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I understand that this is a very polarising topic, thanks to the news and the western representation of the Arab community in and around Palestine. For that reason, I wanted to share some resources I found helpful to my journey with educating myself about the ongoing genocide. I have realised, in all this pain and suffering we are witnessing, it is easy to feel helpless. I felt so hopeless, so helpless, and like I had no outlet for the pain I felt for all of humanity. The more I began to read, and understand, the more I felt empowered into action. The more I felt empowered to act, the more I realised, it is not hopeless, I am not helpless! In fact, I feel I have taken a real step toward liberation, and although I feel fatigue, and dismay, I also feel hope, kindness, strength, love, light. Knowledge really is power, and I wanted to share that power with you. I hope these resources can be helpful to you.
The following is a list of books and academic articles that relate to Israel-Palestine. Most of them are available in full text online. If I haven't provided a link here, just search for the name of the book/article followed by "pdf" in Google or Google Scholar and you should find it.
"Narratives of the EU in Israel/Palestine: narrative “stickiness”
and the formation of expectations." by Alister Miskimmona and Ben O’Loughlin. EUROPEAN SECURITY. 2019.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335506590_Narratives_of_the_EU_in_IsraelPalestine_narrative_stickiness_and_the_formation_of_expectations
"Palestine and Israel: for an end to violence and the pursuit of justice." by James Smith, et al. Correspondence. 2023. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02509-6/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR3TIlOPgzh3oeqoZNeJmngsLV7OtLLZhHCAzu9Ci_cGtb-9RKSXDzI9nFQ
"The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians" by Noam Chomsky. Pluto Press London. 1999.
https://goodtimesweb.org/documentation/2012/Noam-Chomsky-Fateful-Triangle.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1V9v7f2QRXLySCT20wkpfGBq_wHub2HlU06ysLOm_Yw4Tdrn-pMmgDuWs
"The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Illan Pappé. 2006. Oneworld Publications.
(Search Google for PDF)
“Behind the Myths about Hamas” by Deepa Kumar. 2009. Monthly Review Online.
https://mronline.org/2009/01/21/behind-the-myths-about-hamas/?fbclid=IwAR30GypOVtb6ezRkEeq-Cv6g8d_7U5mIKMmjLfMiPBN0h19gRXohp09RY04
“Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine” by Noura Erakat. Stanford University Press. 2019. https://refugeeacademy.org/upload/library/Justice_For_Some__Law_And_The_Question_Of_Palestine.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1t2VnXRfJ0vVcA2hRVq4UG_EhIcKizHWuAbW1SYnwQDKFD4KGo-OJp_lY
“Propaganda and War” by Edward Said. 2001. Media Monitors.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230203111233/https://mediamonitors.net/propaganda-and-war/
“Shifting Paradigms for Israel-Palestine: Why the EU Must Answer the Wake-Up Call Now” by Akram Ezzamouri and Miriam Zenobio. 2023. Instituto Affari Internazionali.
https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaicom2320.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3IlGwQWoFrsjrz55NaKs4QilyUmxkRPQSBg1EsVpvsGRcTImf-XxxSxIc
"Framing of Israel and Palestine Conflict in RT news, Al-Jazeera, CNN & BBC News." by Farrukh Shahzad, Tehmina Ashfaq Qazi, Rida Shehzad. 2023. Global Digital & Print Media Review.
https://www.humapub.com/admin/alljournals/gdpmr/papers/Ys444Pp55k.pdf?fbclid=IwAR30GypOVtb6ezRkEeq-Cv6g8d_7U5mIKMmjLfMiPBN0h19gRXohp09RY04
"Turning the lens in the study of precarity: On experimental social psychology's acquiescence to the settler-colonial status quo in historic Palestine"
by Nader Hakim, Ghina Abi-Ghannam, Rim Saab, Mai Albzour, Yara Zebian, Glenn Adams. 2023. British Journal of Social Psychology.
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjso.12595?fbclid=IwAR0gN7KU8tg0-qJDZx6Ck1xsKplruaearJL_d3SACSUpf1iqCsXK94K6NfU
"The Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Houses in Jerusalem: An Overview from the Historical Perspective" by Shuaibu Umar Gokaru, Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor, Faisal Ahmad Faisal Bin Abdul Hamid. 2023. JURNAL ILMIAH PEURADEUN - The Indonesian Journal of the Social Sciences.
