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Documentary: free on YouTube
THE OCCUPATION OF THE AMERICAN MIND | New & Abridged (49 mins) | Released Oct. 25, 2023 –shows how Israeli government and pro-Israel lobby groups have influenced U.S. media and elected officials for over 50 years to shape views about Israel’s control of Gaza.
Link to recorded Feb. 23, 2025 event: Presentations and Q&A
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MdlFMOPskLPeYvSawtXRdBvy8tLOMPke/view
– in this Zoom recording, the program begins at 8:44 and ends at 1:26:01
Take action
Tell Congress: ARMS EMBARGO NOW. – JVP
Email Congress: Block Weapons to Israel!
The list below is from Kayla Blau’s (Jewish Voice for Peace) presentation on 2/23/25.
- Contact your elected officials to demand an end to U.S support (weapons sales and foreign aid to Israel) for genocide of Palestinians.
- Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) – What is BDS? | BDS Movement
- Disrupt misinformation and propaganda when you see/hear it.
- Educate yourself and your community: Read and watch Palestinian perspectives.
- Join a community group such as Seattle Families 4 Ceasefire or Jewish Voice for Peace
- JVP Power Hour every day at noon – Sign up here: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Donate
Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund
Middle East Children’s Alliance – Meca for Peace
UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
Palestine Red Crescent Society
Mission & Guiding Principles | The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
Help Refugees In Palestine, Jordan & Lebanon | Anera
Learn more: Israeli human rights violations
Amnesty International – Dec. 2024 report. “You Feel Like You Are Subhuman”: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza | Amnesty International USA
Human Rights Watch: Israel/Palestine / Fact Sheet: Is Israel an Apartheid State? | IMEU
Learn more: News sources
Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Haaretz | Israel News, the Middle East and the Jewish World – Haaretz.com
Home Page – Palestine Chronicle
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU)
In The Face of Lifelong Terror, Gaza Speaks Truth To Power – In These Times
Israel’s Government Wants to Silence All Criticism, and Will Target Human Rights to Do It
Learn more: Books
A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism by Esther Farmer | Goodreads
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine by Noura Erakat | Goodreads
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa | Goodreads
On Palestine by Noam Chomsky | Goodreads
Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi | Goodreads
Tolerance Is a Wasteland by Saree Makdisi – Hardcover – University of California Press
Poems by Palestinians
Rafeef Ziadah – Hadeel / Rafeef Ziadah – ‘We teach life, sir’, London, 12.11.11 /
Rafeef Ziadah – If My Words / “If I Must Die,” A Poem by Refaat Alareer – In These Times