Books
– The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Kahalidi. (Metropolitan Books, 2021)
– Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the U.S. by Trita Parsi. (Yale University
Press, 2008)
– The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Steven Walt. (Farrar, Straus and
Giroux, 2008)
– The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood by Rashid Khalidi. (Beacon Press,
2006)
– Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness by Rashid Khalidi. (Columbia
University Press, 1997)
– The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (One World, 2024)
– Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters by Helena Cobban & Rami C. Khouri (OR Books, 2024)

Documentary Films 
– Israelism (2023). When two young American Jews witness how Israel treats Palestinians, they become
conflicted as a deepening generational divide grows over modern Jewish identity.
– Occupation of the American Mind (2016). The film reveals strategies Israel and its supporters have used to distort U.S. perceptions about the Israeli– Palestinian crisis for the last 50 years.
– Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land (2004). This film provides a striking comparison of U.S. and
international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
– MORE FILMS BY CATEGORY from Jewish Voice for Peace’s library. For the full list of 70+ films and guidelines on access, go to jvp-boston.org/resources or email filmlibraryjvp@gmail.com

For Better News Coverage and Analysis
– Democracy Now (daily news). Hosted in New York by Amy Goodman, a peace-oriented, sustainable-climate slant. Available on-line (https://www.democracynow.org/shows) and on 1,400 radio and television stations.
– Al Jazeera English (daily news). The first English-language news channel with headquarters in the Middle East, it provides solid news and a richer variety of perspectives than other English-language networks do. It can be seen on many cable networks, as well as on internet and YouTube
(https://www.youtube.com/@aljazeeraenglish/live).
– Quincy Institute (analysis). It describes itself as a “transpartisan action tank” that focuses on an American
foreign policy that engages the entire world, fostering peace and democracy and opposing war. (https://quincyinst.org)
– Chicago Area Peace Action, CAPA. In existence for nearly fifty years and affiliated with national Peace Action, it exists to encourage citizen activism in behalf of a world free of war, climate degradation, racism, poverty, and nuclear weapons. (chipeaceaction.org).