Take Action Palestine
- Share information with family
members and friends. Don’t avoid the subject just because it is controversial.
- Write a letter to
the editor of your local or regional newspaper when Palestinian
perspectives are not reflected in coverage of related issues.
- Boycott products made in illegal Israeli settlements or companies that otherwise support the occupation. For more information, visit:
- Visit, call or write
to your representative and senators to urge a more balanced, less Israel-centric
approach to the peacemaking process...and be sure to voice your support for legislators that do have a balanced approach
- Visit Palestine to see the conditions of occupation yourself, so that you can speak more convincingly to people in your community about the situation there. For more information on delegations both to the West Bank and Gaza, visit:
- International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza (Gaza Freedom March)
- Global Exchange Reality Tours
- Interfaith
Peace Builders
Organizations to Check Out:
U.S. Campaign
to End the Israeli Occupation
American Friends
Service Committee
B’Tselem (Israeli information center for human
rights in the occupied territories)
Alternative News Sources to Share:
Palestine
Telegraph (Gaza-based)
Host a book or discussion circle:
A Country of Words: A Palestinian
Journey from the Refugee Camp to the Front Page,
by Abdel Bari AtwanAn Israeli in Palestine:
Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel, by Jeff Halper
The Lemon Tree: an Arab,
a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian
Life, by Sari Nusseibeh
One Country: A Bold Proposal
to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, by Ali Abunimah
Palestine Inside Out: An
Everyday Occupation, by Saree Makdisi