Links.

News, research, opinion, and analysis

Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Coteret: News, analysis and opinion from the Israeli Hebrew media
Electronic Intifada
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Ha’aretz (English)
How Many Weapons to Israel?
If Americans Knew
Israeli Occupation Archive
Indymedia Independent Media Center Israel
International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC)
The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development
Occupation Magazine (Kibush)
Palestine Monitor
Ramallah On Line (English)
ZNet Israel/Palestine Watch

Peace and Justice Groups (Americas/Europe)

Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
Jewish Voice for Peace
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
American Friends Service Committee-Chicago
Al-Awda Palestinian Right to Return Coalition
Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East
Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy
American Jews for a Just Peace
Churches for Middle East Peace
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
European Jews for a Just Peace
Fellowship of Reconciliation
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)
Middle East Children’s Alliance
Palestine Solidarity Committee—Seattle
Pax Christi USA
Friends of Sabeel North America
Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel

Activist Groups (Israel/Palestine)

Anarchists Against the Wall  http://www.awalls.org/
Bat Shalom Israeli Women for Peace  http://www.batshalom.org/
Bilin Village nonviolent resistance movement  http://www.bilin-village.org/english/
Breaking the Silence  http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/index_e.asp
Christian Peacemaker Teams  http://www.cpt.org/
Free Gaza Movement  http://www.freegaza.org/
Gush Shalom  http://zope.gush-shalom.org/index_en.html
International Solidarity Movement  http://palsolidarity.org/
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions  http://www.icahd.org/
Machsom Watch  http://www.machsomwatch.org/en
The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People  http://www.pcr.ps/
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee  http://www.popularstruggle.org/
Sheikh Jarrah eviction protest  http://www.en.justjlm.org/
Shiministim Israeli high school draft resisters  http://www.shministim.com/
Stop the Wall  http://stopthewall.org/index.shtml
Ta’ayush  http://www.taayush.org
Women in Black  http://www.womeninblack.org/en/history
Yesh Gvul  http://yeshgvul.org
Zochrot (Remembering)  http://www.zochrot.org/index.php?lang=english

Human Rights Groups (Palestine/Israel)

Association for Civil Rights in Israel  http://www.acri.org.il/eng/
Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel  http://www.adalah.org/eng/index.php
Addamer Palestinian Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association  http://www.addameer.org/index_eng.html
Amnesty International  http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/israel-occupied-palestinian-territories
Al-Haq Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories  http://www.alhaq.org/
Badil Resource center for Palestinian residency and Refugee Rights  http://www.badil.org/
Right to Education Campaign, Birzeit University  http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/
B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories  http://www.btselem.org/
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions  http://www.cohre.org/opt
Gisha Legal Center for Freedom of Movement  http://www.gisha.org/
HAMOKED Center for the Defence of the Individual  http://www.hamoked.org/home.aspx
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions  http://www.icahd.org/
New Israel Fund  http://www.nif.org/
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel  http://www.stoptorture.org.il/en
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights  http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/
Physicians for Human Rights – Israel  http://www.phr.org.il/default.asp?PageID=4
Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Negev  http://www.rcuv.net/en/index.asp
Campaign for the right to enter the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)  http://www.righttoenter.ps/
Yesh Din Volunteers for Human Rights  http://www.yesh-din.org/site/index.php?page=index&lang=en&id=

Boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS)

