LibGuides: Palestine: Organizations

Organizations

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American Muslims for Palestine
A grassroots organization dedicated to advancing the movement for justice in Palestine by educating the American public about Palestine and its rich cultural, historical and religious heritage and through grassroots mobilization and advocacy.
Decolonize This Place
Decolonize This Place is a movement based in New York City that organizes around Indigenous rights, black liberation, Palestinian nationalism, de-gentrification, and economic inequality. Their actions often take place at museums and cultural institutions and focus on colonialist tendencies within the art world.
Eyewitness Palestine
“Eyewitness Palestine is a transformational education program that inspires and trains participants to be accountable lifelong social justice advocates in the Palestine solidarity movement and within their own communities. ”
— Mission Statement —
Gaza Mental Health Foundation
Raises awareness and funds for the mental health work being carried out in the Gaza Strip by independent, non-sectarian organizations
If Americans Knew
"Independent research and information-dissemination institute, with particular focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. foreign policy regarding the Middle East, and media coverage of this issue. Specifically, the organization’s objective is to provide information that is to a large degree missing from American press coverage of this critical region."
Jewish Voice for Peace
"A grassroots, multiracial, cross-class, intergenerational movement of U.S. Jews into solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle, guided by a vision of justice, equality, and dignity for all people."
Librarians With Palestine
"A network of self-defined librarians, archivists, and information workers in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. "
NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change
" Empowers Jewish and Muslim Change-makers with the skills, resources, and relationships needed to improve Muslim-Jewish relations and strengthen cooperation on issues of shared concern. Through a professional fellowship, high school leadership council, and innovative public programming, NewGround works with a broad political and religious spectrum of Muslims, Jews and the institutions."
Palestine Museum US
Located in Woodbridge, Connecticut, with a mission to:
-Research and preserve Palestinian history
-Showcase the Palestinian experience, pre- and post-Nakbah, in Palestine and in the diaspora
-Celebrate Palestinian cultural and artistic achievements
-Tell the Palestinian story to US and global audience through works of art, film, literature, and mixed media
-Serve as a cultural common ground for all Palestinians
Palestinian American Organizations Network (PAON)
"A network for all Palestinian American Organizations in the United States advocating for the advancement of the Palestinian American community’s interest and the rights of the Palestinian people for justice, self-determination, and independence"
Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace
"A non-sectarian, ecumenical alliance of Palestinian American Christians seeking to provide a clear voice and presence in faith-based communities in the United States."
Palestinian Feminist Collective
The Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) is a body of Palestinian and Arab feminists committed to Palestinian social and political liberation by confronting systemic gendered, sexual, and colonial violence, oppression, and dispossession.
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
"We support a just and lasting peace for Palestinians and Israelis based on human rights, international law, equality, and relevant UN resolutions.
We oppose US military, diplomatic, financial, corporate, and all other forms of support for Israel’s occupation and apartheid policies toward Palestinians.
We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle to achieve freedom from Israeli military occupation, justice for refugees through the implementation of their right of return, full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel, and the right to self-determination.
We stand opposed to Islamophobia, antisemitism, all forms of racism, and any other expressions of bigotry directed at any person or group. We also reject the charge of antisemitism when it is used spuriously to silence legitimate criticism of Israel’s policies and practices."
Publishers for Palestine
"A global collective of publishers, and others who work in publishing around the world, who stand for justice, freedom of expression, and the power of the written word. "
US Palestinian Council (USPC)
"A non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization that aims to represent, educate and advocate on issues of concern to Palestinian Americans, strengthen ties between the US and Palestine, and push forward a vision based on liberty, justice, and human rights for all."

