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. Please share these with your friends and members of your faith community. 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.
Books
Films
Reports
Books by Palestinian Christian authors
Yet in the Dark Streets Shining by Bishara Awad and Mercy Aiken (2021)
In My Mother’s Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home by Mona Hajjar-Halaby (2021)
Born in Jerusalem, Born Palestinian by Jacob J. Nammar (2012)
I Am A Palestinian Christian by Mitri Raheb (1995)
Fugitive Dreams by Ramsey Hanhan (2022)
Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour (1984)
Peace and Its Discontents by Edward Said (1997)
The Question of Palestine by Edward Said (2000)
The End of the Peace Process by Edward Said (2008)
Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh (2008)
Is Peace Possible: Christian Palestinians Speak by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Holy Land (2019)
Books by Jewish authors
Witness in Palestine by Anna Baltzer (2014)
On Palestine by Noam Chomsky (2015)
This Time We Went Too Far by Norman Finkelstein (2010)
City of Oranges: Arabs & Jews in Jaffa by Adam Lebor (2006)
The Israeli Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer & John Walt Stephen, 2007
The Other Side of Israel by Susan Nathan, 2005
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe, 2006
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe, 2017
The Biggest Prison On Earth by Ilan Pappe, 2017
Occupied Voices by Wendy Pearlman (2003)
The General’s Son by Miko Peled (2012)
Condition Critical by Alice Rothchild (2017)
Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? by Josh Ruebner, 2018
1949: The First Israelis by Tom Segev, 2000
One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate by Tom Segev, 1999
Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years by Israel Shahak, 1994
Israel and Palestine by Avi Shlaim, 2009
Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine by Rebecca Stein, 2021
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall, 2023
Books by other authors
The Battle for Justice in Palestine by Ali Abunimah, 2014
Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Occupation by Adelfang Osie Gabriel, 2010
Mornings in Jenin: A Novel by Susan Abulhawa, 2006
Sharon & My Mother-in-Law, Suad Amiry, 2003
Apartheid South Africa! Apartheid Israel! by Rev. Brian Brown, 2022
Palestine: Peace not Apartheid by Pres. Jimmy Carter (2006)
Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Policy Kathleen & Bill Christison, 2009
Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation by Kathleen & Bill Christison, 2009
Night in Gaza by Dr. Mads Gilbert
The Faith Club: A Muslim (Palestinian), A Christian & A Jew by Ranya Idilby, Suzanne Oliver & Priscilla Warner, 2006
Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism by Carolyn Karcher, 2019
The Hundred Years War on Palestine, Alex McDonald, 2021
How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American’s Guide to Foreign Policy by Alex McDonald, 2021
When They Speak Israel: A Guide to Clarity in Conversations about Israel by Alex McDonald, 2021
Beyond Occupation: Apartheid, Colonialism and International Law by Virginia Tilley (2012)
Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land by Rev. Don Wagner, 2022
Against our Better Judgement by Alison Weir (2014)
Films & Documentaries
The Stones Cry Out (Yasmine Perni)
Open Bethlehem (Leila Sansour)
Arna’s Children (Juliano Mer-Khemis)
Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land (Media Education Foundation)
The Occupation of the American Mind (Media Education Foundation)
The Wanted 18 (Kino Lorber)
Occupation 101 (Sufyan & Abdullah Omeish)
Encounter Point (Ronit Avni & Julia Bacha)
5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi)
Life in Occupied Palestine (Anna Baltzer)
Two Blue Lines (Permit Productions)
Budrus (Julia Bacha)
Naila and the Uprising (Just Vision)