Adalah The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel  http://adalahny.org/
Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid  http://www.baceia.org/
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions-Oregon  http://bdsoregon.wordpress.com/
Global Movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions for Palestine  http://bdsmovement.net/
Olympia BDS  http://www.olympiabds.org/
JVP report on Campus Divestment  http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/campaigns/campus-divestment
Interfaith Peace Initiative Catalog of Global BDS Actions  http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/globalactions.pdf
A brief history of BDS, by Mazin Qumsiyeh  http://qumsiyeh.org/boycottsanddivestment/
Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS call from within (Israel)  http://boycottisrael.info/
Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign, UK  http://www.bigcampaign.org/
Cal Divest From Apartheid  http://www.caldivestfromapartheid.com/
Canadian teachers union Ontario divison approves BDS  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3256307,00.html
Carleton Students Against Israeli Apartheid BDS  http://www.carleton.saia.ca/
Caterpillar campaign  http://www.endtheoccupation.org/section.php?id=158
Desmond Tutu: “Of Occupation and Apartheid, Do I Divest?”   http://www.counterpunch.org/tutu1017.html
Georgetown University, Divest  http://georgetowndivest.wordpress.com/
Methodist Church [UK] Boycott of settlement goods  http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=opentogod.newsDetail&newsid=453
Norway BDS campaign  http://www.boikottisrael.no/
Olympia Food Co-Op boycott of Israeli goods  http://www.olympiafood.coop/BoycottPressRelease-20100721.pdf
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel  http://www.pacbi.org/index.php
Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), 2005  http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/52
Palestinian BDS Committee reaffirms call for BDS, 2010  http://www.badil.org/en/press-releases/135-2010/2457-press-eng-22
Progressive Jews from Europe, Israel, and North America call for Israeli boycott, 2009  http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2009/03/30/3171/
Spain BDS campaign  http://www.nodo50.org/csca/palestina/campanya_boicot-2002.html
TIAA-CREF Divest by Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)  http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/campaigns/tiaa-cref-divest-occupation
Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation  http://torontodeclaration.blogspot.com/2009/09/toronto-declaration-no-celebration-of.html
UCSD Divest for Peace  http://www.ucsddivestforpeace.org/
UNISON British Labor Unionpledges support for Palestine  http://www.unison.org.uk/news/news_view.asp?did=3414
United Nations International Conference in Support of Middle East Peace endorses BDS  http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6EA38R?
94 artists call for cultural boycott  http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=415
“Why Do I Boycott Israel?” [comic] by Ethan Heitner  http://www.yippeeskippy.com/worldwar3illustrated/wordpress/?p=463

Palestine/Israel: introduction to the issue (web resources)

Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, A Primer, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar  http://merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/toc-pal-isr-primer.html
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer, by Phyllis Bennis [2007]   http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=52
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 101, Jewish Voice for Peace, Adapted from the the Institute of Middle East Understanding (IMEU)’s background briefings. http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/content/israeli-palestinian-conflict-101
The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict, by Jews for Justice in the Middle East  http://www.angelfire.com/hero/eto/jewsforjustice.html
Truth Against Truth, by Gush Shalom/Israeli Peace Bloc (downloadable PDF booklet) http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/downloads/truth/
Top Ten Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, by Jeremy R. Hammond, founder and editor of Foreign Policy Journal http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/06/17/top-ten-myths-about-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/
Video: 5000 Years of History in 90 Seconds – Imperial History of the Middle East http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html
An Introduction to the Israel-Palestine Conflict [2002], by Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein  http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?ar=10&pg=4
Jews From the Middle East: a Jewish Voice for Peace Fact Sheet  https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/images/jewsofthemiddleeast.pdf

Key Events

Electronic Intifada: “Notable milestones of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, such as May 2004′s “Operation Rainbow” in Gaza and the August 2004 hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners. See Key Historical Events for information on larger historical events such as the Nakba and Sabra & Shatila Massacres.”  http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/keyevents.shtml

Electronic Intifada: “Information about key historical milestones in Palestinian and international history, including the Nakba, the Deir Yassin Massacre, Land Day, the Sabra & Shatila Massacres, 9/11 and “Operation Defensive Shield”.  http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/historicalevents.shtml

The Nakba: Jewish Voice for Peace Fact Sheet  “60 years after Israeli independence and the Palestinian Nakba, or Catastrophe, this fact sheet details what led up to the Catastrophe, who are the Palestinian refugees, the role of the UN, and why Jews should care.” https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/images/Nakbafactsheet1.pdf

