Stories about Palestine

the "swiss cheese" that Palestine has become
map from thepeoplesvoice.org via theipmn.org

Thank you for coming to look at this page.  I traveled to Israel and Palestine (in the area known as the West Bank) for two weeks in April/May of 2013 with a group of eleven American women.  We met with some extraodinary people - both Palestinian Christians and Israeli Jews -  who are working for peace and justice between Palestinians and Israelis.  This trip turned me on my head, and the things I saw and experienced have not left my mind for a moment.  When I wonder what I can do to help move people towards peace and justice, I think, if I can broaden someone's image of who the people are who live in Palestine and Israel, if I can plant a seed of connection between one life and another, that might help.  I hope these stories do that for you.

As I process my trip I wanted to have a place to collect resources and blog posts.  That's where you are!  Check back - I'll continue to update the list.  The books are from our list of recommended reading for our trip, and are fiction and non-fiction, Palestinian-centered, Israeli-centered, Jewish-centered.

Posts

Come and See

still planting olive trees

First days of Bethlehem

Connecting at the Checkpoint: Machsom Watch

Contain both sides in your heart - Meeting Dalia Landau from The Lemon Tree

Jerusalem

Maybe Probably

Books

Mornings in Jenin (Susan Abulhawa)
The Dovekeepers (Alice Hoffman) 

The Lemon Tree  (Sandy Tolan)

The Storyteller (Jodi Picoult)
Hebron Journal: Stories of Non-violent Peacemaking (Art Gish)
At-Tuwani Journal (Art Gish)

Films

Five Broken Cameras
Flying Paper
The Other Son
TED Talk - Dalia Landau

Websites

DIYAR Consortium
Tent of Nations
Wi'am Palestinian Center for Conflict Resolution
Machsom Watch
Breaking the Silence - former Israeli soldiers talk about the reality of life in the Occupied Territories (West Bank and Gaza)
Electronic Intifada - news and commentary about the occupation
Israel/Palestine Mission Network - website put out by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - lists resource materials, product boycott information, maps