Take a Stand Campaign

How can I learn more?

To help you learn more about Holy Land Christians, we’ve compiled a list of recommended books, films, documentaries and reports below. Please share these with your friends and members of your faith community, and let them know about this important campaign. We can also provide speakers to meet with your congregation and help with program planning. Simply send us a request through the contact form here.

Take a Stand Material for Distribution

RLC: Special Advent Devotional

Books by Palestinian Christian authors

  1. Yet in the Dark Streets Shining by Bishara Awad and Mercy Aiken (2021)

  2. In My Mother’s Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home by Mona Hajjar-Halaby (2021)

  3. Born in Jerusalem, Born Palestinian by Jacob J. Nammar (2012)

  4. I Am A Palestinian Christian by Mitri Raheb (1995)

  5. Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour (1984)

  6. Peace and Its Discontents by Edward Said (1997)

  7. The Question of Palestine by Edward Said (2000)

  8. The End of the Peace Process by Edward Said (2008)

  9. Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh (2008)

  10. Is Peace Possible: Christian Palestinians Speak by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Holy Land (2019)

Books by Jewish authors

  1. Witness in Palestine by Anna Baltzer (2014)

  2. On Palestine by Noam Chomsky (2015)

  3. This Time We Went Too Far by Norman Finkelstein (2010)

  4. City of Oranges: Arabs & Jews in Jaffa by Adam Lebor (2006)

  5. The Israeli Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer & John Walt Stephen (2007)

  6. The Other Side of Israel by Susan Nathan (2005)

  7. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe (2006)

  8. Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe (2017)

  9. The Biggest Prison On Earth by Ilan Pappe (2017)

  10. Occupied Voices by Wendy Pearlman (2003)

  11. The General’s Son by Miko Peled (2012)

  12. Condition Critical by Alice Rothchild (2017)

  13. Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? by Josh Ruebner (2018)

  14. 1949: The First Israelis by Tom Segev (2000)

  15. One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate by Tom Segev (1999)

  16. Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years by Israel Shahak (1994)

  17. Israel and Palestine by Avi Shlaim (2009)

  18. Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine by Rebecca Stein (2021)

  19. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall (2023)

Books by other authors

  1. The Battle for Justice in Palestine by Ali Abunimah (2014)

  2. Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Occupation by Adelfang Osie Gabriel (2010)

  3. Mornings in Jenin: A Novel by Susan Abulhawa (2006)

  4. Sharon & My Mother-in-Law by Suad Amiry (2003)

  5. Apartheid South Africa! Apartheid Israel! by Rev. Brian Brown (2022)

  6. Palestine: Peace not Apartheid by Pres. Jimmy Carter (2006)

  7. Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Policy by Kathleen & Bill Christison (2009)

  8. Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation by Kathleen & Bill Christison (2009)

  9. Night in Gaza by Dr. Mads Gilbert (2015)

  10. The Faith Club: A Muslim (Palestinian), A Christian & A Jew by Ranya Idilby, Suzanne Oliver & Priscilla Warner (2006)

  11. Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism by Carolyn Karcher (2019)

  12. The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Alex McDonald (2021)

  13. How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American’s Guide to Foreign Policy by Alex McDonald (2021)

  14. When They Speak Israel: A Guide to Clarity in Conversations about Israel by Alex McDonald (2021)

  15. Beyond Occupation: Apartheid, Colonialism and International Law by Virginia Tilley (2012)

  16. Zionism and the Quest for Justice in the Holy Land by Rev. Don Wagner and Walter Davis (2014)

  17. Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land by Rev. Don Wagner (2022)

  18. Against our Better Judgement by Alison Weir (2014)

Films & Documentaries

  1. The Stones Cry Out (Yasmine Perni)

  2. Open Bethlehem (Leila Sansour)

  3. Arna’s Children (Juliano Mer-Khemis)

  4. Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land (Media Education Foundation)

  5. The Occupation of the American Mind (Media Education Foundation)

  6. The Wanted 18 (Kino Lorber)

  7. Occupation 101 (Sufyan & Abdullah Omeish)

  8. Encounter Point (Ronit Avni & Julia Bacha)

  9. 5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi)

  10. Life in Occupied Palestine (Anna Baltzer)

  11. Two Blue Lines (Permit Productions)

  12. Budrus (Julia Bacha)

  13. Naila and the Uprising (Just Vision)

Human Rights Reports

  1. UN OCHA Data (Currently updated)

  2. Amnesty International Report and Findings on Genocide (2024)

  3. UN OHCHR Special Committee Findings on Genocide (2024)

  4. UN Special Rapporteur Report on Genocide (2024)

  5. Human Rights Watch Report on Crimes Against Humanity (2024)

  6. Defense for Children International Report on Targeting Children (2024)

  7. UN Special Rapporteur Report on Apartheid (2022)

  8. Harvard Law and Adameer Report on Apartheid (2022)

  9. Amnesty International Findings on Apartheid (2022)

  10. Human Rights Watch Investigation on War Crimes (2021)

  11. Human Rights Watch Apartheid and Persecution Report (2021)

  12. B’Tselem Apartheid Report (2021)

  13. Yesh Din Report on Occupation and Apartheid (2020)

  14. UN ESCWA Report on the Question of Apartheid (2017)

  15. South African Government Report and Investigation (2009)