1. Bil'in: Palestinian Village Under Attack
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Leaders of non-violent protests in Bil'in village against Israeli settlements and occupation arrested by Israeli occupation forces. International supporters are asked to support the non-violent resistance in the face of Israeli attempts to crush it.
2. Break the Silence Against the Siege of Gaza
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2008
   Unstable medical supplies and lack of fuel have disrupted medical equipment such as incubators, dialysis equipment and heart monitors in Gaza. There is a shortage of many critical medications and essential medical equipment.
3. Call from Gaza for Global Response to Killings on the Freedom Flotilla
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   We Gaza based Palestinian Civil Society Organizations and International activists call on the international community and civil society to pressure their governments and Israel to cease the abductions and killings in Israel's attacks on the Flotilla
4. Canada Has Blood On Its Hands!
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   On February 9th, a day before the Israeli elections, concerned Canadians will demonstrate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in a peaceful vigil to urge the Canadian government to challenge Israeli impunity in committing war crimes and human rights abuses.
5. Canadian Health Professionals Call for Ceasefire and Ending the Siege of Gaza
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Canadian health professionals unequivocally protest against the Israeli siege and invasion of Gaza and against the Canadian Government’s support of Israel in its complicity in this massacre.
6. Canadians for Genocide Education
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
7. Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Non-Violent Resistance in Bil'in in the West Bank
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Come to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the non-violent resistance in Bil'in in the occupied West Bank. February 5th from 5 until 6pm at the Iisraeli Consulate 180 Bloor St. W. Toronto.
8. Defiant Journalists Back Ethical Campaign for Palestinian Media
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has concluded the launch of its programme to support ethical journalism in Palestine with a series of proposals to strengthen independent media even in the face of political difficulties.
9. Five years of illegality: Time to dismantle the Wall and respect the rights of Palestinians
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   In a report, Five years of illegality, Oxfam International presents testimonies of fifteen Palestinian men and women who recount their daily problems, arising from the construction of the Wall and its associated regime of land confiscation.
10. Free Speech and Acceptable Truths
    Statement of the Alumni for Responsible Speech
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    While we support freedom of speech and academic freedom, we believe that university administrations have a duty to provide a safe learning environment in which students and faculty are protected by incorrect or harmful ideas. To achieve this safe learning environment, it will be necessary for the university authorities to cleanse the university's libraries of harmful books, to block inappropriate Internet sites, to ban guest lectures who hold improper views, and to identify and prosecute students and faculty who are guilty of thought crimes.
    
11. 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyone
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    On the issue of free speech most of the right and much of the left are in agreement, and so too are many liberals, activists, and human rights apparatchiks. They hold essentially the same position on freedom of expression – they are for it ‘in principle’, but only so long as it isn’t used to express views that they find unacceptable or offensive. What they disagree about is merely who gets to decide what ideas are unacceptable, i.e., who gets to censor who.
    
12. Gaza’s civilians, still unable to rebuild one year after Operation Cast Lead, ‘betrayed’ by international community
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The international community has betrayed the people of Gaza by failing to back their words with effective action to secure the ending of the Israeli blockade which is preventing reconstruction and recovery, say a group of 16 leading organizations.
13. Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study.
14. IFJ Condemns Gaza Attack and Demands International Inquiry after Reports of Media Casualties
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    The International Federation of Journalists today reacted with shock at the news of the brutal attacks on civilians, including journalists, by Israeli forces in the assault on a flotilla that yesterday tried to breach the military blockade of Gaza
15. IFJ Condemns Palestinian Authority Over Ban on Al-Jazeera
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the Palestinian Authority to rescind its decision to close down the office the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television in the West Bank.
16. IFJ Defending Journalists in Palestine and Israel
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has reaffirmed its commitment to defend the interests of journalists in Palestine and Israel.
17. IFJ Demands Overhaul of Repressive Media Laws in the Middle East
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Launching its ‘Breaking the Chains' annual report into press freedom violations in the Arab World and Iran, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for a radical overhaul of media laws in the Middle East.
18. IFJ Hits Out over Arrest and Detention of Journalists in Palestine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the "unjustified" detention of journalists by the Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Services.
19. IFJ Urges Unity and Fresh Start for Journalists in Palestine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists calls on Palestinian media to stand up and unite for their profession and said it was ready to support fresh efforts for better relations with political leaders to ensure more protection and needed reform.
20. IFJ Welcomes "Historic Opportunity" as Palestinian Journalists Agree to Hold Congress
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists welcomes the decision by the Palestine Journalists' Syndicate (PJS) yesterday to hold a Congress to elect a new leadership and rebuild the unity and solidarity of journalists across the occupied territories
21. IFJ Welcomes Successful Safety Training for Gaza Journalists in Egypt
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today welcomed the successful safety training organised for Gaza Journalists which took place in Cairo from 20 to 22 April.
22. Inaugural Event: A dramatic reading of a personal account of bombing of Gaza
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    New Toronto Art and Culture Venue - Beit Zatoun. Inaugural Event: A dramatic reading of SEVEN DAYS FROM A GAZA DIARY, on 1st anniversary of Israeli assault on Gaza. In Toronto; Saturday January 30 at 6 pm. Beit Zatoun House, 612 Markham St.
23. Israel: Misuse of Drones Killed Civilians in Gaza
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Israeli attacks with guided missiles fired from aerial drones killed civilians during the recent Gaza fighting in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch says.
24. Israeli army raids on Bil'in village
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Israeli army forces are launching night-time military raids on Bil'in village in Palestine. Military raids launched by Israeli forces in Palestine in parallel to court case in Canada.
    
