This page lists resources for people working to raise awareness of the plight of Palestinians, whether simply by talking to family, friends and coworkers or through activism work with groups like Highland - Palestine. If you would like to volunteer with Highland - Palestine or are interested in organising a solidarity event in the Highlands such as a protest, vigil, fundraiser, or film screening and would like help with it please contact us at highland.palestine@gmail.com.
NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION (NVC) TRAINING
Highland - Palestine provides training sessions via zoom on nonviolent communication (NVC), an approach which focuses on having discussions about difficult topics like the Palestine Israel conflict with empathy, honesty and clarity. If you are interested in attending a session please email us for more information.
HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR PALESTINE
Dozens of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers in the Highlands are organising to show their solidarity with colleagues in Gaza, as well as the millions of other innocent people affected. If you are a healthcare worker and would like to join the Healthcare Workers for Palestine group please email us.
BOYCOTTS
Highland - Palestine encourages people in the Highlands to boycott companies that financially support the Israeli government, or otherwise make themselves complicit in Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people. You can find a list of companies to boycott here.
ALTERNATIVE NEWS SOURCES
Democracy Now
Palestine Deep Dive
The Real News Network
OTHER ONLINE NEWS SOURCES
The Palestinian Information Centre
WAFA: Palestine News & Info Agency
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
James Barr (2012)
A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle That Shaped the Middle East
Simon and Schuster
Nicholas Blincoe (2019)
More Noble than War
Constable
Rashid Khalidi (2020)
The Hunderd Years’ War on Palestine
Profile Books
Illan Pappe (2007)
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Oneworld
Ilan Pappe and Noam Chomsky (2016)
On Palestine
Penguin
Edward Said (2001)
The End of the Peace Process
Vintage
Avi Shlaim (2014)
The Iron Wall: Isael and the Arab World
Penguin
David Shulman (2007)
Dark Hope: Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine
Chicago
Eyal Weizman (2012)
Hollow Land
Verso
ACTIVIST GROUPS IN PALESTINE
Breaking the Silence
Good Shepherd Collective
Green Olive Collective
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)
Ta’ayush
BLOGS
Avigail Abarbanel
Jonathan Cook
Chris Hedges
NGOs
Adalah: The Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
Al-Haq: Defending Human Rights
B’Tselem
Ir Amim - For an Equitable and Stable Jerusalem
Norwegian Refugee Council in Palestine
Yesh Din
RESEARCH AND POLICY ORGANISATIONS
Al-Shabaka - the Palestinian Policy Network
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Institute for Middle East Understanding
Institute for Palestine Studies
The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA)
TIMELINES
Wikipedia: Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israel-Palestine Timeline The Human Cost of the Conflict
Defence for Children International - Palestine
UNITED NATIONS
United Nations - the Question of Palestine
UN Resolutions Related to the Question of Palestine
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) / Palestine
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) / Occupied Palestinian Territory
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Relief Web Occupied Palestinian Territories
STOP THE GENOCIDE LEAFLET
We hand out Stop the Genocide leaflets at our protests and encourage you to share the leaflet on social media and with family, friends and coworkers. If you would like copies of the leaflet to distribute please come along to one of our protests outside Inverness Town House every Saturday at 12pm.
Learn about Israel's ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people which is claiming the lives of thousands of innocent people every week.
Learn how you can donate to help the people of gaza.
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