https://www.journal.scadindependent.org/index.php/jipeuradeun/article/view/799/742?fbclid=IwAR19Dru4WVw5ik23cS7YRTWqEcScy2xS9G1Xtoi6AUaKCS1psUhxZYONlv4
"What is behind the Palestinian split and what makes it difficult to end? A historical institutional analysis from a settler colonial lens" by Tamer Qarmout. 2023. Third World Quarterly.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/01436597.2022.2158805?needAccess=true&fbclid=IwAR0URV60npdnTm5ynAOP8PWvTbLvbtdNxYUFkyrhOFKiNsys1V2o8agsTYc
"The New York Times distorts the Palestinian struggle: A case study of anti-Palestinian bias in US news coverage of the First and Second Palestinian Intifadas" by Holly M. Jackson. 2023. Media, War, & Conflict.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/17506352231178148?fbclid=IwAR0KfaLmeaxhIvMdM_veGQ6eGLXcvwkweYCs4E4oxz201tX6qDi46xCCioc&journalCode=mwca
"Greenwashing in Palestine/Israel: Settler colonialism and environmental injustice in the age of climate catastrophe." By Sara Salazar Hughes, Stepha Velednitsky, and Amelia Arden Green. 2023. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486211069898?fbclid=IwAR0KfaLmeaxhIvMdM_veGQ6eGLXcvwkweYCs4E4oxz201tX6qDi46xCCioc
"The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel, and the Media"
Book by Greg Shupak, PhD in Literary Studies and Media Studies professor at the University of Guelph in Toronto. 2018. OR Books.
You can read a good-sized preview of the book here: https://www.everand.com/.../The-Wrong-Story-Palestine
If you can't get ahold of the full text. It is available on Scribd if you have a subscription.
"Occupied Narrative: On Western Media Collusion with Israel’s ‘Wars’ and Recovering the Palestinian Story" by Micaela Elise Sahhar, Doctor of Philosophy. 2015. Faculty of Arts. The University of Melbourne.
https://rest.neptune-prod.its.unimelb.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/4b63269d-b1b8-5d48-83bb-eedf3fdccad9/content?fbclid=IwAR0qtDx-BjJhaU7sJfVXRRWfxgv8RGXd-hnzY19ml_MVvLmfUhIuvRZGSz0
"The Cyber Occupation of Palestine; Suppressing Digital Activism and Shrinking the Virtual Sphere." by Suhail Taha. Global Campus of Human Rights. 2020.
https://repository.gchumanrights.org/items/425e437d-9dcb-4c33-8704-b38b407502d5?fbclid=IwAR37tTj-GQ9wrCC_B5FQi-f_sBKPuh9e59TNCx44gHAZQK9LoeQcdbU2sRc
"INSTAGRAM, CENSORSHIP AND CIVILIAN ACTIVISM: THE DIGITAL PRESENCE OF THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT NARRATIVES" by Ali M. Abushbak, Tawseef Majeed, & Atul Sinha. NIU International Journal of Human Rights. 2023.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368476482_Instagram_Censorship_and_Civilian_Activism_The_Digital_Presence_of_The_Israel-Palestine_Conflict_Narratives
"Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Damned if You do… Damned if You don’t!" by Theresa Farhat, Sarah Ibrahim, Zahi Abdul-Sater, and Ghassan Abu-Sittah. Annals of Global Health. 2023.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10453976/?fbclid=IwAR0gN7KU8tg0-qJDZx6Ck1xsKplruaearJL_d3SACSUpf1iqCsXK94K6NfU
"Israeli settler colonialism, 'humanitarian warfare,' and sexual violence in Palestine." by Kathryn Medien. International Feminist Journal of Politics. 2021.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616742.2021.1882323?fbclid=IwAR2RNhLQwOq39Y2Yl5F6jKxXBC23J3Fjax_yYEVirVv8C8Ca5IKVP1Qn7Gg
More books:
https://lithub.com/40-books-to-understand-palestine/
Again, I hope these resources help educate you and those around you to the importance of this issue. Especially now, as Israel marches forward, inciting war with Lebanon and Syria, threatening to turn Beirut into a second Gaza and Khan Younis. Netanyahu is proud of his destruction, and he knows he can get away with it, because he has the west's support. He has the support of the United States. Just yesterday, a humanitarian call for immediate ceasefire was declined despite majority approval, because the U.S. vetoed the resolution. https://time.com/6344440/us-vetoes-un-resolution-gaza-ceasefire-backlash/
This is not a religious issue, nor a political one. This is a humanitarian crisis. We need action, we need to see repercussions. Israel cannot be allowed to compete in ESC and them still claim to stand for unity and diversity. By accepting Israel, they are accepting apartheid, they are accepting genocide, they are accepting separation, discrimination, and war. They excluded Russia. They can exclude Israel too. They can, and they should.
Thank you all once again, I wish us all the best in the quest for peace and truth.
Much love,
Patricia <3