GENERAL HISTORY
Al-Nakba
A lengthy documentary produced by Al-Jazeera, total running-time around 210 minutes. It charts the history of Zionism and the impact of ethnic cleansing on the Palestinians.
Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm7dMhE80dw
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYvimRnlTqE
World War One through Arab Eyes
A three-part documentary produced by Al-Jazeera about the First World War and its impact on the Middle East. Each programme lasts for around 45 minutes. The link for all three parts is HERE.
Clash of the Worlds
Programme no.3 in this series (58 minutes) traces the history of Britain’s involvement in Palestine from 1917: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIVqS7YRqI
Israel- History and Facts
A hard-hitting 6-minute video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81SjwCXrNYE&feature=channel_video_title
100 Balfour Road (2017)
A fictional English family are evicted from their home with flashbacks to the Balfour declaration of 1917. Running time 11 minutes.
Deir Yassin remembered
A 33-minute documentary about the massacre of 1948: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/deir-yassin-remembered/
JERUSALEM
Israel demolishing Palestinians’ homes – 24 Jun 09
A short (3-minute) Al-Jazeera clip shows how in the Silwan area surrounding the Old City of East Jerusalem, Palestinians are being handed eviction notices on a daily basis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xju2YaYdZ30&feature=channel
GAZA
Gaza: The Killing Zone
A hard-hitting Dispatches programme made as long ago as 2007 about Gaza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo59c7zU
OCHA/UNRWA Gaza Film January 2009
A powerful 6-minute clip filmed in the aftermath of the devastating 22 day long war in January 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R5vn1wsoAw
Gerald Kaufman MP speech (2009) in the Commons on Gaza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8
Remembering Rachel Corrie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_uHb92qGp4&feature=related
Gaza- No Right to Life
Guardian video 11th July 2009: With the lack of medical services in Gaza, critically ill patients must travel into Israel for treatment. Many are asked to collaborate with Israeli intelligence services before they receive aid. It has been alleged that if they refuse to become informers they are refused medical treatment. Inigo Gilmore reports: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/jun/11/gaza-israel
Rise in birth defects after Israeli war alarms Gazans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KVbvl5xgNk&feature=player_profilepage
HOUSE DEMOLITIONS
Israel’s apartheid policies – June 2014 (94 minutes)
Jeff Halper, director of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions,reports on Israel’s policy of denying nearly all Palestinians permits to build homes and then demolishing houses they build for not having permits:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pur66KXJ0X8. Over 24,000 Palestinian homes have been demolished since 1967: http://apjp.org/icahd-statistics-on-house-demo/
BIL’IN
Defiendo mi tierra (Bil’in my love)
A 2006 documentary made by Shai Carmeli Pollak about the resistance of the people of Bil’in. The commentary and voice-overs are in Spanish. Running time 51 minutes: Watch HERE.
PALESTINE GENERALLY
Palestine is Still the Issue
In 1977 the journalist John Pilger made a documentary. This 52-minute follow-up was made in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYF0td7Ykus.
I know I’m not alone
Musician Michael Franti explores the human cost of war (85 minutes): http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/i-know-im-not-alone/
Nakba Day Rally held online by Palestine Solidarity Campaign on 15 May 2020. Running time 1 hour 45 minutes, watch it HERE.
Stopping annexation and ending occupation, an online meeting on 19 May 2020 held by CAABU (Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding) featuring Dr Hanan Ashrawi. Running time just over an hour, watch it HERE.
Palestinians in Israel: Between Dispossession and Discrimination, webinar hosted by Palestine Solidarity Campaign on 15 June 2020. Running time 1 hour 15 minutes, watch it HERE.
Israeli annexation – Precedents, Remifications and Resistance, webinar hosted by al-Shabaka on 16 June 2020. Running time 1 hour, watch it HERE.
Women Resist the Occupation, webinar hosted by Palestine Solidarity Campaign on 23 June 2020. Running time 71 minutes, watch it HERE.