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  1. Bil'in and the Nonviolent Resistance
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2016
    Tells how the farming village in Bil'in, located in Palestine's West Bank, has been facing its occupier, Israel, head-on. Side by side with Israeli and civil rights activists the world over, the people of Bil'in and their protests have been standing against the injustices imposed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) since 2004. That was when the IOF's raids began to uproot the village's ancient olive trees and confiscate its farmlands, the main sources of its livelihood. All of it to build their separation wall and illegal settlements.
  2. Bil'in: Palestinian Village Under Attack
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Leaders of non-violent protests in Bil'in village against Israeli settlements and occupation arrested by Israeli occupation forces. International supporters are asked to support the non-violent resistance in the face of Israeli attempts to crush it.
  3. Bil'in Village
    Resource Type: Organization
    Palestinian village that has been engaged in continuous non-violent resistance to Israeli occupation.
  4. Bilin's Mohammad Khatib arrested
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    One month after touring Canada key Palestinian activist kidnapped by Israeli soldiers in another in a series of raids that Israeli occupation forces have carried out in Bil#in since June 2009, raids that commenced in tandem to the commencement of legal proceedings in Canada.
  5. Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Non-Violent Resistance in Bil'in in the West Bank
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Come to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the non-violent resistance in Bil'in in the occupied West Bank. February 5th from 5 until 6pm at the Iisraeli Consulate 180 Bloor St. W. Toronto.
  6. Chomsky.Info
    Resource Type: Website
    The Noam Chomsky Web site.
  7. Defiant Journalists Back Ethical Campaign for Palestinian Media
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has concluded the launch of its programme to support ethical journalism in Palestine with a series of proposals to strengthen independent media even in the face of political difficulties.
  8. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2007
    Israelo historian Ilan Pappe recounts the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Israel during the war of 1948.
  9. False Prophets of Peace
    Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2011
    Honig-Parnass unearths the central role played by the Israeli Left in laying the foundation for the colonial settler project and its campaign of dispossession.
  10. Fuck Hamas! Fuck Israel! Gaza youth offers up a cry of despair
    Rapid global reaction to cyber-manifesto surprises its drafters

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    A group of Palestinian youth put out a manifesto that calls for an end to divisive party politics in Gaza and the West Bank. The youth want peace and freedom.
  11. IFJ Condemns Violence against Photojournalists by Israeli Military in West Bank
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on Israeli authorities to investigate violence by its soldiers in the West Bank who attacked a group of local photojournalists last week as they were covering demonstrations in the area.
  12. IFJ Demands Full Investigation Following Israeli Police Attack on Photographers
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned an attack by Israeli police on photographers near Silwad in the West Bank on Sunday, 26 October. According to reports, Israeli police fired rubber bullets at the photographers at close
  13. IFJ Urges Unity and Fresh Start for Journalists in Palestine
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists calls on Palestinian media to stand up and unite for their profession and said it was ready to support fresh efforts for better relations with political leaders to ensure more protection and needed reform.
  14. IFJ Welcomes "Historic Opportunity" as Palestinian Journalists Agree to Hold Congress
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists welcomes the decision by the Palestine Journalists' Syndicate (PJS) yesterday to hold a Congress to elect a new leadership and rebuild the unity and solidarity of journalists across the occupied territories
  15. Independent Jewish Voices
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
    Jews in Canada who share a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights and who promote the expression of alternative Jewish voices, particularly in respect of the grave situation in the Middle East, which threatens the future of both Israelis and Palestinians as well as the stability of the whole region.
  16. The Iron Cage
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2007
  17. Is Israel an Apartheid State?
    Rhetoric or Reality? Summary of a Legal Study by the Human Sciences Research council of South Africa

