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Research List

This page is to provide access to information that sets out the issues in Palestine/Israel via links to important People and Organisations.
This is not a definitive list but allows people to gain a general understanding of the issues.
Scroll down to see:
  • Key People
  • Key Organisations
  • Other People and Organisations.
If you believe that people or organisations should be moved to the Key Peole or Key Organisations lists, please let us know.
If you have other People or Organisations you believe should be added to these lists, please let us know at [email protected]

Key People

Ramzy Baroud
  • Book - The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story
  • Book - The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle
  • Book - My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story

Miko Peled
An Israeli Peace Activist, Author and Speaker
  • Website - https://mikopeled.com/ 
  • Book – “The Generals son”
  • Talk – The Generals Son
  • Lecture by Miko Peled & Dr. Yousef Jabareen

Gideon Levy
An Israeli Peace Activist, Journalist for Haaretz and Speaker
  • Wikipedia page with References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Levy  
  • Book – Twilight Zone - Life and Death under the Israeli Occupation
  • Talk - What I've Seen in 30 Years of Reporting on the Israeli Occupation
  • Talk - The Israelis and the Occupation: A story of denial -  
  • Talk – Universal Values 
  • Talk - How we can solve the Palestinian - Israeli Problem
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Ilan Pappe
An Israeli historian and socialist activist
  • Wikipedia Page with References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Papp 
  • Book List - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Papp%C3%A9#Books  
  • Talk - The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qblO4u0pF9M 
  • Talk - Ten Myths About Israel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuzWDWBn55g 
  • Talk - The Nakba of Palestine - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUDh-jTa3Go&t=13s 

Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust, an interest motivated by the experiences of his parents who were Jewish Holocaust survivors.
  • Website - http://normanfinkelstein.com/ 
  • Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein 
  • Talk - Norman Finkelstein exposes Lies and Frauds on the Israel-Palestine conflict - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VaKLMD9Aac 
  • Talk - Gaza's Martyrdom - www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLrx3cQoRY 
  • Talks on You Tube - www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Norman+Finkelstein 

Richard Silverstein
Promoting dialogue and mutual recognition
  • Website - www.richardsilverstein.com/ 

Professor Nurit Peled-Elhanan
Professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, translator, and a human rights activist. Known for her research on the portrayal of Palestinians in Israeli textbooks.
  • Book - "Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education"
  • Lecture – Palestine in Israeli School Books - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJSJ5ZduO48 
  • Book Review - "Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education" - electronicintifada.net/content/book-review-how-israeli-school-textbooks-teach-kids-hate/11571
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Benny Morris
An Israeli historian and professor of history in the Middle East Studies department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the city of Beersheba, Israel.
​Please note that Morris documented the facts. He has not disagreed with the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.
  • Book – Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist–Arab Conflict, 1881–1999
  • Book - The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947–1949 

Key Organisations

If you are interested in more that these groups have to say, please Google them or go to You Tube and enter the name of the group in the search field
Association for Civil Rights in Israel
Promoting the universality of human rights and defending the human rights
  • Website - www.acri.org.il/en/ 

Breaking the Silence
Ex Israeli Soldiers tell the truth about IDF actions in the Occupied territories
  • Website - www.breakingthesilence.org.il 
  • Documentary - www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxsWrzpqnRs

B’Tselem
An Israeli Peace group which gave cameras to Palestinians to capture IDF attrocities
  • Website - www.btselem.org/ 
  • You Tube - www.youtube.com/user/btselem 
  • Paper on Israeli Apartheid - https://www.btselem.org/publications/fulltext/202101_this_is_apartheid

Defense for Children International - Palestine
Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) is committed to securing a just and viable future for Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
  • Website - www.dci-palestine.org/
  • You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/user/DCIPS 

Count The Kids
A Group which counts the number of both Jewish and Non Jewish kids killed 
  • Website - www.countthekids.org/ 

