Resources for Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Today and Yesterday

As many of you know, this past winter I visited Israel/Palestine with The Global Immersion Project. With TGIP I was guided into hope and pain, peace and violence. I still see much hope, but the events of the past week seem like such a step backwards. In this post, I want to point folks towards some helpful resources to gain a basic understanding of this conflict.

Recent Events

• As a Jew living in America, the past week has changed me forever
• Gaza-Israel conflict: What can Israel and Hamas gain? (BBC)
• Israel and the Palestinians: Key Maps (BBC)

Historical Events

• Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East by Rabbi Lerner
• Seattle Times: Two Peoples, One Land
• The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tough Questions, Direct Answers (Skeptic’s Guide)

Christian Perspective

Documentaries

• Little Town of Bethlehem – a film exploring the modern day struggle for peace through the lives of three men, who in many ways ought to be enemies.
• With God on our Side – a film examining: the basic issues that led to the conflict, the current state of affairs for both Israelis and Palestinians, and the role of Christian Zionism.