Resource Library: Build Your Own Understanding
A curated collection of books, documentaries, human rights organizations, and news sources that center Palestinian voices and document the occupation, apartheid, and genocide with rigor. Start anywhere — every resource here stands on its own.
Start here: Decolonize Palestine — Palestine 101 is one of the most thorough, accessible introductions available, with sourced answers to common questions and myths.
Essential Reading
Books
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian, uses Israeli military archives to document how the 1948 Nakba was a planned campaign of ethnic cleansing — not a spontaneous wartime exodus. This book definitively refuted the “voluntary departure” myth using Israel’s own records.
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
Rashid Khalidi traces over a century of conflict from a Palestinian historical perspective, framing it as a sustained colonial war rather than a series of disconnected episodes.
The Question of Palestine
Edward Said’s foundational work examining how the Palestinian narrative was systematically erased from Western discourse, and what that erasure has cost.
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine
Noura Erakat examines how international law has been selectively applied — and selectively ignored — throughout the history of the conflict, with particular attention to how legal frameworks have failed Palestinians.
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Documentaries and Films
Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019)
A documentary covering the Great March of Return protests in Gaza and Israel’s response to unarmed demonstrators.
5 Broken Cameras (2011)
An Academy Award-nominated documentary filmed by a Palestinian farmer over five years, documenting his village’s nonviolent resistance to land seizure and settlement expansion.
The Occupation of the American Mind (2016)
Examines how Israeli public relations strategy has shaped American media coverage of the conflict — essential viewing for understanding why mainstream narratives look the way they do.
Al-Nakba (2013) — Al Jazeera
A multi-part documentary series tracing the 1948 Nakba through historical footage and survivor testimony.
Verify the Facts
Human Rights Organizations
B’Tselem
An Israeli human rights organization documenting conditions in the Occupied Territories for over 30 years. Declared Israel an apartheid state in 2021 based on its own research.
Al-Haq
A leading Palestinian human rights organization based in Ramallah, providing legal documentation and advocacy on violations of Palestinian rights under international law.
Amnesty International
Published the definitive 2022 report concluding Israel operates an apartheid system over Palestinians, and the 2024 report concluding genocide is occurring in Gaza.
Human Rights Watch
Reached the same apartheid conclusion as Amnesty in its own independent 2021 investigation, “A Threshold Crossed.”
Daily Coverage
News and Analysis
Mondoweiss
A news and analysis site dedicated specifically to coverage of Palestine and the broader region, with a focus on context mainstream outlets omit.
+972 Magazine
Run by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli journalists, providing on-the-ground reporting and investigative journalism rarely found elsewhere.
The Electronic Intifada
Independent news organization providing daily Palestinian-centered coverage and analysis, often the first to surface stories later picked up by larger outlets.
Al Jazeera — Palestine Coverage
Continuous, comprehensive coverage of Gaza and the West Bank, including the Palestine in Pictures monthly photo series documenting daily life under occupation and siege.
UN and Legal Bodies
Primary Institutional Sources
UN OCHA — Occupied Palestinian Territory
Weekly humanitarian updates, casualty figures, and access restriction data for Gaza and the West Bank.
UNRWA
The UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees since 1949 — the same agency Israel has attempted to defund and ban.
International Court of Justice — Case 192
South Africa v. Israel — the genocide case, including the January 2024 provisional measures ruling and ongoing proceedings.
Law for Palestine
A legal documentation project that has compiled over 500 instances of incitement to genocide and ethnic cleansing by Israeli officials, submitted as evidence in international proceedings.