I hope this doesn't sound like a stupid question...I want to learn more about Palestine, but I'm afraid about running into (white) biased sources. Are there any resources you can point to in getting someone started in learning Palestinian history?
jewish voice for peace has an israel palestine 101 faq featuring a short, informative animated video, as well as a more detailed facing the nakba section. i recommend this for people new to the issue, especially if you’re american. for a longer video introduction, the empire files has a good one as well.
once you have a foundation in the historical basics, such as the balfour declaration, the nakba, the war of 1967, etc, i recommend looking into writings by palestinians and our allies. some names to look into are walid khalidi (here’s his piece on plan dalet), edward said (here’s a download link for his book The Question of Palestine), and angela davis (here’s where you can buy her book on the connections between the struggle for Black liberation, prison abolition, and the struggle for palestinian liberation). these are only a few examples, of course. but they’re good.
some movies/documentaries you can watch are Five Broken Cameras (documentary; it’s on netflix, i believe), The Time That Remains (movie based on the director’s life; also on netflix i think), omar (movie; also on netflix unless it’s been taken off since i watched it), and The Dupes (classic movie based on palestinian novelist ghassan kanafani’s book, men in the sun; youtube link).
