A dramatic reading of an original play by Crystal Zevon, entitled One Family in Gaza. This non-fiction drama is based on the friendship between Zevon and a young father in the Gaza Strip. The story is told through their correspondence since the fall of 2023, reflecting Zevon’s efforts to help the family, intertwined with short news reports that give context to the letters. The main focus is the messages received from the young father which, while telling a story that in some ways reflects universal truths about living through any war, offers insights into this particular conflict. Not unlike The Diary of Anne Frank, the piece is a rare telling of a war experience in real time, calling upon us to never forget our common humanity.

Rally and march on Palestinian Land Day. ###. Land Day was first established on March 30th, 1976, by Palestinian nationalist leader Tawfiq Zayyad when he called for a national strike to oppose Israel’s confiscation of Palestinian land. People responded in massive numbers and were met with brutal repression by the Israeli Occupation Forces. Since then, Palestinians have commemorated that day as one of unity and solidarity in the struggle to reclaim their stolen homeland.

Oscar-shortlisted for best international feature film, this collection of 22 short films (3-7 minutes each) made by Palestinian filmmakers in Gaza portrays the steadfastness of the human spirit and the will to live in a time of peril and devastation. The film presents a mix of genres: documentary, fiction based on true stories, animation, experimental video art.

The film will be shown on April 4 at 7 PM and April 5 at 3 & 7 PM Advance purchase of tickets is advisable, as these screenings are likely to sell out soon.

The film will be shown on April 4 at 7 PM and April 5 at 3 & 7 PM Advance purchase of tickets is advisable, as these screenings are likely to sell out soon.

Produced by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Nelson Mandela's grandson, Kweku Mandela. Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel, art gallery and history museum overlooking Israel’s apartheid wall serves as an anchor for this eclectic documentary, which spotlights “the creative ways that the Palestinian people and their supporters have been using the arts and other means of nonviolent protest to resist occupation,” writes journalist Kimberly Lindbergs of Cinebeats.

Palestine Film Series

A dramatic film by Oscar-nominated director Farah Nebulsi, is the story of a Palestinian teacher grieving the loss of his teenage son and struggling to reconcile his commitment to political resistance with his support for two students. Meanwhile, an American couple begs for the return of their son who was kidnapped while serving in the Israeli military.

SERIES ENDS IN MAY See poster for all the films

The winner of the 2025 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film, will be coming to Portsmouth on Wednesday, April 23, and already more than 145 tickets have been sold. The gallery only has a seating capacity of around 200. ### The film is a collaboration of both Israel and Palestinian directors, and has been so controversial that US film distributors and streaming services won’t touch it, but film goers are packing theaters to see it. ### 'No Other Land' tells the story of the systematic destruction of the villages of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank by the Israeli military. It's both a shattering exposé and a nuanced story of cross-cultural friendship.

As all eyes have focused on the ongoing carnage in Gaza, the war in the West Bank intended to push Palestinians off their land has continued. Home demolitions, settler attacks, arrests: since October 2023, more than 600 Palestinians have died in violence in the West Bank. This eye-opening, vérité-style documentary intimately records the day-in, day-out cruelty of a military occupation that has lasted more than half a century.

Palestine Film Series

There Is Another Way, a new film by Combatants for Peace, a collaboration between former Israeli and Palestinian fighters that was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In the midst of darkness, we discover who we truly are. There is Another Way tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible - for them, for us, and for all humanity

Is Zionism a colonial movement? This question has long been a subject of debate and was the title of the classic article by Derek Penslar, professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard University, nearly two decades ago. Prof. Penslar will join Yael Berda, professor of Sociology at Hebrew University, to discuss this still-contentious issue, in a conversation moderated by Dartmouth’s Jonathan Smolin, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies. #####. Prof. Penslar has argued that Zionism and the State of Israel do not reproduce classic European colonialism but represent a case of settler colonialism that is constantly shifting, therefore challenging the usefulness of static concepts such as “colonial.” Yael Berda’s book Colonial Bureaucracy and Contemporary Citizenship presents the state of Israel in comparative context, asking how the legacy of European colonialism functions after the empire has withdrawn. She compares three former British colonies, Israel, India, and Cyprus, to see how colonial-era laws and bureaucracies continue to dominate the post-colonial state.

