The Historical Background of the Creation of Israel

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This C-span link is to a 1979 United Nations film provides a brief history of Palestine and the creation of Israel as well as Arab perspectives of the events. The film discusses the impacts of the British Mandate, the Balfour Declaration, the UN partition and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on the creation of a “Jewish” state in a land where the majority of the population wasn’t Jewish. See it here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4696716/historical-background-creation-israel

Rabbi Miriam Grossman on Changing Jewish Perspectives

Voices

Rabbi Miriam Grossman of the Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives congregation in Brooklyn, New York, is an educator and organizer who leads through Jewish ritual. She teaches that following a Jewish theology means protecting the human rights of all people, including...

A Land for All: Considering the Two-State Solution

Two-State Solution

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Justice for Rachel Corrie: An American’s Fight and Death

US Activists

American Rachel Corrie was an advocate for poor and underserved populations from an early age. In this video, we see Rachel as a fifth grader imploring for equal treatment for those around us as well as those in third-world countries. We also see images from the...

Israeli and Palestinian Women: Witnessing a Paradigm Shift

Israeli and Palestinian People

Shiri Ourian, Executive Director of American Friends of the Parents Circle Families Forum and friend of the Promised Land Museum, shared with us her powerful experience of witnessing Israeli and Palestinian women practice a role reversal activity with the Parents...

Seth Morrison: Being on the Side of Peace

Voices

Retired marketer Seth Morrison used to support and fund Zionist organizations. Now, he is an activist who boycotts them in support of the Palestinian right to return. As a liberal Jew from Long Island who grew up with a desire to help fix the world’s problems,...

An Imam Who Saved Jews from the Holocaust in Nazi-Occupied France

Historical

Remembering Muslims Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust Mohammad Mesli barely knew his father--he died in 1961 when Mohammad was only a young boy. But a few years ago, he found a suitcase filled with documentation of his father’s secret life as an...

Is the Israel Defense Forces a Moral Army?

Military

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) website describes its official doctrine of ethics, “The Spirit of the IDF,” as the army’s moral compass, which includes their three core values: The defense of the state, its citizens, and residents;Patriotism and loyalty to the...

Jewish Voices Profile: Stephen Zunes Against War

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Leading Expert on U.S. Middle East Policy & Strategic Non-Violent Action Zunes Critiques U.S. Policy in Israel-Palestine As one of the country’s leading scholars of U.S. Middle East policy and strategic nonviolent action, Stephen Zunes has consistently argued...

What Happened to Shireen Abu Akleh?

Voices

The Tragic Killing of a Palestinian-American Journalist On the morning of May 11, 2022, American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh went to the occupied West Bank town of Jenin with other journalists to film an Israeli military raid. Without warning, Israeli forces shot her...

No Child Should Die Like This: A Boy Shot and Killed

Palestinian Children

Navigating War Crimes Through a Jewish Lens In December of 2020, a Palestinian boy was killed for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers. He was only thirteen years old, and his name was Ali Ayman Abu-Alayya. The Jerusalem Post reported that Ali and four others were...

Inside Palestinian and Israeli Schools: A Roundtable Discussion of K-12 Curricula in the U.S., Palestinian, and Israeli Classrooms

Palestinian Children

A recent 2020 study at Tel Aviv University found that Palestine and Palestinians are not mentioned in Israeli school textbooks, rendering Palestinians invisible to them. Consequently, many Israeli children do not learn the history of Palestine, and they learn to view...

Arab Americans Support Palestinian Rights and Draw Attention to their Cause

Voices

In light of the attacks in Gaza starting May 9, 2021, thousands of Arab-Americans protested in the streets of Dearborn, Michigan, during the same month. The crowd protested in response to President Joe Biden visiting the city to tour a Ford Rouge Plant. The protesters...

Remembering Palestinian Rights Activist Tanya Reinhart and Her Legacy

Voices

Israeli linguist and Palestinian rights activist Tanya Reinhart passed away in 2007. In light of the 2021 U.S. protests calling for the support of Palestinian rights and the February 2022 rallies in support of Ukraine, Reinhart’s work is as timely as ever. Reinhart...

Are Palestinian Voices Being Represented in U.S. Media?

Historical

U.S. Media Coverage of Israel-Palestine Conflict Is Changing In a recent article in The Washington Post in May 2021, Eva Najjar, a UX designer currently based in Haifa but from the Palestinian village of Rama, wrote about the attacks in Gaza that started on May 9th....

