Educational Materials
Booklets
These booklets can be read online or downloaded for free (see instructions for printing booklets/pamphlets). We can also ship you copies of any of our booklets for a donation of about $1 per booklet to cover the printing and shipping costs. These donations are not required, but if you can afford them, they help us to make these important materials available. (You can pay online or mail checks made out to “If Americans Knew,” to If Americans Knew, 6312 SW Capitol Hwy, #163, Portland, OR 97239-1938.) Please contact us if you would like to make a bulk order or you cannot afford the suggested donation.
Palestinian Right to Return and Repatriation
The core issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of Sharing the Land of Canaan. Read | Download
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The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict
A clear, thoroughly referenced history of the conflict, by Jews for Justice in Palestine. Read Online | Download
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Rachel’s Letters
23-year-old Rachel Corrie’s correspondence with her parents before she was killed by Israeli forces. Also available in Spanish. Read Online | Download
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Censored: Israel and Palestine
The media’s pervasive pattern of news coverage on Israel-Palestine. By former journalist and If Americans Knew founder Alison Weir. Read | Download
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A War for Israel
A detailed analysis of why the US invaded Iraq. By journalist and Mideast commentator Jeffrey Blankfort. Read Online | Download
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Let Us Rethink Our ‘Special Relationship’ With Israel
A luminous explication of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By Charles Black, Sterling Professor of Law Emeritus at Yale University (the school’s highest teaching post). Read | Download Complete Booklet
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Special Report: Israel’s Treatment of Americans
An expose on Israeli torture of US citizens, originally published in Foreign Service Journal. By Jerri Bird, founder of Partners for Peace. Read | Download
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The Cost of Israel to U.S. Taxpayers
A full accounting of the total amount of money Israel costs Americans – approximately $15 million per day. By Richard Curtiss, former Foreign Service Officer, recipient of the Edward R. Murrow award for excellence in Public Diplomacy, and Executive Editor of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Read | Download
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The Israel Lobby and the Left: Uneasy Questions
How and why progressives have overlooked Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. By journalist and Mideast analyst Jeffrey Blankfort, co-founder of the Labor Committee on the Middle East Read | Download
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Pressure on Campus: Interest groups successfully stifling academic discourse
How pro-Israeli students and organizations have worked to prevent free academic inquiry at American universities. By former Congressman and author Paul Findley. Read | Download
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Do Palestinians Teach Their Children to Hate?
A scholarly study of Palestinian textbooks and curricula. By George Washington Professor Nathan Brown. (The quick answer: no.) Read | Download
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The Information Blockade: The Prism Between Middle Eastern Reality and Americans
A first-hand account of the perils of filming – and trying to air – an honest documentary on Israel. By prize-winning filmmaker and Ohio State Professor Tom Hayes Read | Download
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Iraq, Palestine, and the Israel Lobby
“Connecting the dots,” by Former Yale Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh; and “The Debate that Never Happened,” by Mideast analyst Jeffrey Blankfort, co-founder of the Labor Committee on the Middle East. Read | Download
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Israeli Attacks on the US Navy and Marines
The Attack on the USS Liberty – Israel’s attack on a US Navy ship, in which 34 American servicemen were killed and 172 injured. By Ambassador James Akins (Akins’ Article), Admiral Thomas Moorer (Moorer’s Article), and Captain Ward Boston (Boston’s Affidavit).
‘Israel Charged with Systematic Harassment of U.S. Marines’ – The Marines in Lebanon. By Donald Neff, former Senior Editor and Mideast bureau chief for Time Magazine. (Neff’s Article) Download Complete Booklet
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Las Cartas de Raquel en Español
23-year-old Rachel Corrie’s correspondence with her parents before she was killed by Israeli forces in Spanish. Read Online | Download
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Pamphlets
These pamphlets can be read online or downloaded for free (see instructions for printing booklets/pamphlets). We can also ship you copies of any of our booklets for a donation of about 50 cents per booklet to cover the printing and shipping costs. These donations are not required, but if you can afford them, they help us to make these important materials available. (You can pay online or mail checks made out to “If Americans Knew,” to If Americans Knew, 6312 SW Capitol Hwy, #163, Portland, OR 97239-1938.) Please contact us if you would like to make a bulk order or you cannot afford the suggested donation.
A Rose by Another Name: The Bush Administration’s Dual Loyalties
The neocons who pushed us into war – who they are, what they want, and where they came from. By former CIA analyst Kathleen Cristison. Read Online | Download
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Being a Target: Reports from Gaza & ‘Close your organization or die...’
Two letters home from freelance journalist Alison Weir, describing, among other things, what it’s like to be shot at. Following this trip, Weir founded If Americans Knew. The last piece is on a death threat received by the organization. Read Online | Download
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Living With the Holocaust: The journey of a Child of Holocaust Survivors
A moving essay By Sara Roy, a Senior Research Scholar at Harvard University. Read Online | Download
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Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel
A description of Jewish supremacist groups in Israel, first published in The Nation. By Israeli author David Hirst. Read Online | Download
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Christians Discriminated Against by Israel
A report on Israeli policies and actions regarding Christians. By former Time Magazine Senior Editor and Jerusalem Bureau Chief Donald Neff. Read Online | Download
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Einstein’s Letter to the New York Times
A 1948 letter signed by Einstein, Hannah Arendt and other prominent thinkers opposing Menachem Begin’s “terrorism.” Begin later became Prime Minister of Israel. Read Online | Download
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Jewish Defense League Unleashes Campaign of Violence in America
A report on a terrorist organization in the United States responsible for killing and intimidation, by former Time Magazine Senior Editor Donald Neff. Read Online | Download
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Reflecting on our Relationship with Israel
A former 11-term Republican Congressman provides a hard-hitting assessment of the consequences of US policies. By Paul Findley. Read Online | Download
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Life in a Palestinian Refugee Camp
The human aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By former award-winning author and foreign correspondent Grace Halsell. Read Online | Download
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Serving Two Flags: Neo-Cons, Israel and the Bush Administration
The decades-long pattern in which US intelligence agencies have investigated US officials for alleged espionage, only to have their investigations quashed. By author and analyst Stephen Green. Read Online | Download
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Biased Thinktanks Dictate US Foreign Policy
The interlocking pro-Israel network that has come to dominate US foreign policymaking in the Middle East. By Brian Whittaker of the UK Guardian. Read Online | Download
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