 2007

Pappe is among a group of Jewish revisionist historians called the “New Historians” who have documented the actual actions of Zionist and then Israeli forces at the time of the founding of the State of Israel. This book relies greatly on material from Israeli military archives.

Pappe, Ilan, The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories 2019

From the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence comes an incisive look at the Occupied Territories, picking up the story where the ethnic cleansing of Palestine left off.

Pappe, Ilan, Ten Myths about Israel 2017 (updated in 2023)

The Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel. Pappé refutes myths that are cited as truth by the media, the military, and accepted without question by the world’s governments. These myths reinforce the regional status quo and help prevent a solution.  

Peled, Miko, The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine 2012

In 1997, a tragedy struck the family of Israeli American Miko Peled: His beloved niece Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber. That tragedy propelled Peled onto a journey of discovery. It pushed him to re-examine many of the beliefs he had grown up with, as the son and grandson of leading figures in Israel’s political-military elite.

Raheb, Mitri, Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible 2023

Decolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settler-colonial state of Israel. Raheb argues that some of the most important theological concepts – Israel, the land, election, and chosen people – must be decolonized in a paradigm shift in Christian theological thinking about Palestine. Written by a native Palestinian Christian theologian living in the region, Decolonizing Palestine provides an insider’s perspective that disrupts dominating and imperialist narratives about the region.

Rodash, Allis & Ronald, A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel 2010

This book studies the politics and decision-making process that led President Truman to support the founding of the modern state of Israel.

Rosen, Brant, Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity 2012

Shocked by what he read about the 2008 Israeli military campaign in Gaza, American Rabbi Rosen began to publicly question his long held "liberal Zionist" beliefs in his blog Shalom Rav.

RothchildAlice, Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine 2017

Since 2003, obstetrician Alice Rothchild has traveled annually to Israel/Palestine with other concerned Americans, to learn about health and human rights situation of politically marginalized communities, especially Palestinians. Condition Critical presents key blog posts and analytical essays that explore everyday life in Israel, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza up close and with searing honesty. These eyewitness reports and intimate stories depict the critical condition of a region suffering from decades-old wounds of colonization and occupation. Condition Critical dares (and inspires) its readers to examine the painful consequences of Zionism and Israeli expansion and to bend the arc of the moral universe towards justice.

Sfard, Michael, The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human               Rights 2018

From renowned human rights lawyer Michael Sfard, an unprecedented exploration of the struggle for human rights in Israel's courts.

In The Wall and the Gate, renowned human rights lawyer Michael Sfard, chronicles the struggle of a Palestinian farmer in the West Bank, cut off from his olive groves by the construction of Israel’s controversial separation wall. Asked by the farmer to petition the courts to allow a gate to be built in the wall, Sfard recounts the unfolding of key cases and issues, ranging from land confiscation, deportations, the creation of settlements, punitive home demolitions, torture, and targeted killings―all actions considered violations of international law. In the process, he lays bare the reality of the occupation and the lives of the people who must contend with that reality. He exposes the surreal legal structures that have been erected to put a stamp of lawfulness on an extensive program of dispossession. Finally, he weighs the success of the legal effort, reaching conclusions that are no less paradoxical than the fight itself. The Wall and the Gate is a signal contribution to everyone concerned with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and human rights everywhere.

Shlaim, Avi, Genocide in Gaza: Israel, Hamas, and the Long War on Palestine 2025

The brutal war launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip in response to the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, was a major landmark in the blood-soaked history of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. This was the eighth Israeli military offensive in Gaza since Operation Cast Lead of December 2008. It was also the most savage, destructive, and lethal attack with a death toll that has exceeded by far the combined total of the previous seven offensives.

In this book Avi Shlaim argues that these recurrent attacks are the inevitable result of Zionist settler colonialism whose basic objective is the elimination of the native population. In this war, however, Israel has gone beyond land-grabbing and ethnic cleansing to committing actual genocide. Providing Israel with the weapons of mass murder as well as diplomatic protection at the UN, makes America not only complicit but an enabler of Israel’s egregious war crimes.

Suarez, Tom, Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from the River to the Sea 2022

How terror was used by Zionist militias to transform Palestine into an apartheid settler state.

The Israel-Palestine “conflict” is typically understood to be a clash between two ethnic groups—Arabs and Jews—inhabiting the same land. Thomas Suárez digs deep below these preconceptions and their supporting “narratives” to expose something starkly different: the violent take-over of Palestine by Zionism, using terror to assert its claim to the land by force, based on questionable moral and legal foundations.

Drawing extensively from original source documents, Suárez interweaves secret intelligence reports, newly declassified military and diplomatic correspondence, and the terrorists’ own records boasting of their successes. His account details a litany of Zionist terrorism against anyone in their way—the indigenous Palestinians, the British who had helped establish Zionism, and Jews who opposed the Zionist agenda. Far from being isolated atrocities by rogue groups, the use of terror was deliberate and sustained, carried out or supported by the same leaders who then established and led the Israeli state.

