Sykes-Picot Proposal
In May 1916, British diplomat Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Georges-Picot concluded a secret agreement partitioning much of the Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire into British and French spheres of influence pending an allied victory in World War I. When the...
Balfour Declaration
The British Government issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 — a public statement expressing support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. This marked a watershed moment in the history of Zionism, British politics, and Arab...
British White Paper of 1939
From 1920-1948, the British Government administered present-day Israel and Palestine as Mandatory Palestine. Facing sectarian violence from both Jewish settlers and Palestinian Arab peoples, the British Government issued the White Paper of 1939. By the time the White...
United Nations Committee Against Torture Report: Israel operates “De Facto State Policy of Torture”
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UN CAT) published its findings on the Israeli government’s abuses against Palestinian detainees, calling the independent findings “war crimes, crimes against humanity, and [part of] the actus reus of genocide.” The report...
Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism
Authors Ben Lorber (senior research analyst at progressive think-tank Political Research Associates, who studies and publishes on antisemitism and white nationalism) and Shane Burley (filmmaker and writer who has worked on both far right and left-wing movements with...- Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in Palestine
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will… Read more: Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in Palestine - Pardo: Ashamed to Be Jewish
“What I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish” – Don Pardo, former Director of Mossad Tamir Pardo, the former Director of Mossad from 2011–2016,… Read more: Pardo: Ashamed to Be Jewish - IDF Intelligence Report Contradicts Israeli Narrative
The Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research published a previously suppressed IDF intelligence report dating from 1948. This report contradicts the Israeli narrative about the major factor… Read more: IDF Intelligence Report Contradicts Israeli Narrative - David Sheen: Investigative Journalist
David Sheen is a Toronto-born, Haifa-based investigative journalist, who has worked for dozens of local, regional, and international news outlets, from Haaretz to Electronic Intifada, since 2010.… Read more: David Sheen: Investigative Journalist - Israeli Politics Decoded: a talk by David SheenIn the Knesset, who is left-wing? Who is right-wing? Are these terms even useful? Investigative journalist, David Sheen, gave a series of lectures for an international audience;… Read more: Israeli Politics Decoded: a talk by David Sheen
- No Other Land Wins Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
Documentary Chronicles Destruction of Palestinian Community The 2024 Documentary, No Other Land, won the United States’s highest film award for a documentary feature, netting an Oscar at… Read more: No Other Land Wins Oscar for Best Documentary Feature - Burying the Nakba
Burying the Nakba features an investigative report by Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz that uncovered a vast conspiracy by the Israeli government to conceal evidence of the Nakba –… Read more: Burying the Nakba - Jews Step Forward: A Documentary
Jews Step Forward is a confessional documentary featuring 24 Jewish activists who “deconstruct Zionism” against a backdrop of searing, on-the-ground images and footage of atrocities perpetrated by Jewish… Read more: Jews Step Forward: A Documentary - Sykes-Picot Proposal
In May 1916, British diplomat Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Georges-Picot concluded a secret agreement partitioning much of the Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire into… Read more: Sykes-Picot Proposal - Balfour Declaration
The British Government issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 — a public statement expressing support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. This marked… Read more: Balfour Declaration