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Do Israel's practices in occupied Palestinian territory, namely the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, amount to the crimes of colonialism and apartheid under international law?
  18. Israel/Palestine: Resources for peace, justice, and human rights
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2014
    A selection of resources for those looking for a solution to the situation in Isreal/Palestine based on peace, justice, and human rights.
  19. Israel sentences two to prison terms for censorship breach
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an Israeli court decision to sentence two television journalists on charges of breaching the military censorship law during the offensive in Gaza in December and January.
  20. Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2009
    A readable introduction to the history and practice of apartheid in Israel.
  21. Israeli human rights organization highlights deterioration of Palestinian health under occupation
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reports by Physicians for Human Rights - Israel document the deterioration of Palestinian health in the West Bank and Gaza as the direct consequence of ongoing Israeli military occupation.
  22. Israeli media forbidden to report case widely covered internationally
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders condemns an absurd court-ordered ban on Israeli media coverage of the case of Anat Kam, an online journalist and former soldier accused of leaking classified military information.
  23. Israeli settler destruction of 1000s of trees hits Palestinian olive harvest
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Israeli settlers’ destruction of Palestinian olive trees will reduce this year’s harvest by an estimated USD $500,000 as 7,500 olive trees were destroyed in acts of settler violence, Palestinian and international aid & development organizations say.
  24. The occupation of Gaza and the West Bank must end
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    The occupation of Gaza and the West Bank must end. The dispossession of the Palestinians must be fully acknowledged and Israel must reach out to embrace the full rights of Palestinians to nationhood and viability. Only then will the nightmare end that is the reality of the Palestinian people living in the Occupied Territories and the refugee camps. And only with that can there be any hope for a real peace.
  25. Occupation on Trial - Palestinian village sues Canadian corporations for building illegal Israeli settlements
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Bil'in, a Palestinian village that has become an international symbol of Palestinian popular non-violent resistance to the ongoing construction of the Israeli separation wall, is suing Canadian corporations for building illegal settlements.
  26. Overcoming Zionism
    Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2007
    Kovel argues that the inner contradictions of Zionism have led Israel to a 'state-sponsored racism' fully as incorrigible as that of apartheid South Africa and deserving of the same resolution. Only a path toward a single-state secular democracy can provide the justice essential to healing the wounds of the Middle East. Kovel draws on his detailed knowledge of the Middle East to show that Zionism and democracy are essentially incompatible. Ultimately, Kovel argues, a two-state solution is essentially hopeless as it concedes too much to the regressive forces of nationalism, in which lie the roots of continued conflict.
  27. Palestine Media Watch
    Resource Type: Website
    PMWATCH was established to promote fair and accurate coverage of the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the US mainstream media. In broad terms, our mission is two-fold: (1) identify, report on, and protest clear journalistic failures by the US media in covering the conflict, and (2) help media outlets with access to pro-Palestinian points of view and voices for interviews, op-eds, or background discussions, whether here in the United States, in Israel, or in the Occupied Territories. Includes tools and suggestions for action on media bias.
  28. Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2006
    Former U.S. President Carter calls Israel's treatment of Palestinians 'apartheid' and identifies continuing Israeli control of the occupied territories as the primary obstacle to peace.
  29. Palestinian farmers face settler terror
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2004
    Jewish settlers have a long history of terrorising olive farmers, and they are now increasingly resorting to a worrying tactic: poisoning Palestinian water sources.
  30. Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Mohammed Khatib and his West Bank supporters hope to rally others to a peaceful campaign for statehood.
  31. Powers and Prospects
    Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1996
  32. Public Health students examine the disease of Occupation, joined by founder of Physicians for Human Rights - Israel
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Graduate students from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health are calling for discussion on the ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories. The Public Health Social Justice Collective challenges medical and public health practices.
  33. Seven journalists injured by Israeli soldiers in West Bank since January 2009
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders deplores the repeated use of violence against journalists covering peaceful demonstrations in the West Bank in protest against the construction of the Security Wall. The Israeli armed forces have been directly responsible.
  34. Sources welcomes Independent Jewish Voices
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Independent Jewish Voices. ndependent Jewish Voices represents Jews in Canada from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.
  35. Sources welcomes Michael Riordon
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Michael Riordon. Canadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio and stage.
  36. Towards a New Cold War
    Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1982
    A sobering assessment of American foreign policy from the end of the Vietnam era to Ronald Reagan.
  37. Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2002
    Designed to inform those who are somewhat unfamiliar with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Written in question and answer format
  38. Zatoun
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization

Experts on West Bank in the Sources Directory

  1. Electronic Intifada
  2. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
  3. Michael Riordon
  4. Zatoun

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