Tolan, Sandy, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East 2006

The histories of two families, a Bulgarian Jewish family that barely escapes the Holocaust and a Palestinian family forced to flee their home during the establishment of the state of Israel, bound together in a house lived in and loved by both.  Meticulous endnotes anchor the human narration firmly in the history and events of the time.

Wagner, Donald E., Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land 2022

A personal, political, and religious journey from Evangelical Christian faith and conservative politics to solidarity with the poor and advocacy for anti-war, anti-racism, and Palestinian rights. The memoir touches on history and includes political analysis and theological reflection. In it, Donald Wagner describes Israel’s continued colonization and destruction of Palestinian lives and chronicles his involvement in a grassroots movement of resistance that demands justice based on full equality, an end to the Israeli military occupation and settler colonization project, the right of return for Palestinian refugees, and full political rights for the Palestinian people.

 

               

                 

 

               

 

SELECTED DOCUMENTARY FILMS

 

Voices Across the Divide - 57 min. Filmmaker Alice Rothchild is an American Jew raised on the tragedies of the Holocaust and the dream of a Jewish homeland in Israel. The film follows her personal journey as she begins to understand the Palestinian narrative while exploring the Palestinian experience of loss, occupation, statelessness, and immigration to the US. The documentary is both a personal journey to understand the Palestinian narrative as well as the implications and contradictions of deeply held cultural beliefs in the Jewish community. Rothchild interviews those who participated in the Nakba – and those affected by it.

Budrus (2009) - 70 min. Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier

Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land (2004) - 80 min. This video shows how the foreign policy interests of American political elites-working in combination with Israeli public relations stratgies-influence US news reporting about the Middle East conflict. Combining American and British TV news clips with observations of analysts, journalists and political activists, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a brief historical overview, a striking media comparison, and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion.

With God On Our Side (2010) - 82 min. With God On Our Side takes a hard look at the theology and politics of Christian Zionism, which teaches that because the Jews are God's chosen people, Israeli government policies should not be questioned, even when these policies are unjust.

Life in Occupied Palestine - 55 min. Anna Baltzer, a Jewish-American Columbia graduate and Fulbright scholar, presents her discoveries as a volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service in the West Bank, documenting human rights abuses and supporting Palestinian-led nonviolent resistance to the Occupation. Baltzer's presentation provides those interested in the Israel/ Palestine conflict with critical information and documentation that can be difficult to obtain through mainstream Western media sources, and to encourage dialog towards taking action on the issue. Topics discussed include checkpoints, settlements, Israeli activism, Zionism, 1948 War & refugees, censorship, the Wall, the ongoing annexation of Palestinian land, and the almost unbearable living conditions under the occupation.

Little Town of Bethlehem (2010) - 75 min. The documentary shares the gripping story of three men, born into violence, willing to risk everything to bring an end to violence in their lifetime. A Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew-shaped by events of their Palestinian and Israeli upbringing-find inspiration in the words and actions of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. Sami, Ahmad, and Yonatan believe that violence can indeed be stopped but recognize their own struggles will remain. Yet they will struggle together to discover a common humanity through non-violent action. In the city of Bethlehem where it is said God became man, these men stand alongside others whose central desire is to be accepted and treated as fully human.Their story brings fresh hope to the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel while taking a stand against violence throughout the world.

The People and the Olive - 70 min. What do olive trees mean to Palestinian farmers? Olives are their livelihood, their source of sustenance and the way they root themselves, historically and spiritually, to the land. But Palestinians are denied access to nearly 30 percent of their beloved olive trees in the West Bank as they struggle to live under Israeli military occupation. How do they persevere? And what should the international community understand about Palestinian olive farmers, who love their land and harvest it every season to feed their families — just as farmers across the world do?

On the Side of the Road -             103 min. Filmmaker Lia Tarachansky is a Jew who was born in Kiev. When she was six her family moved to the Ariel settlement in the West Bank. Her mother wanted to contribute to Zionism, Lia said. Tarachansky turns the camera on herself as she revisits settlements and interviews current residents. She says her goal is just to examine and narrate.

Occupation Has No Future - 84 min. Through conversations with Israeli conscientious objectors, former soldiers, and Palestinians living under occupation, Occupation Has No Future creates a survey of the current atmosphere in Israel and the West Bank. The film explores the Israeli social environment that creates heightened militarism and leads to fear and aggression; and examines the consequences of Israeli policies for the Palestinian people as well as for Israeli civil society. Additionally, this documentary looks at the Israeli anti-militarist movement and Israeli youth refusing conscription, refusing orders, and partnering with a growing grassroots Palestinian campaign of civil disobedience against the occupation

Checkpoint - 80 min. Documentary filmmaker Yoav Shamir's depiction of the checkpoints that the Israel Defense Forces man in the Palestinian Authority.

Defamation (2009) - 101 min. Intent on shaking up the ultimate 'sacred cow' for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on a provocative - and at times irreverent - quest to answer the question, "What is anti-Semitism today?"

