The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) of North America released a statement on Palestine and Israel shortly after the events of October 7, 2023. They condemn Israeli forces’ ongoing attack on the Gaza strip while acknowledging that Hamas...
In this episode of The Big Picture Podcast, host Mohamed Hassan speaks with Richard Boyd Barett, an Irish lawmaker and anti-war activist. Barett has been an advocate for an end to apartheid in both South Africa and Palestine, often leading rallies and marches across...
Since October 7, 2023, the world has watched the government of Israel drop more than 6,000 bombs and launch more than 7,000 missiles into the territory of Gaza, causing damage the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs. The military operation is in retaliation to a Hamas-led...
Curtis Bell, President of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, spoke to the First Unitarian Church’s Department of Social Justice about his two months in Hebron and what he learned about the Palestinian experience under Israeli occupation. Video...
In 2000, the heads of Jerusalem churches wrote a letter to the leaders at Camp David as they decided the status of Jerusalem. In 2017, these patriarchs once again wrote a letter, but this time it was directed to U.S. President Donald Trump. Jerusalem Christian church...
Suzanne Weiss is a member of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. She gave a speech at the 2022 Al Quds rally for Palestine, in which she expressed solidarity with the Palestinians who are resisting Israel’s oppression, bombardment, blockades, and...
The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) is a non-profit organization that provides facts, analysis, experts, and digital resources about Palestine and Palestinians for journalists. It was founded in 2005 by a group of Americans who were concerned about...
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a U.S. organization of Jewish activists who advocate for a just solution for Palestinian refugees. JVP organizers seek peace in the Middle East and an end to violence against civilians. Donate to JVP here. Join JVP Action, which seeks...
This series of videos share interviews and workshops from the 2021 US Servas National Conference in Reidsville, North Carolina. Max Carter shares about his travels and work in the Middle East and the Quaker concern for peace and justice in Palestine. Video title:...
Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI) and director of the MEI program on Palestine and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs. He is the author of the book Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump (2019). Elgindy has served...
“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 have always been against this.” —Omar El Akkad, Journalist Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in...
“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, recently toured the West Bank, after which he delivered a sobering assessment of the mistreatment of Palestinian...
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 in the displacement of Israel’s Arab residents during the...
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. He has focused extensively on the Israeli far-right, including the...
In 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; he threw out the traditional breakdown of Israeli politics in favor of a new alignment...