Jewish Voice for Peace
Members work with diverse communities across the U.S. to achieve a lasting peace for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis based on equality, human rights, and freedom.
  • Website - https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ 
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Other People and Organisations

This is a limited list of People and Organisations who are involved in the Palestinian Israel Peace efforts.
If you know of other People or Organisations who you think deserve to be on this list, please let usa know at [email protected]

American Jews for a Just Peace
American Jews for a Just Peace (AJJP) is an alliance of activists in the United States working to ensure equal rights, safety, and dignity for all the people of historic Palestine.
  • Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/American-Jews-For-A-Just-Peace-29377854397 

Amira Hass
An Israeli journalist and author
  • Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amira_Hass 

Anna Baltzer
A Jewish-American public speaker, author and activist for Palestinian human rights
  • Website – www.annainthemiddleeast.com/ 

Antony Loewenstein
A freelance journalist, author, atheist Jewish-Australian political activist and blogger
  • Website - www.antonyloewenstein.com/

Gisha
Gisha is an Israeli not-for-profit organization, founded in 2005, whose goal is to protect the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially Gaza residents. Gisha promotes rights guaranteed by international and Israeli law.
  • Website - www.gisha.org/

Gush Shalom
The primary aim of Gush Shalom is to influence Israeli public opinion and lead it towards peace and reconciliation with the Palestinian people.
  • Website - http://zope.gush-shalom.org/index_en.html 

Hadash
To unite most of the supporters for peace, equality, democracy and workers' rights, Jews and Arabs, in order to create a political alternative to the government's policy of occupation and exploitation
  • Website - http://hadash.org.il/english/

If Not Now
An American group working to end American Jewish support for the Occupation of Palestine.
  • Website - https://ifnotnowmovement.org/

Independent Jewish Voices
A network of Jews in Britain who share a commitment to certain principles, especially with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in mind: putting human rights first, rejecting all forms of racism, and giving equal priority to Palestinians and Israelis in their quest for a peaceful and secure future.
  • Website - https://ijv.org.uk/

International Solidarity Movement
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the long-entrenched and systematic oppression and dispossession of the Palestinian population, using non-violent, direct-action methods and principles.
  • Website - https://palsolidarity.org/

Israel Shahak
A Holocaust survivor, a public intellectual of Liberal political bent, and a civil-rights advocate and activist on behalf of Jew and gentile.
  • Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Shahak

Jews And Arabs Refuse To Be Enemies
The slogan "Jews And Arabs Refuse To Be Enemies" has been used for years in Israel by both Jewish and Arab Israelis and Palestinians to advocate for peace.
  • Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies

Jews for Justice in Palestine  - mesarvot
Two Peoples. One Future. JJP is a diverse community of Jews in Britain. We follow in the footsteps of Jews throughout the ages who have stood up for human rights and against oppression. We campaign for justice and peace in Israel and Palestine, and against the Occupation.
  • Website - http://jfjfp.com/?tag=mesarvot

John Pilger
A Journalist, Author, foreign correspondent with over 30 years of exposing injustice and promoting human rights.
  • Website - http://johnpilger.com/

MachsomWatch
MachsomWatch is a volunteer organization of Israeli women who are peace activists from all sectors of society. We oppose the Israeli occupation in the area known as the West Bank, we oppose the appropriation of Palestinian land and the denial of Palestinian human rights.  We support the right of Palestinians to move freely in their land and oppose the checkpoints which severely restrict Palestinian daily life.
  • Website - https://machsomwatch.org/en/content/home-page

Dr Mads Gilbert
Gilbert has a broad range of experience from international humanitarian work, especially in locations where medical and political issues merge. Since the 1970s, he has been actively involved with solidarity work concerning Palestinians, and he has served as a doctor for several periods in the Palestinian territories and Lebanon for NORWAC.
  • Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mads_Gilbert
  • Book - Eyes on Gaza – www.amazon.com/Eyes-Gaza-Mads-Gilbert/dp/070437191X