Hosted by the UNH student group 'Palestine Solidarity Coalition'

'There is Another Way' - In the midst of darkness, we discover who we truly are. There is Another Way tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible - for them, for us, and for all humanity. You can view the trailer here: There is Another Way Trailer. This film will be on Wednesday, April 30th, also at 3S Artspace. Both films will be followed by a conversation led by Portsmouth’s Anne Romney. We are thrilled to offer these films with the support of a community of sponsors! A special thanks to Karin and Steve Barndollar along with NH Peace Action, The Palestine Education Network, NH Veterans for Peace, the UCC Peace with Justice Advocates, American Friends Service Committee and NH/VT Jewish Voice for Peace. Tickets ($12) for the film can be bought online or at the 3S Artspace box office: Thu - Sat: 11am - 6pm, Sun: 12 - 5pm. Open later on event nights. Purchase tickets online for 'No Other Land' here: No Other Land tickets

Sponsored by JVP and UV4Pal. Discussion following. Refreshments served.

No Other Land, 4-6 p.m. Latchis Theater, Brattleboro: Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary 2025, the film chronicles the resistance of villagers in the West Bank communities of Musafer Yatta to the ongoing violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers and soldiers – violence that continues today in Musafer Yatta and throughout the West Bank.

Hamid Bakir is a retired coordinator at the WHO and John Hirsch, organizer with JVP and instructor in Anthropology at St. Michael's College and moderated by Jean Archibald Tfrom Underhill.

Join us to gain insights from leading activists on advocating for Palestinian rights in today's political environment. Co-sponsors include Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA), Center for Non-Violent Solutions, and Sojourner Truth School for Social Justice

DEMAND MAERSK CUT TIES WITH GENOCIDE AT THEIR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

MARCH 14 - 21 ### MARCH 15 & 16 1:20 / 4:00 / 6:50. ### MARCH 17 & 20. 4:00 & 6:50

The Nelson Legacy Project invites you to a listening event: An hour-long audio documentary about Wally and Juanita Nelson followed by discussion. After decades in the civil rights and antiwar movements, Wally and Juanita Nelson lived just south of the Vermont border in Franklin County, Massachusetts starting in 1974. ###. They lived there until they died, Wally in 2002 and Juanita in 2015. They had a significant impact on our region through their advocacy for local agriculture, land trusts, war tax refusal, and simple living. Eyes on Freedom is an audio tapestry that weaves together voices of people who knew and were influenced by the Nelsons. ###. The audio documentary includes recordings of the Nelsons themselves. Nonviolence was the umbrella concept that underscored everything they did.

Tantura is a film investigating the massacre at the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948 and the dogged work of one Israeli researcher to expose the truth. This is the first showing in the Palestine Film Festival, sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace VT/NH and Upper Valley For Palestine. More information available here. uv4pal@gmail.com

Saturday March 1, 2025; Free virtual screening of documentary film "My Jaffa," directed by Lubna Dajani. Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 19:00 Palestine, 18:00 Europe, Running Time 95 minutes, English subtitles. About the film Jaffa, the city of oranges, was the home of many Palestinian families for centuries until it was all taken over in 1948. 'My Jaffa' is the story told by some if those families about the lives they led in Jaffa before 1948. They tell us what it was like to grow up by the sea and what it was like to be a part of the booming Jaffa orange industry. This is their personal journey from living in their homes, going to school then overnight having to run away and escape.

Don’t miss the award-winning film No Other Land. Free and open to the public with discussion to follow. Watch the trailer at this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AS6v3hC86Q

his webinar is presented by Gaza Is Burning, a Critical Solidarities Series @Dartmouth WGSS with additional support from Upper Valley for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace VT and NH Jenny Kelly will discuss what solidarity means—and must mean—in the context of witnessing a livestreamed genocide. She will briefly detail the history of virtual tourism in Gaza as a form of resistance to the ongoing siege of the Strip. She will reflect on the labor of Palestinian guides in organizing these tours, as well as how they creatively resist the severing of Gaza from the world, and from the rest of Palestine, by teaching life amidst cycles of genocidal bombardment. She will also invite us to reflect on the limitations and possibilities of solidarity, virtual and otherwise, and what it might look like when Palestinians can extend invitations to tourists to visit a free Palestine.

