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. You can download the study guide for your church below. 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.
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Books by Jewish authors
Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart (2025)
Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By: Jews of Conscience on Palestine edited by Susan Landau (2025)
The State of Israel vs. the Jews by Sylvain Cypel (2024)
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall (2023)
Zionism During the Holocaust by Tony Greenstein (2022)
Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine by Rebecca Stein (2021)
Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? by Josh Ruebner (2018)
Condition Critical by Alice Rothchild (2017)
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe (2017)
The Biggest Prison On Earth by Ilan Pappe (2017)
On Palestine by Noam Chomsky (2015)
Witness in Palestine by Anna Baltzer (2014)
The General’s Son by Miko Peled (2012)
This Time We Went Too Far by Norman Finkelstein (2010)
Israel and Palestine by Avi Shlaim (2009)
The Israeli Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer & John Walt Stephen (2007)
Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience by Dr. Alice Rothchild (2007)
City of Oranges: Arabs & Jews in Jaffa by Adam Lebor (2006)
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe (2006)
The Other Side of Israel by Susan Nathan (2005)
Occupied Voices by Wendy Pearlman (2003)
Drinking the Sea at Gaza by Amira Hass (2000)
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)
Books by Palestinian Christian authors
Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza by Rev. Munther Isaac (2025)
The Truth Shall Set You Free: The Story of a Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Working for Peace and Justice in Palestine/Israel by Jonathan Kuttab (2023)
Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible by Rev. Mitri Raheb (2023)
Call and Commitment: a Journey of Faith from Nakba to Palestinian Liberation Theology by Rev. Naim Ateek (2023)
Beyond the Two-State Solution by Jonathan Kuttab (2021)
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)
The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope by Rev. Munther Isaac (2020)
Is Peace Possible: Christian Palestinians Speak by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Holy Land (2019)
A Palestinian Theology of Liberation: the Bible, Justice and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict by Rev. Naim Ateek (2017)
Palestine is Our Home: Voices of Loss, Courage and Steadfastness by Nahida Halaby Gordon (2016)
Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes by Mitri Raheb (2014)
Born in Jerusalem, Born Palestinian by Jacob J. Nammar (2012)
The End of the Peace Process by Edward Said (2008)
Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh (2008)
Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble by Mitri Raheb (2004)
We Belong to the Land: The Story of a Palestinian Israeli Who Lives for Peace and Reconciliation by Elias Chacour (2001)
The Question of Palestine by Edward Said (2000)
Peace and Its Discontents by Edward Said (1997)
I Am A Palestinian Christian by Mitri Raheb (1995)
Justice and Only Justice by Rev. Naim Ateek (1989)
Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour (1984)
Books by other authors
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (2025)
Apartheid South Africa! Apartheid Israel! by Rev. Brian Brown (2022)
Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land by Rev. Don Wagner (2022)
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (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)
Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism by Carolyn Karcher (2019)
Night in Gaza by Dr. Mads Gilbert (2015)
The Battle for Justice in Palestine by Ali Abunimah (2014)
Zionism and the Quest for Justice in the Holy Land by Rev. Don Wagner and Walter Davis (2014)
Against our Better Judgement by Alison Weir (2014)
Beyond Occupation: Apartheid, Colonialism and International Law by Virginia Tilley (2012)
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 by Suad Amiry (2003)
Palestine: Peace not Apartheid by Pres. Jimmy Carter (2006)
Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Policy by Kathleen & Bill Christison (2009)
Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation by Kathleen & Bill Christison (2009)
The Faith Club: A Muslim (Palestinian), A Christian & A Jew by Ranya Idilby, Suzanne Oliver & Priscilla Warner (2006)
Films & Documentaries
Seven Jewish Children (Omri Dayan – based on the book by Caryl Churchill)
The Other (Joy Sela)
The Encampments (Michael Workman and Kai Pritsker)
No Other Land (Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor)
Open Bethlehem (Leila Sansour)
Where Olive Trees Weep (Zaya Ralitza Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo, Ashira Darwish)
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)
Human Rights Reports
UN OCHA Data (Currently updated)
B’Tselem (Israeli human rights organization): Our Genocide (2025)
Physicians for Human Rights Israel: A Health Analysis of the Gaza Genocide (2025)
Amnesty International: Report and Findings on Genocide (2024)
UN OHCHR Special Committee: Findings on Genocide (2024)
UN Special Rapporteur: Report on Genocide (2024)
Human Rights Watch: Report on Crimes Against Humanity (2024)
Defense for Children International: Report on Targeting Children (2024)
UN Special Rapporteur: Report on Apartheid (2022)
Harvard Law and Adameer: Report on Apartheid (2022)
Amnesty International: Findings on Apartheid (2022)
Human Rights Watch: Investigation on War Crimes (2021)
Human Rights Watch: Apartheid and Persecution Report (2021)
B’Tselem: Apartheid Report (2021)
Yesh Din: Report on Occupation and Apartheid (2020)
UN ESCWA: Report on the Question of Apartheid (2017)
South African Government: Report and Investigation (2009)