Mariam Barghouti
Mariam Barghouti is a Palestinian American writer based in Ramallah. Her political commentary has been featured in the International Business Times, The New York Times, TRT-World, among others
  • On Google - www.google.co.nz/search?q=Mariam+Barghouti&oq=Mariam+Barghouti
  • Talk – “Students for Justice in Palestine” www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmuvTvl1n9E

Max Blumenthal
an American author, journalist, and blogger. Author of “Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.“
Website - http://maxblumenthal.com/ 
  • Book – “Goliath - Life and Loathing in Greater Israel” - www.amazon.com/Goliath-Life-Loathing-Greater-Israel/dp/1568586345

Mearsheimer and Walt
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is a book by John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, Professor of International Relations at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
  • Book – “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” - www.amazon.com/Israel-Lobby-U-S-Foreign-Policy/dp/0374531501
  • You Tube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzXS3tmZrcU

Neturei Karta USA
Neturei-Karta is a group of Orthodox Jews who refuse to recognize the existence or authority of the so-called "State of Israel" and make a point of publicly demonstrating their position, the position of the Torah and authentic unadulterated Judaism.
  • Website - http://www.nkusa.org/

Noam Chomsky
An American linguist, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist.
  • Website - https://chomsky.info/
  • Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky
  • Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/Noam-Chomsky-294468630182
  • Book – “On Israel” - https://www.amazon.com/Palestine-Noam-Chomsky/dp/1608464709
  • Noam Chomsky On Israel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqw2yUQdACs

Peace Now
Peace Now is the largest and longest-standing Israeli movement advocating for peace through public pressure.
  • Website - http://peacenow.org.il/en/

Dr Ramzy Baroud
Dr Ramzy is a Palestinian - American Author Born in Gaza and lives in the USA.
  • Website - http://www.ramzybaroud.net/
  • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RamzymBaroud
  • Twitter - https://twitter.com/RamzyBaroud
  • Book - My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story
  • You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ramzy+Baroud

Seeds of Peace
Inspire and cultivate new generations of global leaders in communities divided by conflict.
  • Website - www.seedsofpeace.org/

The Jewish Liberation Theology Institute
Many Jews all over the world are deeply committed to social justice and human rights in Palestine and are looking for ways to express this commitment Jewishly. The Jewish Liberation Theology Institute provides a space for people to be able to act Jewishly without the constraints put on social justice activists by the Jewish establishment.
  • Website - www.JeLiThIn.Ca

Tikun Olam
Tikun Olam ("repairing the world") is a Seattle-based political blog that regularly reports on Israeli security matters.
  • Website - https://www.richardsilverstein.com/ 
  • Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikun_Olam_(blog)

Women Wage Peace
A broad grassroots movement founded in the summer of 2014 following Operation Protective Edge. Tens of thousands of members, Jews and Arabs, united in a demand for a mutually binding non-violent accord, agreeable to both sides.
  • Website - http://womenwagepeace.org.il/en/

YaLa
YaLa Young Leaders is a movement of Middle East & North Africa (MENA) young leaders who are fostering dialogue & change.  
  • Website - http://yalaacademy.org/

Yish Den
Yesh Din's (Hebrew for "There is a Law") mission is to create long-term structural improvement in the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
  • Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/yeshdin/

You Never Told Me
American Jews share the experiences of Jewish summer camp, day school, and youth group alumni who grew up in institutions that ignored or justified the Occupation.
  • Website - https://younevertoldme.org/

Zochrot
Zochrot ("remembering" in Hebrew) is an NGO working since 2002 to promote acknowledgement and accountability for the ongoing injustices of the Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948 and the reconceptualization of the Return as the imperative redress of the Nakba and a chance for a better life for all the country's inhabitants.
  • Website - www.zochrot.org/
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