News, Media Resources, and Commentary

NEWS AND COMMENTARY

Online and Broadcast Media

Olive Tree [Heinrich Böll Stiftung]

Al Jazeera

News organization based in Qatar, known for its in-depth and frontline reporting particularly in conflict zones, including Gaza and the West Bank.

Democracy Now!

Produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. 

Drop Site News

Independent news on politics and war, founded by veteran investigative journalists Ryan Grim, Jeremy Scahill, and Nausicaa Renner.

The Electronic Intafada

Independent online news publication and educational resource. Focuses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Palestinian perspective

The Intercept

Nonprofit news organization founded dedicated to adversarial journalism, investigative reporting, and holding powerful institutions accountable.

Mondoweiss

News and Opinion About Palestine, Israel, and the United States

A New Policy

Nonprofit and nonpartisan lobbying organization dedicated to forging a new U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine that improves the lives of Americans and people across the Middle East

Zeteo

Media company and Substack newsletter founded by American commentator Mehdi Hasan

 +972 Magazine

Nonprofit online magazine founded in 2010 by a group of Israeli and Palestinian journalists to provide on-the-ground reporting and analysis, often focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Authors and Commentators

Palestine Sunbird [Charles J. Sharp]

Peter Beinart

American columnist, journalist, and political commentator. 

Noura Erakat 

Palestinian-American activist, university professor, legal scholar, and human rights attorney.

Illan Pappe

Jewish historian and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Norman Finklestein

American political scientist and activist. Primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Anne Irfan

Based at University College, London. Expert on the modern Middle East, Palestinian refugee rights, and colonial displacements. Author of A Brief History of the Gaza Strip.

Rashid Khalidi

Author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine.

Miko Peled

Avraham “Miko” Peled is an Israeli-American activist, author, and speaker.

Jeffrey Sachs

American economist and Columbia University professor known for his work in economic development and poverty reduction.

Steven Zunes

Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of San Francisco. Recognized as one the country’s leading scholars of U.S. Middle East policy, politics, and strategic nonviolent action.