alQaws
alQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society, a civil society organization founded in grassroots activism, is at the forefront of vibrant Palestinian cultural and social change, building LGBTQ communities and promoting new ideas about the role of gender and sexual diversity in political activism, civil society institutions, media, and everyday life.
BDS Movement
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.
International Solidarity Movement
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the long-entrenched and systematic oppression and dispossession of the Palestinian population, using non-violent, direct-action methods and principles. Founded in August 2001, ISM aims to support and strengthen the Palestinian popular resistance by being immediately alongside Palestinians in olive groves, on school runs, at demonstrations, within villages being attacked, by houses being demolished or where Palestinians are subject to consistent harassment or attacks from soldiers and settlers as well as numerous other situations.
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
The IPSC campaigns for justice for the Palestinian people, through raising public awareness about the human rights abuses in the occupied territories, the violations of international law and the historical causes of the injustices to the Palestinians that lie at the heart of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)
"Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), founded in 1991 by concerned humanitarians in the USA, provides free medical care to thousands of injured and ill children yearly who lack local access to care within the local health care system. Over the years, we've sent over 2,000 affected children abroad for free medical care, sent thousands of international doctors and nurses to provide tens of thousands of children free medical care in local hospitals, and provided tens of thousands of children humanitarian aid and support they otherwise would not get. "
Palestinian Queers for BDS
Palestinian Queers for BDS (PQBDS) is a group of Palestinian queer activists who live in the Palestinian Occupied Territory and inside Israel, who came together to promote and stand for the Palestinian civil society call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, that was launched in July 2005. As an integral part of Palestinian society we believe that the struggle for sexual and gender diversity is interconnected with the Palestinian struggle for freedom. We believe that the BDS campaign is an effective way of resistance that represents the majority of Palestinian people: the refugees in exile, Palestinians under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the subjugated Palestinian citizens of the Israeli state.
Stop The Wall: Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
Since the Wall’s inception in 2002 the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (or Stop the Wall) has been the main national grassroots body mobilizing and organizing the collective efforts against the Apartheid Wall. It is based on the efforts of popular committees in the villages affected by the Wall where people can meet, organize, strategize and mobilize.
United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is observed by the United Nations on or around 29 November each year, in accordance with General Assembly mandates contained in resolutions 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, 34/65 D of 12 December 1979, and subsequent resolutions adopted under agenda item “Question of Palestine.” The International Day of Solidarity traditionally provides an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the fact that the question of Palestine remains unresolved and that the Palestinian people have yet to attain their inalienable rights as defined by the General Assembly, namely, the right to self-determination without external interference, the right to national independence and sovereignty, and the right to return to their homes and property, from which they have been displaced. In response to the call of the United Nations, various activities are undertaken annually by Governments and civil society in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. These activities include, among other things, the issuance of special messages of solidarity with the Palestinian people, the organization of meetings, the dissemination of publications and other information material, and the screening of films.
Zochrot
NGO that has been working since 2002 for exposing and disseminating historical information about the Palestinian Nakba in Hebrew, with a view to promote accountability for the Nakba among the Jewish pubic of Israel and the implementation of the Right of Return of Palestinian refugees.

Publshers for Palestine

Forthcoming events:

February 24: Radical Books Collective continues their #ReadPalestine series with Sahar Khalifeh's Wild Thorns.

The 10 zines shared by Publishers for Palestine currently available are:

“A Gazan Young Man Dreams of a Peaceful Death,” by Mo. Alkrunz in Gaza. (Design by Pleasure Pie, 2023)
“We [Palestinians] Are Not Going Away,” a series of first-person accounts. (Design by Pleasure Pie, 2023)
“Sex Education in Gaza”; an interview with a Gazan sex educator on the state of sex education under occupation. (Design by Pleasure Pie, 2023)
“Queer Voices from the Fight for Palestinian Liberation” (Created in November 2023 and updated in January 2024)
“BDS: What It Is, Why It Matters,” a visual on BDS by acclaimed graphic novelist Leila Abdulrazzaq
“Gazan Youth Manifesto“
“Israel-Palestine Explainer,” a zine by the writers at Jewish Currents
“Palestinian Artists in History & Today” (Made by Gliese Art Collective)
“Tkhines for a Free Palestine,” an illustrated collection of anti-Zionist Jewish prayers
“Free Palestine: Resources Inside!,” a zine with resources for supporting a free Palestine.

Six more free zines are available from the group Librarians and Archivists with Palestine:

“The ABCs of Occupation & Resistance,” a zine by Rachel Mattson, 2014.
“Human Geography in Nablus, ‘Mountain of Fire,’” a zine by Vani Natarajan and Melissa Morrone, 2014.
“Overdue Books: Returning Palestine’s ‘Abandoned Property’ of 1948,” a 2014 zine by by Hannah Mermelstein
“Prisoners’ Books at the Nablus Public Library,” a 2014 zine by Maggie Schreiner
“Handala,” a 2014 zine by Josh MacPhee.
“Wall: Palestine,” a zine by Josh MacPhee with various delegates, 2014.

More freely available reading resources can be found at Publishers for Palestine.

Attribution

Resources on this page are shared by Publishers for Palestine, a global collective of publishers, and others who work in publishing around the world, who stand for justice, freedom of expression, and the power of the written word.