diff --git a/content/2023/statement-palestine-EN.md b/content/2023/statement-palestine-EN.md index 84d2ac62d..8df1c0331 100644 --- a/content/2023/statement-palestine-EN.md +++ b/content/2023/statement-palestine-EN.md @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Speak about it around you, share reports from NGOs and amplify the voices of org The Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement is aimed to pressure the Israeli colonial state to respect international law. BDS fights for the end of the withdrawal from occupied Arab territories, the removal of the wall in the West Bank, full equality for the Palestinian citizens of Israel and to promote the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes. -More information specific to the Netherlands here: [](https://bdsnederland.nl/) -And if you don't read Dutch, here is a list of what brands and goods to boycott: https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott +More information specific to the Netherlands here: +And if you don't read Dutch, here is a list of what brands and goods to boycott: #### 4. Occupy public space @@ -53,52 +53,29 @@ Once help can flow again, here is a list of trusted charities: ## A selection of resources: -- **Institute for Middle East Understanding** has a few concise responses to answers one may have about Palestine: +* **Institute for Middle East Understanding** has a few concise responses to answers one may have about Palestine: - -- The **Palestine Film Institute** has compiled a series of films about Gaza - -- **Decolonise Palestine** has put together a very extensive reading list organised by thematics : - +* The **Palestine Film Institute** has compiled a series of films about Gaza +* **Decolonise Palestine** has put together a very extensive reading list organised by thematics : * Two years ago, **Palestinian Feminist Collective** has put together the Freedom Within Reach - Palestine Action Toolkit. It compiles a great amount of information and resources. - * **Jewish voices for Peace** has a lot of great blog articles on its website . It has also initiated the https://www.notechforapartheid.com/ campaign, between others. - * **Haymarket books** is releasing three ebooks for free: It also has a more complete reading list: - * **Versobooks** has put together a reading list on Palestinian solidarity reading list: - * An other reading list, courtesy of **Skin Deep Mag** - * Many books from the aforementioned lists can be consulted via shadow libraries (we recommend 'aaaaarg' and 'memory of the world') - * **Archives des luttes des femmes en Algérie** has made available a digitised copy of the issue of Présence de femmes dedicated to Palestine from the year 1988. Présence de femmes was a journal founded in early 1984 by the Atelier de réflexion sur les femmes algériennes (ARFA), a group of Algerian academics and militants that formed part of the association Hiwar (“dialogue” in Arabic). You can read more about it here : and download a copy there: - * Since the early 2000s **Miriyam Aouragh** has done enormous work on Palestine in Cyberspace. We recommend checking her book 'Palestine Online - Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity' and her many articles on the topic of what she calls "cyber intifada" (many pdfs of her papers can be found via a quick search). - * Academic **Shahd Hammouri** wrote about Economic harm done to the Palestinian population under the occupation: - * Defense or Domination: The Categories of Israel’s Occupation by **Shahd Hammouri** - * **Gideon Levy** (author of The Punishment of Gaza) has written this article for Hareetz: (can be read for free just by submitting your email) - * Holocaust and genocide scholar **Raz Segal** has written 'A Textbook Case of Genocide for Jewish Currents' - * We recommend listening to Palestinian radio **Radio Alhara** . Here is their recenty 12 hours program on Palestine - * **Visualizing Palestine** creates data-led visual stories for social justice - * **Adalah** (The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel) has catalogued Israeli laws that violate the rights of Palestinian citizens in Israel and Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) based on their national belonging. You can check the Discriminatory Laws Database here : - * **Teach Palestine** is a project of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, based in Berkeley, California. The Teach Palestine project website was intended as a resource by and for teachers and teacher educators in the USA focused on bringing Palestine into classrooms and schools. - * **Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association,** is a Palestinian Non-Government Organisation, based in Ramallah. It monitors the treatment of Palestinian prisoners arrested in the West Bank by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and provides legal assistance. It publishes yearly violation reports and fact sheets - * The Associated Press' Fact Check is updating to address the misinformation being spread on social media - * Statement from Amazon and Google workers with the **#NoTechForApartheid** campaign - * **Dutch Scholars for Palestine** -