Dispelling Lies about Palestine

Voices

John Minto’s 2020 David Wakim Memorial Lecture The David Wakim Memorial Lecture, a Pax Christi event, took place in September 2020. Pax Christi International is a Catholic peace movement with 120 member organizations worldwide. Its goals are to support peace,...

Rethinking the Israeli/Palestinian Relationship

Video

Promised Land Museum Curator Steve Feldman recently spoke with Peter Larson of Canada Talks Israel Palestine (CTIP) about rethinking the Israeli-Palestinian relationship.“American Jews have been on the front lines of anti-discrimination efforts inside the USA”, says...

Imprisoned for Refusing Israeli Military Conscription

Voices

Since 2003, Israeli photojournalist and founding member of photography collective Activestills, Oren Ziv, has documented social and political issues concerning Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. His reportage has mostly focused on popular protests...

A Voice of Reason in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Voices

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Promoting Interreligious Exchange in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Voices

A Grassroots Organization with Both Israeli and Palestinian Members While vociferous organizations from one side of the Israel-Palestine conflict or the other may be highly visible, organizations that have members from both sides working together may be missed. Roots...

Dispelling Myths about Israel

Historical

Ten Myths about Israel: A Book Review "Historical disinformation, even of the most recent past, can do tremendous harm," Israeli historian and University of Exeter professor Ilan Pappé writes in his latest book, Ten Myths About Israel, published by Verso Books in...

Claims of Antisemitism at Duke University

Antisemitism

A letter in a college newspaper discussed recent claims of antisemitism. Visit the Promised Land Museum to learn more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Gabor Maté and Justifying Violence

Voices

In his book, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Dr.Gabor Maté writes that “no society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side.” Hungarian-Canadian physician Gabor Maté is a Holocaust survivor, addiction expert, speaker,...

Khirbet Khizeh and Israel’s National Identity

Books

Khirbet Khizeh is a brief, fictional, 1949 novella by Israeli writer S. Yizhar about the violent expulsion of Palestinian villagers by the Israeli army. Considered a high point in Hebrew literature, it was published just months the author fought in the 1948...

Infographic & Maps

Back room

Both maps and infographics can tell the story of a land in both a historical and visual presentation, allowing people from different backgrounds to explore and explain the world in a more realistic context. Infographics present factual information in a visual format,...

The Separation Wall

Infographics & Maps

Israel began constructing the Separation Wall in 2002 as a security measure to protect Israelis against “terrorism.” However, the International Court of Justice, at the request of the United Nations, declared that the wall is illegal for the following reasons: it is...

Rising Israeli Settler Violence in the Occupied West Bank

Infographics & Maps

Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories endure extremely harsh living conditions due to the Israeli military occupation. However, the Israel Defense Forces are not the only source of violence. Israeli settlers are also committing acts of violence. This...

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Rabbi Miriam Grossman on Changing Jewish Perspectives

A Land for All: Considering the Two-State Solution

Justice for Rachel Corrie: An American’s Fight and Death

Israeli and Palestinian Women: Witnessing a Paradigm Shift

Seth Morrison: Being on the Side of Peace

An Imam Who Saved Jews from the Holocaust in Nazi-Occupied France

Is the Israel Defense Forces a Moral Army?

Jewish Voices Profile: Stephen Zunes Against War

What Happened to Shireen Abu Akleh?

No Child Should Die Like This: A Boy Shot and Killed

Inside Palestinian and Israeli Schools: A Roundtable Discussion of K-12 Curricula in the U.S., Palestinian, and Israeli Classrooms

Arab Americans Support Palestinian Rights and Draw Attention to their Cause

Remembering Palestinian Rights Activist Tanya Reinhart and Her Legacy

Are Palestinian Voices Being Represented in U.S. Media?

Dispelling Lies about Palestine

Rethinking the Israeli/Palestinian Relationship

Imprisoned for Refusing Israeli Military Conscription

A Voice of Reason in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Promoting Interreligious Exchange in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Dispelling Myths about Israel

Claims of Antisemitism at Duke University

Gabor Maté and Justifying Violence

Khirbet Khizeh and Israel’s National Identity

Infographic & Maps

The Separation Wall

Rising Israeli Settler Violence in the Occupied West Bank

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