Palestine: The Truth About 1948 [1988], Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein – online essay, http://www.nimn.org/Resources/history/000054.php?section=

Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Israel

New Profile: AMovement for the Civil-ization of Israeli Society  http://www.newprofile.org/english/
Shministim: Young Israelis speak their conscience  http://www.whywerefuse.org/
Courage to Refuse/Seruv  http://www.seruv.org.il/English/default.asp
Yesh Gvul: An Israeli group supporting soldiers with the difficult decision to refuse military service. http://www.yeshgvul.org/index_e.asp
Combatants for Peace: an organization made up of former Palestinian freedom fighters and former Israeli soldiers—“only by joining forces, will we be able to end the cycle of violence, the bloodshed and the occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people.”  http://cfpeace.org/
Refuser Solidarity Network: “Ending the occupation one soldier at a time” http://www.refusersolidarity.net/

Israel and International Arms Trade

Arming the occupation: Israel and the Arms Trade [2002], Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), London, http://caat.org.uk/information/publications/countries/israel-1002.php
Arms to Israel, http://www.caat.org.uk/issues/israel.php
Military trade Philips in violation with Dutch arms policy, Campagne tegen Wapenhandel [2004], http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2557.shtml
MPs call for review of arms exports after Israeli assault on Gaza, The Guardian [UK] [3/30/10], www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/30/arms-british-gaza-assault
Neged Neshek: resource for news, data and analysis focusing on Israel’s arms industry with a secondary focus on militarism in Israeli culture, society and politics
Undermining Global Security: the European Union’s arms exports [2004], Amnesty International, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/003/2004

Blogs

Dispatches from Gaza by Ashley Bates  http://gazadispatches.blogspot.com/ePalestine
Sam Bahour  http://epalestine.blogspot.com/
Dimi’s Notes by Dmitry Reider  http://reider.wordpress.com/
Foreign Policy by Stephen Walt  http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/
Gaza Mom by Laila El-Haddad  http://www.gazamom.com/
Hybrid States by Yaniv Reich  http://www.hybridstates.com/
Jewish Peace News  http://www.jewishpeacenews.blogspot.com/
Commentary from Israel and the West Bank by Joseph Dana  http://josephdana.com/
Max Blumenthal  http://maxblumenthal.com/
Sharing the Land of Canaan by Mazin Qumsiyeh  http://qumsiyeh.org/rightsblog2010/
Love Under Apartheid http://loveunderapartheid.com/
Mondoweiss by Philip Weiss and Adam Horowitz  http://mondoweiss.net/
Muzzlewatch–Tracking censorship on Israel/Palestine (Jewish Voice for Peace)  http://www.muzzlewatch.com/
Popular Struggle Organization Committee in the occupied territories  http://www.popularstruggle.org/
Rabbibrian’s Blog by Rabbi Brian Walt  http://rabbibrian.wordpress.com/
Reports from Sheikh Jarrah  http://www.en.justjlm.org/
Shalom Rav by Rabbi Brant Rosen  http://rabbibrant.com/
The Magnes Zionist by Jeremiah Haber  http://www.jeremiahhaber.com/
The Only Democracy? by Jewish Voice for Peace  http://theonlydemocracy.org/
Tikun Olam by Richard Silverstein  http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/
Wallwritings by James Wall  http://wallwritings.wordpress.com/

Recommended e-mail news distribution services

Electronic Intifada News  http://www.electronicintifada.net/
Jewish Peace News  http://www.jewishpeacenews.net/
Occupation News  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OccupationNews/

Maps

Palestinian Loss of Land, 1946 to 2000  http://www.vtjp.org/images/pallossofland_large.gif
MIFTAH  http://www.miftah.org/Maps.cfm
Foundation for Middle East Peace  http://www.fmep.org/maps/all-maps
B’Tselem  http://www.btselem.org/English/Maps/Index.asp
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs – Jerusalem  http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/MAPS/