Encounter Point  - 85 min. Film follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. Their journeys lead them to the unlikeliest places to confront hatred within their communities. The film explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grassroots solutions

Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority  - 90 min. A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. political involvement.

Five Broken Cameras  - 90 min. When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For more than five years, Emad films the struggle, which is led by two of his best friends, alongside filming how Gibreel grows. Very soon it affects his family and his own life. Daily arrests and night raids scare his family; his friends, brothers and himself are either shot or arrested. One Camera after another is shot at or smashed, each camera tells a part of his story.

Living under the Occupation: Daily Life in Occupied Palestine - 27 min. A film made by EFA MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) François Alfonsi, Jill Evans and Ana Miranda during their visit to the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Promises (2002) -106 min. Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of seven local children between 1995 and 1998. These seven children tell their own story about growing up in Jerusalem. When the protagonists speak out in an epilogue a couple of years later, it becomes apparent that all have lost their childlike innocence.

Salt of the Earth: Palestinian Christians in the Northern West Bank (2004) - 193 min. Marthame and Elizabeth Sanders lived in the Christian Palestinian village of Zababdeh from August, 2000, through December, 2003. Volunteers with the Presbyterian Church (USA), their ministry was one of ecumenical support to the Church in the land of its birth. The film documents the lives of nine Palestinian Christians living in the northern West Bank. This film grew out of a desire among their Palestinian neighbors to share their stories, and a desire among Christians in the West to hear them. The Sanders describe the project as "a labor of love, a response to the graciousness, warmth, hospitality, and welcome we received from our Palestinian neighbors and colleagues."

The Colour of Olives - 97 min. Like many Palestinian families, the Amers live surrounded by the infamous West Bank Wall where their daily lives are dominated by electrified fences, locks and a constant swarm of armed soldiers.  Constructed with a combination of verité scenes and re-enactments, this poignant and richly crafted film offers its audience a much needed opportunity to reflect on the effects of racial segregation, the meaning of borders and the absurdity of war.

The Gatekeepers - 101 min. A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets

The Law In These Parts (2013) - 105 min. What is legal and what is just? The wide gap between the two is explored meticulously by this Israeli investigation of the legal structure created after the 1967 Six Days War, specifically to treat the West Bank and Gaza Strip as occupied territories. Speaking with some of Israel’s most respected lawyers and judges – men who helped to craft and later interpret these laws – filmmaker Ra’anan Alexandrowicz asks tough, pointed questions and gets even tougher answers. He asks his subjects to consider the consequences of their actions in a highly politicized environment. This documentary takes the position that unjust laws create unjust realities. Laws that everyone admits are not perfect but are the best that can be done under difficult circumstances may result in tragedy for everyone: both the judges and the judged.This film is winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Sundance and Jerusalem Film Festivals.

It's Better to Jump - 75 min. There is a centuries-old seawall in the ancient port of Akka, located on Israel's northern coast. Today, Akka is a modern city inhabited by Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Baha'i, but its history goes all the way back to rule of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Young people dare to stand atop the 40' one-meter thick block structure and risk their fate by jumping into the roiling sea. This perilous tradition has continued for many generations, and has become a rite of passage for the children of Akka. "It's Better to Jump" is about the ancient walled city of Akka as it undergoes harsh economic pressures and vast social change. The film focuses on the aspirations and concerns of the Palestinian inhabitants who call the Old City home.

Home Front – Portraits From Sheikh Jarrah - Getting beyond the sensational headlines and broad generalizations that normally dominate discussions of Jerusalem, Home Front captures voices rarely heard, of those struggling to stop settlement expansion in East Jerusalem and build a future of pluralism and equality in the city. Featuring the accounts of a Palestinian teenager forced to give up half his home to Israeli settlers, an American-born Israeli mother who gets drawn into the demonstrations after her children’s arrest, a Palestinian community organizer who brings local women to the forefront of the struggle, and a veteran of the Israeli army who becomes one of the campaign’s leaders, Home Front chronicles the resolve of a neighborhood, and the support it receives from the most unexpected of places.

Censored Voices - The 1967 'Six-Day' war ended with Israel's decisive victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed, to this day, as a righteous undertaking - a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording revealed an honest look at the moment Israel turned from David to Goliath. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing the kibbutzniks to publish only a fragment of the conversations. 'Censored Voices' reveals the original recordings for the first time.

Teaching Ignorance - 2015, 52 Minutes. This powerful film follows several Israeli and Palestinian teachers over the course of an academic year. It asks: How do the Palestinian, Israeli Arab, and Israeli Jewish educational systems teach the history of their peoples? By observing teachers, the film shows us their exchanges and confrontations with students as they transmit the values of religion, politics, and nationalism in the classroom. In Teaching Ignorance, educators from all sides of the conflict debate their peoples’ official curriculum, wrestling with is restrictions. This film offers an intimate glimpse into the profound and long-lasting effect that the Israeli/Palestinian conflict transmits to the next generation.

 

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