Vol 1: Mythbusting - Sources Cited
Myth 1: ”It started on Oct 7”
- Quick Facts: The Palestinian Nakba, The Institute for Middle East Understanding, 2023. https://imeu.org/article/quick-facts-the-palestinian-nakba
- Session 2: Nakba in History, Project 48, 2023. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YIThm0xiVxKAV72g1XVcXd37zblSNs6U/view
- Session 3: The Nakba in Numbers, Project 48, 2023. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tCTysGxEQpqFW4fIEHvk8FpA6Lx8hUmi/edit#slide=id.p1
- Overall Chronology, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, 2023. https://www.palquest.org/en/overallchronology
- Palestine 101, Decolonize Palestine, 2023. https://decolonizepalestine.com/introduction-to-palestine/
- Palestine, Today: Explore how the Nakba transformed Palestine, Visualizing Palestine, 2023. https://today.visualizingpalestine.org/acre/
- The British Army in Palestine, National Army Museum, 2023. https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/conflict-Palestine
Myth 2: ”Antizionism is Antisemitism”
- Der Judenstaat (via Project Gutenberg EBook), Theodor Herzl, Dover Publications Inc, 1988 (orig. 1896). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25282/25282-h/25282-h.htm
- Divisive megachurch pastor draws criticism for role at March for Israel, Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 2023. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/divisive-pastor-john-hagee-criticism-role-march-israel-rcna125346
- Did Biden just say the U.S. can’t protect Jews?, Jewish Voice for Peace, 2023. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/12/12/mccarthyism-and-antisemitism/
- How Zionism Feeds Antisemitism, Dave Zirin, The Nation, 2023. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/zionism-antisemitism-congress/
Myth 3: ”Israel is the only thing keeping Jewish people safe”
- Israel Admits Targeting Ethiopian Jews for Compulsory Contraception, Diane Tober, Center for Genetics And Society Biopolitical Times, 2013. https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/israel-admits-targeting-ethiopian-jews-compulsory-contraception
- The Chosen Body: The Politics of the Body in Israeli Society, Meira Weiss, Stanford University Press, 2002. https://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=1383&isbn=0804750807&gvp=1
- Eugenics in Israel: Did Jews Try to Improve the Human Race Too?, Yotam Feldman, Haaretz, 2009. https://www.haaretz.com/2009-05-14/ty-article/eugenics-in-israel-did-jews-try-to-improve-the-human-race-too/0000017f-f04e-da6f-a77f-f84e7b090000?v=1706817369568<s=1706817383000
- Anti-Semitism: Mantagu Memo on the Anti-Semitism of the British Government, Edwin Montagu, 1917. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/montagu-memo-on-british-government-s-anti-semitism
- A Threat From Within: A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism, Yakov M. Rabkin, Zed Books, 2006. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/a-threat-from-within
- Does Israel Really “Keep Jews Safe?", Carolyn L. Karcher, Truthout, 2023. https://truthout.org/articles/does-israel-really-keep-jews-safe/
- The roots of anti-Mizrahi racism in Israel, Edo Konrad, +972 Magazine, 2015. https://www.972mag.com/the-roots-of-anti-mizrahi-racism-in-israel/
Myth 4: "It’s a religious conflict”
- Atlantic History: Religion and Colonization, Susanne Lachenicht, Bayreuth University, 2019. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199730414/obo-9780199730414-0311.xml
- Israel-Gaza: What international law says about the deadly hospital strike, Areesha Lodhi, Al Jazeera, 2023. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/18/israel-gaza-what-international-law-says-about-the-deadly-hospital-strike
- Demographic history of Palestine (region), Wikipedia, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palestine_(region)
- Palestine, Today: Explore how the Nakba Transformed Palestine, Visualizing Palestine, 2023. https://today.visualizingpalestine.org/acre/
Myth 5: ”Palestinians are not indigenous”
Myth 6: ”Israel made the desert bloom”
- Making the Desert Bloom: A Myth Examined, Alan George, Journal of Palestine Studies, 1979. https://www.palestine-studies.org/sites/default/files/attachments/jps-articles/2536511.pdf
- Is Israel’s Gaza bombing also a war on the climate?, Indlieb Farazi Saber, Al Jazeera, 2023. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/5/is-israels-war-on-gaza-also-hurting-the-climate
- Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have “immense” effect on climate catastrophe, Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-change
- Land Acquisition Law (Actions and Compensation), Adalah, 2003. https://www.adalah.org/en/law/view/533
Myth 7: ”Palestinians don’t want peace”
Myth 8: ”Israel has the right to defend itself”
- Israel Is Defending Itself, Decolonize Palestine, 2023. https://decolonizepalestine.com/myth/israel-is-defending-itself/
- No, Israel Does Not Have the Right to Self-Defense in International Law Against Occupied Palestinian Territory, Noura Erakat, Jadaliyya, 2014. https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/27551
- The Fallacy of the Colonial “Right to Self-Defence,” Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera, 2021. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/16/the-fallacy-of-the-colonial-right-to-defence
- Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, United Nations Digital Library, 1982. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/40572?ln=en
- How the US has used it’s Veto Power at the UN in Support of Israel, Shakeeb Asrar and Mohammed Hussein, Al Jazeera, 2023. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/26/how-the-us-has-used-its-veto-power-at-the-un-in-support-of-israel
- No Justice, No Peace: A List of Israeli War Crimes Since Oct. 7, Nadine Sayegh, Palestine Studies, 2023. https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654922
- Occupied Territories or Disputed Territories, The Jerusalem Center, 2001. https://jcpa.org/article/occupied-territories-or-disputed-territories/
Myth 9: ”From the river to the sea’ is antisemitic”
- From the River to the Sea to Every Mountain Top: Solidarity as Worldmaking, Robin D.G. Kelley, Journal of Palestine Studies, 2019. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EI71u72WziTTRDFEUHVES1TUnL75Sfaa/view
- ‘From The River To The Sea’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means, Maha Nassar, Forward, 2018. https://forward.com/opinion/415250/from-the-river-to-the-sea-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means/
- Decolonize Palestine: ‘From The River To The Sea’ is a Call for Genocide, Decolonize Palestine, 2023. https://decolonizepalestine.com/myth/from-the-river-to-the-sea-is-a-call-to-genocide/
- Map of Palestine, Palestine Land Society, Salman Abu Sitta, 2022. https://www.plands.org/en/maps-atlases/maps/palestine
Myth 10: ”This doesn’t have anything to do with me”