Vigil for Peace: ###. Ask Sen. Shaheen to Stand up to Trump and Netanyahu!, ### Vigil across from her office at 2 Washington St, Dover NH ### We will deliver a letter to Sen. Shaheen's office while others display our CEASEFIRE Banner across from her office.###

1st & 3rd Sundays in January & February - 4PM to 6PM *. WE TEACH LIFE, SIR &. WHERE THE OLIVE TREES WEEP. * Discussion to follow each film in the series

Thetford talk on Palestine #2 in the series. ###. Potluck

1st & 3rd Sundays in January & February - 4PM to 6PM. * FROM GROUND ZERO. *. Discussion to follow each film in the series

Join JVP VT-NH, in recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day, for a ritual to honor and mourn all lives lost to genocide. Together, we say: never again is now. ***. We stand with Palestinians in the fight for liberation. Our safety is interconnected, and we will not all be free until there is freedom, justice, equality, and dignity for all.

1st & 3rd Sundays in January & February - 4PM to 6PM * THE PRESENT & LYD * Discussion to follow each film in the series

Here is the invitation to what should prove to be a most memorable evening with the authors of THE WALL BETWEEN: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want to Know About Each Other. Jeff Wilkinson, a Jew, and Raja Khouri, a Palestinian will be interviewed by a member of the Bridging the Divide Coalition. ### We are hoping for the proverbial “full house” and Forbes will be running the show, which they do with great efficiency.

Israel is one of nine countries with nuclear weapons. Despite widespread acknowledgement by experts and former government officials of their existence, Israel and many Western governments maintain a policy of ambiguity about Israeli nuclear weapons. This pretense cannot continue. Nuclear disarmament is an essential component of a lasting peace agreement between Israel and Palestine, and in the region more broadly. Alicia Sanders-Zakre authored a report in September 2024 called “Israeli Nuclear Weapons: Risks, Consequences and Disarmament.” She brings us what she learned and her expertise on nuclear weapons in general.

1st & 3rd Sundays in January & February - 4PM to 6PM * * Discussion to follow each film in the series

Massachusetts Peace Action with speaker Jeff Klein. ***. A four part online series. *** All sessions at 3 PM. January 5 January 12, January 26, and February 2.

An original play by Chrystal Devon. Please join us for this hour long dramatic reading with a Q&A discussion following the performance. The performance is free, but we will be collecting donations for a grassroots effort in Gaza to feed hungry families.

The Gaza Monologues are testimonies written by ASHTAR Theater's youth in 2010, after the first war on the Gaza Strip. Tragically, these Monologues are still accurate today, revealing the horrors, hopes and resilience of courageous Gazans to a wider audience and highlighting the voices of the children of Gaza. The December 7th performance will feature monologues from 2010, 2014 and 2023. The December 21st performance will feature an entirely different slate of monologues written in November 2024. Both venues are wheelchair accessible and both performances will be livestreamed.

Rabbis for Human Rights & Achvat Amim invitation for a Winter Solidarity Visit Dates: December 19th 2024- January 5th, 2025 ACHVAT AMIM 19-DAY WINTER PROGRAMMING

Please Join Us for this wonderful event benefiting World Central Kitchen. An evening of poetry, music, dance, and light middle eastern food. Words: Carlene Kucharczyk, Ellen Goldstein, Anne Macksoud, Nathalie Kramer, Leon Dunkley; High School students: Jane Stout, Tua Shaw. Dance: Peggy Brightman, Hope Yeager, Nicole Conte Stevens, Vali Stuntz, Laura Leavitt, Suzy Malerich. Music: Paula Boyle, Stephen Stuntz, Michael Zsoldos, Ryan Newswange, John McHugh, Leon Dunkley.

Speakers Hamed Bakir and Mousa Ishaq will talk about what is going on and answer your questions. Moderated by Henry Nichols Desserts offered. (for a zoom link email duncandnichols@gmail.com)

Not In My Name, an organization of NH Jews committed to an immediate ceasefire and peace in Israel/Palestine, is presenting two films that address the Palestine/Israel crisis through a personal lens. ##### The filmmakers of Where Olive Trees Weep journeyed to the occupied West Bank in 2022. Background to the current crisis is given as the film examines the lives of people they met. The Palestinians share their stories of intergenerational pain, trauma and resilience.

