The Historical Background of the Creation of Israel

The Historical Background of the Creation of Israel

This 1979 United Nations video shared by C-SPAN provides a brief history of Palestine and the creation of the Israeli state. The film discusses the impacts of the British Mandate of Palestine, the Balfour Declaration, the UN partition and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It...

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Marc Lamont Hill

Marc Lamont Hill

Marc Lamont Hill is a writer and professor who was fired from CNN for speaking about justice for Palestine at the United Nation’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In this interview with The Breakfast Club, Hill recounts his experience and...

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Where Is the Palestinian Mandela?

Where Is the Palestinian Mandela?

Many interested in Israel-Palestine have asked the question: “Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” But Nelson Mandela’s grandson Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela has argued that this question emerges from a distortion of his grandfather’s legacy.  Who Was Nelson Mandela?...

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Palestine Open Maps

Palestine Open Maps

Palestine Open Maps (POM) is a platform that uses mapping technologies in collaboration with researchers to showcase visual stories of the geographical transformation of historic Palestine over the last 70+ years. The project combines 1940s British Mandate of...

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Wikimedia Israel

Wikimedia Israel

In 2018, Wikimedia Israel gathered archival images from the early 20th century with expired copyrights and published about 28,000 images to Wikipedia’s platform for free, public access. The photos give insight into life of Palestinian families in the region—Muslim,...

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Rami Elhanan

Rami Elhanan

Rami Elhanan is a 7th generation Jerusalemite who describes himself as Jewish, Israeli, and “before everything else […] a human being.” In 1997, his 14-year-old daughter was killed by Palestinian suicide bombers. He shared his story and how he was able to find peace...

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Justin Sadowsky

Justin Sadowsky

Justin Sadowsky is a civil rights attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Legal Defense Fund. Sadowsky has played a key role in fighting the United States’ “terror watchlist,” defending the rights of incarcerated Muslim Americans, and defeating...

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Suzanne Weiss

Suzanne Weiss

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...

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