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Resources on the impact of the Gaza conflict on Muslim People

A compilation of articles and resources looking at the impact of the Gaza conflict on Muslim People in the UK and elsewhere.

The Long Read: The Burdens of History and How the Past Weighs on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Tahir Abbas

UK Muslims feel the heat for supporting Palestinians

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/20/benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-israel-prime-minister

The likely scars of the war for which we will need to pray for a long time

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/nov/26/the-awful-horror-of-the-hamas-israel-war-is-creating-deep-divisions-close-to-home

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/27/war-gaza-lesson-western-hypocrisy-international-community

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/11/10/opposition-to-armistice-day-march-for-gaza-is-a-sign-of-uks-moral-crisis

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/23/as-israel-pounds-gaza-bbc-journalists-accuse-broadcaster-of-bias

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/16/labour-councillors-quit-party-in-protest-at-keir-starmers-israel-stance

The historical background

Creation of Israel by the British: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU5O9zfH9fE&ab_channel=BloggingTheology

Book: East West Street by Philip Sands (the Holocaust)

Nakba: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-44114385

Nakba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7FML0wzJ6A&t=33s  see also part 2 & 3

Raz Segal video: https://x.com/forwardpartners/status/1727328595692138562?s=61&t=oCD5hJ1_af6SnN_5mSX1DQ

United Nations

Marc Lamont Hill: https://youtu.be/oK1ZKbvQ1io?si=ULAB1RWwMEIL75Px

Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the Middle East: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2023-10-24/secretary-generals-remarks-the-security-council-the-middle-east%C2%A0

Other trusted sources

If not now: https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/

 Jewish voice for peace: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

Blessed are the peacemakers

Paper by Dr Karamat Iqbal, published by Manchester Centre for the Study of Christianity and Islam: https://www.mcsci.org.uk/userfiles/file/MCSCI-Peace%20and%20Reconciliation%20paper-single.pdf