The Gaza Monologues are testimonies written by ASHTAR Theater's youth in 2010, after the first war on the Gaza Strip. Tragically, these Monologues are still accurate today, revealing the horrors, hopes and resilience of courageous Gazans to a wider audience and highlighting the voices of the children of Gaza. The December 7th performance will feature monologues from 2010, 2014 and 2023. The December 21st performance will feature an entirely different slate of monologues written in November 2024. Both venues are wheelchair accessible and both performances will be livestreamed.

Peace activists will gather from 1:00 to 5:00 pm for the vigil. Granite Staters are invited to join Veterans and supporters in a fast and a vigil to remember the innocent children of Gaza whose lives have been cut short. The Palestine Director of Human Rights Watch, Omar Shakir, said, “Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war has proven deadly for children in Gaza.” The vigil organizers will fast on Tuesday, Nov. 26, to show solidarity with the children of Palestine. Speakers representing various faith and social service communities will be presenting throughout the afternoon. Attendees are also invited to speak. Granite Staters can join by fasting for one or more meals, or they can make donations to organizations that are working to alleviate the anguish of the people of Gaza, especially the children. Donations can be made to UNICEF, OXFAM, Save the Children, the American Friends Service Committee, the UN World Food Program, and UNRWA USA.

Join Mohammed and Majed Sawalha, directors of The Palestinian House of Friendship, for a conversation about the current situation on the West Bank in Palestine. The Sawalhas and PHF are in Nablus and have "on the ground" insight about the Israeli onslaught and war against the Palestinian people on the West Bank. They will share an update on the terror campaign being waged by the Israeli army and settlers, and how PHF is carrying out its life affirming activities for children and their families. We'll also hear about a new initiative PHF has implemented involving workshops to educate and activate democracy building. Please register below and join us on November 24th.

Not In My Name, an organization of NH Jews committed to an immediate ceasefire and peace in Israel/Palestine, is presenting two films that address the Palestine/Israel crisis through a personal lens. ##### Israelism follows two American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel. When they witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.

The entire event will begin at 6:00 and end at 8:30 PM. There will be a free movie screening of Children of Shatila (1998), a Palestinian documentary, as well as a short film I Am From Palestine.

Sundays Until December 1st - BRATTLEBORO, 3:00 - 5:00 PM ### Clare Morgana, history professor and journalist, will be leading this course oriented around understanding current events through a historical perspective.

Bring Palestine Cinema Days to your communities! Host a screening of a Palestinian film on November 2 ### Now, you can extend your platform to the “Palestine Cinema Days” festival bringing it beyond Palestine, to the whole world. Stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people by organizing film screenings worldwide. ### These screenings will take place on November 2, the solemn anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Let’s amplify Palestinian voices, expose false narratives, and inspire collective action toward justice and liberation. ### Please complete the form below as soon as possible to help us streamline the screenings.

Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha, one of the most gifted voices coming from Gaza, will be reading from his new book, Forest of Noise . Tickets are free but limited. Go here now to reserve your seat.

Hosted by L’Chaim Collective. Register for the physical address of venue

Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism Today with the Vermont Tempest Collective. Ashley Smith leads a discussion of his article in Tempest Magazine.

From Ireland to Palestine: Lessons in Anti-Imperialist Organizing. Join us for a report back from a historic Palestinian delegation to the north of Ireland, where organizers got to share experiences of resisting colonization and state violence, strategies and tactics for the homeland and diaspora, the strength and leadership of political prisoners, and how to hold pain and grief while remaining steadfast in the struggle.

History did not begin on Oct 7th. A Critical Solidarities Series with Amira Haas. Amira Hass is the only Ha'Aretz journalist who has lived for many decades in the West Bank  from where she has fearlessly reported what the world needs to hear, but her own government doesn't want its people to know.### The speakers in this series bring a range of biographical, literary, ethnographic, filmic and discursive frameworks for understanding race, gender and sexuality when it is attuned to Palestine in particular, and not some “civil dialogue between two viewpoints” for a better world. It draws attention also to the paradigms of thinking already developed in the field for engaging anti-/de/colonial, intersectional, and non-supremacist ways of being in/with others in the world.