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Donate
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United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
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Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)
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Financially support other activities
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Boycott and divest from companies funding and profiting from the genocide
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Join activist groups in your country. Sign their petitions, subscribe and attend their events
Being in community is critical. We need all of us. We also need to be part of an us. No one has all the answers, and no one expects or wants you to. Right action is an emergent strategy (adrienne maree brown). Join, support, show up for, and be a part of the activist groups in your region. There are many other groups and communities you can also join that are not listed here.
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Australia:
Australia Palestine Advocacy Network
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Portugal:
Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina
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France:
Association France Palestine Solidarité, Urgence Palestine
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USA:
AJP Action, AMP, USCPR, Palestine Advocacy Project, Adalah Justice Project
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Canada:
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
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UK:
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Ireland:
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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Global:
BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sactions), Artists Against Apartheid, Palestinian Youth Movement
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Write a letter to your Government. Templates for some countries are below
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Australia (courtesy of APAN)
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USA (courtesy of AJP Action)
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Canada (courtesy of CJPME)
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UK (courtesy of UNA-UK)
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Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Cyprus, Greece, Italy (courtesy via Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina)
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France (courtesy of AFPS)
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Ireland (courtesy of IPSC)
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Country not listed (template in English, courtesy of AJP Action, which you mayd adapt for your local jurisdiction).
The USA is one of the biggest arms suppliers to Israel's military, and were also one of the biggest donors to UNRWA, which they have now suspended. Even as an international citizen not from the US, pressure on the US Government is important.
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Support your local solidarity encampment
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Resources for supporting the solidarity encampments (courtesy of Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
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Educate yourself
On Palestine:
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Resources on Palestinian Human Rights (courtesy of Rutgers Centre of Security, Race and Rights)
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Resources for K-12 Students and Teachers (courtesy of Teach Palestine Project)
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On Zionism (courtesy of Jewish Voice for Peace)
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Article: this Genocide is about oil (courtesy of atmos.earth)
Israel's Military Industrial Complex:
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Article: Gaza war offers the ultimate marketing tool for Israeli arms companies
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Article: 'We violated people's privacy for a living': how Israel's cyber army went corporate
On Palestinian Culture:
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Palestine Reading List (courtesy of Decolonize Palestine)
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Palestine Film List (courtesy of Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
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Free Books on Palestine (Courtesy of Verso Books)
On the Colonisation of the Western Psyche:
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Article: Silence is Dangerous in the Current Age of Rising Fascism in the US (courtesy of truthout)
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Article: Decolonising the Mind (courtesy of Keywords | ECHOES)
On Activism:
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Book: Palestine: A Socialist Introduction edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean
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Organizing 101 (courtesy of US Campaign for Palestinian Rights)
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Article: How to have productive conversations about Palestine and Israel
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Follow and uplift Palestinian journalists
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Motaz Azaiza (@motaz_azaiza)
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Bisan Owda (@wizard_bisan1)
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Hind Khoudary (@hindkhoudary)
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Yousef Mema (@joegaza93)
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hani aburezeq (@hani.aburezeq)
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Ahmed Hijazi (@ahmedhijazee)
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Samar Abu Elouf (@samarabuelouf)
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Belal Khaled (@belalkhaled)
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Wissam Nassar (@wissamgaza)
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Mohamed Al Masri (@mohamed.h.masri)
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Eye On Palestine (@eye.on.palestine)
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Buy a kufiya (keffiyeh)
Unfortunately, most keffiyehs in the West are now made in China. Fashion companies including Topshop, Urban Outfitters, and Cecilie Copenhagen, amongst other brands, have also been criticised of appropriating the design over the years (source). Wearing the keffiyeh can be an important symbol of solidarity, however it poses other ethical questions you must also consider. It's #9 because we believe it's the least meaningful action in the list.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
LEAVES OF OLIVES
Performance Credits:
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Writer, Director and Performer: Mickey Bourne
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Producer and Creative Consultant: Réda Ait
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Editor: Pedro Antunes
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Soundscapist: moss kissing
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Set Designer: Raye Kriedel
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Assistant Producer: Sally Abed
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Camera Operators: Pedro Antunes and Eduardo Gonçalves
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Nurse: Francisca Cruz
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Web Designer: Kate Hobbs
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Graphic Designer: Afonso Peixoto
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Photographer: José Pereira
Acknowledgements:
Thank you to the following people and organisations for their input, guidance and encouragement. It takes a village.
APAN, AJP Action, Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, AMP, BDS, Artists Against Apartheid, Casa do Comum, Shahd Wadi, Lucy Gehring, Lottie Consalvo, marum welt, and the whole incredible production team.
© 2024 by LEAVES OF OLIVES

LEAVES OF OLIVES
After Mahmoud Darwish
Leaves of Olives
22nd June 2024
Israel's genocide of Palestine continues, and in the West we go to work.
Blood is on our hands; it seeps through our pores and into our dreaming.
In this durational protest piece, the length of a 9-5 working day, blood drips from an olive tree onto the performer’s forehead, à la the Chinese water torture method.
It's the disfigurement of silence.
What is the toll?