Nevada County for Palestine Resource Guide, 05/13/25
Nevada County for Palestine (NC4P)
On Instagram, multi-generational coalition organizing for political education, support of Palestine. https://www.instagram.com/nc4palestine/ @nc4palestine.
Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County http://facebook.com/peaceandjusticenevadacounty
(including Occupy Beale AFB, Justice4thePeace Band, and the New Peace Choir) @peaceandjusticecenternc
https://ncpeace.org/ and https://ncpeace.org/category/palestine-israel/
NEWS OUTLETS
Lifting the Fog NC4P Substack https://substack.com/@nc4pmedia?r=1r2f60&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
Al Jazeera English https://www.aljazeera.com/ and https://www.aljazeera.com/where/palestine
Breatkthrough News https://breakthroughnews.org/
The Chris Hedges Report https://chrishedges.substack.com/
The Cradle https://thecradle.co/
Democracy Now https://www.democracynow.org
Drop Site News https://www.dropsitenews.com/
The Electronic Intifada
Highly recommended as a credible Palestine news source. https://electronicintifada.net/
Middle East Eye https://www.middleeasteye.net/
WAFA News Agency, English Palestine News and Information Agency based in Ramallah https://english.wafa.ps/
+972 Magazine Independent, online by Palestinian and Israeli journalists. https://www.972mag.com/
The Grayzone https://thegrayzone.com
Palestine Nexus https://palestinenexus.com
BOOKS
Ali Abunimah One Country: A bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, 2006.
Diana Allen (ed.) Voices of the Nakba: A living History of Palestine, 2021.
Norman Finklestein Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, 2018
Rashid Khalidi The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017, 2020.
Gideon Levy (Haaretz) The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe, 2024.
Mahmoud Muna, Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture, 2024.
Ilan Pappé Ten Myths about Israel, 2017. The most contested ideas and fallacies concerning the origins and identity of the current state of Israel. Highly recommended, and The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, 2006. Thorough history of the events up to 1948 that culminated in the expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland.
Avi Shlaim, The Iron Wall, 2001.Another new Israeli historian, Shlaim presents a critical interpretation of the history of Zionism and Israel challenging Israel’s foundational myths.
Enzo Traverso, Gaza Faces History, 2024.Ben White, Cracks in the Wall–Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel, 2018.
Israeli Apartheid–A Beginner’s Guide, 2nd edn. 2014.
FILM AND VIDEO
The Encampments (Mar 2025, 1h 21m)protests at Columbia University https://breakthroughnews.org/
From Ground Zero (Feb 2025, 1h 52m) 22 Gazan filmmakers to reveal untold stories of the current siege on Gaza. Available for purchase or rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Fandango At Home
Kids Under Fire: An investigation into Israeli soldiers shooting children (Mar 2025, 25 m)
Israeli snipers intentional targeting of children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-0zrQZWwDE
The Last Sky (2024, 57 m)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QekO4pGUuSM&t=1659s
No Other Land (2024, 1h 32m)
Academy Award Palestinian-Israeli collective film
Atrocity Inc.: How Israel Sells Its Destruction of Gaza (2024, 44m)
Media deceptions and atrocity hoaxes Israel pushed after October 7 to create political space for its Gaza assault
Oct 7, Al Jazeera Investigations (2024, 59m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0atzea-PY&t=642s&ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglish
Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019, 1h 24m)
Filmed by Abby Martin during the height of the Great March Of Return Gaza border protests from the end of March 2018 to December 2019. Thirty thousand participated in this largely non-violent protest over the period. More than 9,000 Palestinians were wounded and 223 killed by Israeli snipers.
Israelism (2023, 1h 24m)
American documentary about the portrayal of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in American Jewish institutions. When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.
Available from Apple TV, YouTube, Roku, Google Play, Tubi
The Lobby, USA (2018, 3h 7m–full version; 1h 7m–abridged version)
A four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel’s covert influence campaign in the United States. Exposes the efforts of Israel and its lobbyists to spy on, smear and intimidate US citizens who support Palestinian human rights. https://bit.ly/2PCKgF0
full version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnzRsfMqOqI
abridged version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZA6V7Fa5aw
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in the United States
(2016, 1h 26m: full version; 45m: abridged version) full version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmoYoiMgpWU&ab_channel=TheOccupationoftheAmericanMind
- abridged version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmoYoiMgpWU
Occupation 101: Voice of the Silenced Majority (2006, 1h 29m)
Occupation 101 Official Movie Stream | #1 Film on the Roots of the Palestine-Israel Conflict
ORGANIZATIONS
American Friends Service Committee https://www.afsc.org/
Amnesty International https://www.amnesty.org/en/
B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
BDS: Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement https://bdsmovement.net
Code Pink https://www.codepink.org/palestine
Doctors Without Borders https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Ele Elna Elak
A volunteer-driven Palestinian support of Palestinian families in need with food, clothing and other essentials. NC4P (see below) has donated to this organization.https://eleelnaelak.org
Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/
Humanti https://www.humantiproject.org/
If Americans Knew
Stats, videos, articles, onconfiscation, military aid, media bias. https://ifamericansknew.org
If Not Now Movement American Jews organizing to end U.S. support for Israel’s apartheid system and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis. https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/
International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
Direct action, documentation and education to challenge the Israeli regime and its violations of international law and human rights. https://palsolidarity.org/
Jewish Voice for Peace
Progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization, Intergenerational movement of U.S. Jews in solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle, guided by a vision of justice, equality, and dignity for all people”. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)
https://www.unrwa.orghttps://uscpr.org
Who Profits Research Center
https://www.whoprofits.org/sections/view/3?who-profits-research-center
Report on Sexual Violence in the West Bank