RESOURCES

Resources for Palestine:
Politicians, Local Media, Independent Media, Aid Agencies

Politicians

Congressman Douglas LaMalfa
\https://lamalfa.house.gov/contact

408 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC  20515
Phone: (202) 225-3076

Chico District Office
120 Independence Circle
Suite B
Chico, CA  95973
Phone: (530) 343-1000

Senator LaPhonza Butler
  E-mail form https://www.butler.senate.gov/
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-3841 

Senator Alex Padilla
https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/
112 Hart Senate
Office Building
Washington, DC 20510              
(202) 224-3553
(202) 224-2200
The White House
Comments: 202-456-1111
E-mail contact:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/write-or-call/

Secretary of State Antony Blinken
https://register.state.gov/contactus/contactusform

Benjamin Netanyahu
  https://www.netanyahu.org.il/en/
Israeli Government Support Center
  [email protected]

Media Contacts


KZFR Community Calendar [email protected]
ER News bureau [email protected]
ER letters (250 words) [email protected]
  Weekend Editor Evan Tuchinsky [email protected]
  Editor Mike Wolcott [email protected]
Chico News and Review (online form) https://chico.newsreview.com/letter-to-the-editor/
KCHO [email protected]
NY Times [email protected] (150-200 words)
Washington Post [email protected]
LA Times (online form) https://www.latimes.com/opinion/submit-letter-to-the-editor
San Francisco Chronicle (online form) https://www.sfchronicle.com/submit-your-opinion/
Sacramento Bee (online form) https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/submit-letter/

Support Agencies



Doctors without Borders https://doctorswithoutborders.org/

International Committee of the Red Cross
https://www.icrc.org/

UN Save the Children Foundation
https://www.unicefusa.org/

Palestine Children's Relief Fund www.pcrf.net


Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org

See also NPR’s report: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/13/1205235922/help-israel-gaza-humanitarian-organizations

Alternative Media

● Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/search/Palestine
● B’tselem: http://www.btselem.org
● Democracy Now: https://www.democracynow.org/
● Electronic Intifada http://electronicintifada.net/
● Eyewitness Blogs: https://www.eyewitnessblogs.com/
● Foreign Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com
● Institute for Palestine Studies, blogs: https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/blogs/all2
● The Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre: http://www.jmcc.org/
● Palestine Chronicle: https://www.palestinechronicle.com/category/news/
● Palestine in America: https://www.palestineinamerica.com/blog
● Palestine Monitor: https://palestinemonitor.org/
● Institute for Middle East Understanding: https://imeu.org/topic/category/news-analysis
● Ma’an News Agency: https://www.maannews.net/
● Mondoweiss: http://mondoweiss.net/
● Palestine Deep Dive: https://www.palestinedeepdive.com/
● Palestine Portal: https://www.palestineportal.org/● Palestine Monitor: http://www.palestinemonitor.org
● Silwan Information Center: https://www.silwanic.net/
● The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/
● This Week in Palestine (monthly): http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/
● Transcend Media Service: https://www.transcend.org/tms/tag/palestine-israel/
● Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA): https://www.wrmea.org/
● Who Profits: https://www.whoprofits.org/publications/all

 

· Other Activist Groups
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● Arab American Institute: https://www.aaiusa.org/
● Council on American-Islamic Relations, https://www.cair.com/
● Defense for Children International – Palestine https://www.dci-palestine.org/
● Friends of Sabeel North America: https://www.fosna.org/
● Jewish Voices for Peace: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
● Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: https://pchrgaza.org/en/
● Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/
● Palestine Legal: https://palestinelegal.org/
● Palestine Solidarity Campaign: https://www.palestinecampaign.org/
● Palestinian Youth Movement: https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/
● US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR): https://uscpr.org/

​Briefly annotated links
Books, articles, films, and more recommended by our members.

​Dismantling Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy" discussion paper and guide can be downloaded from www.fcnl.org/DRM. 

The Cooperative Culture Handbook: A Social Change Manual to Dismantle Toxic Culture and Build Connection by Yana Ludwig and Karen Gimnig.   To order go to: https://www.ic.org/cooperative-culture/​
 The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGee.
 Penguin, 2021.
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"War Poisons Everybody": Remembering legendary historian Howard Zinn on His 100th Birthday. This aired on "Democracy Now!" on 8/24 (when he would have turned 100 had he not died in 2010 at age 87), with several interviews with him over the years. 
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/8/24/remembering_howard_zinn_on_100th_birthday

​More resources to come. If you have suggestions, please send an email to [email protected]