25. Israeli authorities close Palestinian media centre in East Jerusalem
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday morning's decision by the Israeli internal security ministry to shut down the Palestinian media centre that had been set up in the East Jerusalem.
26. Israeli media forbidden to report case widely covered internationally
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders condemns an absurd court-ordered ban on Israeli media coverage of the case of Anat Kam, an online journalist and former soldier accused of leaking classified military information.
27. Israeli soldiers disguised as photojournalists endanger journalists' lives, says MADA
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) expresses concern over the Israeli occupation forces disguising themselves as photojournalists in the middle of Palestinian protesters.
28. Jewish Canadians Concerned About Suppression of Criticism of Israel
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    We are Jewish Canadians concerned about all expressions of racism, anti-Semitism, and social injustice. We believe that the Holocaust legacy "Never again" means never again for all peoples. It is a tragic turn of history that the State of Israel, with its ideals of democracy and its dream of being a safe haven for Jewish people, causes immeasurable suffering and injustice to the Palestinian people.
29. Jewish group condemns Israeli attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) has expressed shock and outrage in response to the deaths and injuries of participants in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla at the hands of the Israeli navy.
30. Jewish Women Occupy Israeli Consulate in Toronto
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    A diverse group of Jewish Canadian women are currently occupying the Israeli consulate at 180 Bloor Street West in Toronto. This action is in protest against the on-going Israeli assault on the people of Gaza.
31. Journalists and media workers assaulted by occupation forces
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) condemns the attack on Reuters photographer Nayef Alhishlmon and several Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation forces.
32. Massacre In Gaza Black Saturday
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    UHWC asks you, to issue a strong Last Appeal Statement condemning Israel’s human rights violations against the Palestinian people and to demand a cessation of this military offensive.
    
33. Mohammed Khatib, coordinator of West Bank Coordination Committee arrested
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Mohammed Khatib’s arrest today is the most severe escalation in a recent wave of repression again the Palestinian popular struggle and its leadership. Khatib is the 35th resident of Bil’in to be arrested on suspicions related to anti-Wall protest .
34. New solidarity ship to sail to Gaza on June 25
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    On June 25th, the Free Gaza movement will set sail on its eighth mission to break Israel’s horrific siege and collective punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
35. Occupation on Trial - Palestinian village sues Canadian corporations for building illegal Israeli settlements
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Bil'in, a Palestinian village that has become an international symbol of Palestinian popular non-violent resistance to the ongoing construction of the Israeli separation wall, is suing Canadian corporations for building illegal settlements.
36. An Open Letter From Anti-Zionist Jewish Youth in Canada
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Let us not be silent bystanders while humanity suffers. Let us raise our voices, as Jewish youth, and demand a single, democratic state, with equal rights for everyone in Israel/Palestine.
37. Richard Falk, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories Speaking in Toronto
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Richard Falk, the UN Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, will be speaking in Toronto next Sunday September 27th at 2pm. at 155 College St. Room 610.
    
38. A Seasonal Greeting to the World: End the Siege of Gaza
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    A Seasonal Greeting to the World: End the Siege of Gaza. This Friday at our weekly vigil, we will mark the season with a Christmas tree decorated with barbed wire to depict the prison-like conditions the people of Gaza are enduring.
    
39. Sources welcomes Canadians for Genocide Education
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    CGE is a multi-cultural coalition of associations committed to equity and inclusivity in education on and commemoration of Genocide. Our focus areas are school curriculum and government funded projects relating to genocide and human rights.
40. Sources welcomes Independent Jewish Voices
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Independent Jewish Voices. ndependent Jewish Voices represents Jews in Canada from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.
41. Sources welcomes Michael Riordon
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Michael Riordon. Canadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio and stage.
42. Statement from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    It would seem mandatory for the International Criminal Court to investigate the situation, and determine whether the Israeli civilian leaders and military commanders responsible for the Gaza siege should be indicted and prosecuted.
    
43. The Military has repeatedly violated Medical Ethic Codes during its Gaza Offensive
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Physicians for Human Rights-Israel in a Report on Medical Ethics during the War on Gaza:"The Military has repeatedly violated Medical Ethic Codes during its Gaza Offensive"
44. The Outcry of Worldwide Authentic Judaism Condemning the Genocide in Occupied Palestine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Worldwide Authentic Orthodox Judaism strongly condemns the genocide being carried out by the Zionist occupation army through air attacks on Gaza city.
45. The story Israel doesn't want you to know: Israeli Resistance to Israeli Apartheid
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Shachaf Polakow, a member of the Israeli group, Anarchists Against the Wall will be speaking about the work of the group who act jointly with the popular Palestinian struggles against the Wall in the West Bank.
46. Toronto Peace Activists March in Solidarity to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    On December 31, 2009, more than 1,300 citizens from across the world (including more than 55 Canadians) will join with an estimated 50,000 Palestinians in a peaceful march to the Erez border crossing into Israel.
47. We are NOT the 'Story', It's Not Just Our 21 Kidnapped Passengers
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    On June 30th 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed humanitarian and reconstruction supplies to Gaza.
48. Winners of Courage in Journalism Awards Announced
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Iryna Khalip of Belarus, Agnes Taile of Cameroon and Jila Baniyaghoob of Iran win Courage in Journalism Awards from the International Women’s Media Foundation. Amira Hass of Israel is Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
    
49. Zatoun
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    

Experts on Palestine in the Sources Directory

1. The British Museum
2. Canadians for Genocide Education
3. Connexions Library/Archive
4. Electronic Intifada
5. History & Policy
6. Independent Jewish Voices
7. League of Arab States
8. Organization of the Islamic Conference
9. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
10. Michael Riordon
11. Zatoun