Relevant Links

This is a list of relevant links that will allow you to get up to speed with the background and issues in the Palestine/Israel conflict.

They are spit up onto Three Groups

  1. Palestinian Voices

  2. United Nations Conventions and Organisations

  3. Jewish and other voices

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.

This is not an exaustive list and is added to every now and then. Come back often to see additions.

Palestinian Voices

Palestinian BDS National Committee

The Palestinian BDS National Committee is the broadest Palestinian civil society coalition that works to lead and support the BDS movement for Palestinian rights.


Association for Civil Rights in Israel

Promoting the universality of human rights and defending the human rights

Defence for Children International - Palestine

Defence for Children International Palestine (DCIP) is committed to securing a just and viable future for Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.


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.

Samidoun

Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is an international network of organizers and activists working to build solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for freedom. 

Electronic Intifada

The Electronic Intifada is an independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) is a community of people working together for peace, equality, and justice and against racism, occupation, and colonisation. (UK based)

Website - https://www.palestinecampaign.org/

Dr Ramzy Baroud

Dr Ramzy is a Palestinian - American Author Born in Gaza and lives in the USA.

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

Visualising Palestine

Visualizing Palestine creates data-driven tools to advance a factual, rights-based narrative of the Palestinian-Israeli issue. Our researchers, designers, technologists, and communications specialists work in partnership with civil society actors to amplify their impact and promote justice and equality.

United Nation’s Conventions And Organisations

4th Geneva Convention

​https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?documentId=AE2D398352C5B028C12563CD002D6B5C&action=openDocument

Relevant Articles

Article 16 (in regards to the protection of Pregnant women)

  • "The wounded and sick, as well as the infirm, and expectant mothers, shall be the object of particular protection and respect."

Article 33 (in regards to the demolition of Palestinian Houses)

  • "No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. Pillage is prohibited. Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited."

Article 49 (in regard to transfer of Arrested Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories into Israel)

  • "Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motive."

Convention on the Rights of the Child

​www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx

Relevant Article

Article 37 (in regards to arrest)

States Parties shall ensure that:

  • (a) No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age;

  • (b) No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time;

  • (c) Every child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age. In particular, every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults unless it is considered in the child's best interest not to do so and shall have the right to maintain contact with his or her family through correspondence and visits, save in exceptional circumstances;

  • (d) Every child deprived of his or her liberty shall have the right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance, as well as the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or her liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority, and to a prompt decision on any such action.


Universal Declaration of Human Rights

​http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

Relevant Articles

Article 5

  • "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

Article 9

  • "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."

Article 10

  • "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him."

Article 11 (1)

  • "Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence."

Article 28

  • "Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized."

United Nations – Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

In 1975, by its resolution 3376, the UN General Assembly established the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), and requested it to recommend a programme of implementation to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights to self-determination without external interference, national independence and sovereignty; and to return to their homes and property from which they had been displaced. 

https://www.un.org/unispal/

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, UNRWA was established by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees. The Agency began operations on 1 May 1950.

https://www.unrwa.org/

United Nations Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/Home.aspx

Jewish and other Voices

Some people may think that All Jews support Israel in its Racism, Terrorism, Land Theft, Ethnic Cleansing and Apartheid.

The fact is that there are many decent Jews and Jewish Groups in Israel and around the world who are working hard to expose the abuses of zionist Israel and calling for the respect of Human Rights in Palestine/Israel and all that encompasses.

Here are some of them.

Breaking the Silence

Ex Israeli Soldiers tell the truth about IDF actions in the Occupied territories

B’Tselem

An Israeli Peace group which gave cameras to Palestinians to capture IDF attrocities

Count The Kids

A Group which counts the number of both Jewish and Non Jewish kids killed 


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.

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.

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.

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.

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


If Not Now

An American group working to end American Jewish support for the Occupation of Palestine.

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.

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.

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.


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.

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.


No Way to Treat a Child – US

The No Way to Treat a Child campaign seeks to challenge and end Israel's prolonged military occupation of Palestinians by exposing widespread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system. It is a joint project of Defense for Children International - Palestine and American Friends Service Committee.


Peace Now

Peace Now is the largest and longest-standing Israeli movement advocating for peace through public pressure.

President Jimmy Carter

President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States and laureate of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. 


Seeds of Peace

Inspire and cultivate new generations of global leaders in communities divided by conflict.


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.

Tikun Olam

Tikun Olam ("repairing the world") is a Seattle-based political blog that regularly reports on Israeli security matters.


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.


YaLa

YaLa Young Leaders is a movement of Middle East & North Africa (MENA) young leaders who are fostering dialogue & change.  


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).

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.


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.

People

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.

Gideon Levy

An Israeli Peace Activist, Journalist for Haaretz and Speaker


Dr Mads Gilbert

Dr 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.


Miko Peled

Miko Peled (born 1961) is an Israeli-American activist, author, and karate instructor. He is author of the books The General’s Son: The Journey of an Israeli in Palestine and Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five.

Ilan Pappe

An Israeli historian and socialist activist


Noam Chomsky

An American linguist, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist.

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.

 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.