The Promised Land Museum provides a Jewish perspective on the Israel-Palestine conflict. However, there are many other voices that deserve to be heard: Christian, Muslim, Palestinian, and more. In this Back Room section, we seek to highlight the many peaceful people who stand up to call attention to violations of human rights in support of peace and unity among all who live in Israel and Palestine, including the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Ali Abunimah: Daily Life in Gaza
Electronic Intifada Executive Director, Ali Abunimah, writes a poignant and stirring letter that chronicles daily life in Gaza under the Israeli occupation. He implores readers to see the images that “Israel has sealed off from international media,” explaining that...
John Dugard
John Dugard was born in Fort Beaufort, Cape Province, South Africa in 1936.He completed his law degrees at Cambridge University, became a Professor of Law at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and eventually became dean at the School of Law and director...
Nick Corbishley
Nick Corbishley is a writer and journalist based in Barcelona who blogs on the website Naked Capitalism. In one post, he writes about Columbian President Gustavo Petro’s refusal to condemn Hamas and its impact on Columbia’s relationship with Israel. Nick points out...
Victor Grossman
Victor Grossman is an American author based in Berlin who published his “Berlin Bulletin” on MROnline.Org. In one bulletin, he speaks on the bombardment of Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023. He points to the high death toll of Palestinian people compared to Israeli’s...
Fareed Khan
Fareed Khan is the founder of the anti-racist activism group Canadians United Against Hate/Canadiens Unis Contre la Haine. He is also the Director of Advocacy and Media Relations and the co-founder of the Rohingya Human Rights Network. In the letter shared below, Khan...
Nadia Saah
Nadia Saah is a board member of Jewish Currents. In this moving photo essay, she shares her family’s story of their harrowing experiences during the 1948 Nakba (the Catastrophe). The essay compiles 11 more stories from other Palestinians on the 75th anniversary of the...
Trevor Young
University of Toronto’s Trevor Young is the Dean of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, the Vice-Provost of Relations with Health Care Institutions, the Professor and former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and...
Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau Ballano
Ada Colau Ballano is a Spanish activist and politician who assumed office as Mayor of Barcelona in 2015. Barcelona had been twinned with Tel Aviv and Gaza for 25 years until Ada Colau announced that the city would suspend its relationship until Israel ended the...
Jalal Abukhater
Jalal Abukhater is a Palestinian writer and political scientist based in Jerusalem. In a February 2023 op-ed for The Guardian titled “There’s no cycle of violence in Jerusalem—only Israel’s lethal oppression of my people,” Abukhater describes the power imbalance of...
Amer Zahr
Amer Zahr is a Palestinian American comedian, speaker, writer, academic, and adjunct professor of law at University of Detroit-Mercy. Watch his YouTube videos here.