Videos to Watch

A list of video stories, documentaries, and movies to watch.

From on-the-ground reporting to featured documentaries, these videos capture what it means to be Palestinian, including the beauty of Palestine and the horrors of oppression. Being informed is one of the strongest forms of resistance, and these videos are first-hand documentation of Israel's oppression.

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The Night Won’t End: Biden’s War on Gaza (1 hr 18 min)

Al Jazeera (June, 2024)

As Israel’s bombing continues in Gaza and the crisis deepens to catastrophic levels, the Biden administration has not wavered in its support for Israel. This documentary profiles three families as they try to survive the war, investigating an air strike on December 11 in which more than 100 people were killed. Numerous attacks on civilians - including that on Hind Rajab and her relatives in late January - have raised concern and questions over continuing US support.

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Visual Evidence Shows Israel Dropped Bombs Where It Ordered Gaza Civilians to Go (8 min)

NY Times (Dec, 2023)

A New York Times investigation used aerial imagery and artificial intelligence to detect bomb craters that showed that one of Israel’s biggest bombs was used routinely in south Gaza.

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‘It’s Bisan From Gaza, Look At What U.S. Weapons Have Done’ ( min)

Bisan, AJ+ (May, 2024)

As Israel orders the evacuation of Rafah, many Palestinians are returning to their destroyed homes in Khan Younis after Israeli forces left the city on April 7. Bisan returns to Gaza’s second-largest city, which once had a population of around 400,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians sheltering in Khan Younis were forced to flee in February when Israeli forces besieged the city for months. Now, as Israel bombs Rafah, many Palestinians are being forced to evacuate back to Khan Younis.

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'It’s Bisan From Gaza, I’m Still Alive After Six Months Of Bombing' ( min)

Bisan, AJ+ (Apr, 2024)

It’s been six months since Israel began its relentless bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip. In that time, journalist Bisan Owda has been forced to leave her home and been displaced numerous times, witnessing bomb blasts just meters from where she’s sheltering, listened to countless stories of death and destruction, and is now spending Ramadan without electricity. During this time, 33,000+ people have been killed, including 13,000+ children, and 70% of the strip’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.

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How Israeli Apartheid Destroyed My Hometown (23 min)

AJ+ (2023)

Segregated streets. Settler violence. Military harassment. This happens all over the occupied West Bank, but perhaps nowhere are these scenes more concentrated than in the Old City of Hebron. The once vibrant Palestinian cultural center is now ground zero of Israeli apartheid.
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Dena spends a day in Hebron retracing her father's footsteps, who was born and raised in Hebron. She talks to Palestinians subjected to harassment from the Israeli military and settlers and guided through the city by former Israeli soldiers.

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How Israel automated occupation in Hebron (25 min)

Al Jazeera (2015)

Palestinians in Hebron are some of the most heavily monitored and controlled people on the planet.

In the first episode of a two-part special, Tariq Nafi reports from the occupied West Bank on the previously unknown facial recognition system ‘Red Wolf’, uncovered by Amnesty International and Breaking the Silence.

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Is Israel Weaponising Water in Palestine? (25 min)

Al Jazeera (2015)

Decades of Israeli occupation have left Palestinians struggling to access clean water. Israel controls a majority of the freshwater resources in the occupied West Bank. And in Gaza, its 16-year blockade and military operations have had a devastating effect on the water supply. Monitoring groups say about 97 percent of the water supply in Gaza is contaminated and unfit for human consumption.

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Jerusalem: Dividing al-Aqsa (47 min)

Al Jazeera (2015)

The al-Aqsa Mosque compound is in the Old City of Jerusalem, surrounded by a stone wall on all four sides.

The site has been a centre of tension and attacks ever since. In 1969, an Australian evangelical Christian, Dennis Rohan, set fire to the al-Qabali Mosque. Many of the mosque's most important features, including a pulpit dating back to the 12th century, were destroyed. Rohan was tried for arson but was found to be clinically insane.

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Price of love in Shatila: Palestinian couple searches for home (47 min)

Al Jazeera (2023)

A Palestinian couple plans to marry in a refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan and Wafaa meet in a Dabke dance center in the Shatila refugee camp and fall in love. They start planning their future life together - but first, they need to find a home. However, options are limited and have to decide which is better - building or renting an apartment. Which can they afford? This film paints a picture of the challenges facing young Palestinians as they start their lives in refugee camps in Lebanon and across the Middle East.

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Born in Gaza (54 min)

Hernan Zain (2014)

The Spanish documentary film "Born in Gaza" shows the tragedy of the besieged Gaza Strip, which is constantly exposed to the aggression of the Israeli occupation. The film conveys the tragedy through the eyes of the children of Gaza, which narrates the horrors of the war and its impact on everything in the Strip, from people and stones.

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Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Ep 1 (47 min)

Al Jazeera (2013)

"The Nakba did not begin in 1948. Its origins lie over two centuries ago…."

So begins this four-part series on the 'nakba', meaning the 'catastrophe', about the history of the Palestinian exodus that led to the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, and the establishment of the state of Israel.

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1948: Creation & Catastrophe (1 hr 23 min)

1948 Movie (2017)

Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: Creation & Catastrophe reveals the shocking events of the most pivotal year in the most controversial conflict in the world. It tells the story of the establishment of Israel as seen through the eyes of the people who lived it.

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Six days that changed the Middle East: The '67 Arab-Israeli War (47 min)

Al Jazzera (2023)

The June 1967 War was a milestone in the Arab-Israeli conflict, with consequences still felt across the region to this day. It altered the political and military landscape, expanded Israel’s territorial claims and confirmed Israel's military dominance in the region.

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The War in October: What happened in 1973? | E1-P1 (24 min)

Al Jazeera (2023)

'The War in October' is a landmark, three-part documentary series, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. The story of the war has never been thoroughly explored. What exactly happened in those three weeks in October 1973? Both Arabs and Israelis still claim to be the victors today.

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The Price of Oslo | Ep 1 (47 min)

Al Jazeera (2013)

It was September 1993, and a handshake between Yitzhak Rabin, the then Israeli prime minister, and Yasser Arafat, the then leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, on the lawn of the White House raised hopes that peace would finally come to the Middle East.

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Debunking Israel's Narratives

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Gaza: Lies Israel fed the world since October 7 (8)

(Jan, 2024)

Since October 7, Israel has ramped up its propaganda machine to reshape inconvenient narratives and garner support for its decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories. From fabricated stories about beheaded babies to baseless claims of Hamas headquarters under hospitals, here are some of the lies Israel has been spreading.

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Israelism (1 hr 24min)

(2023)

When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.

They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity.

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Farha (1 hr 31 min)

(2021)

As violence breaks out in 1948 Palestine, a father hides his 14-year-old daughter inside a locked pantry and promises to return.

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5 Broken Cameras (1 hr 34 min)

(2011)

5 Broken Cameras is an Oscar-nominated, deeply personal account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.

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3000 Nights (1 hr 31 min)

Mai Masri (2015)

After giving birth to a son in an Israeli prison, a young Palestinian fights to protect her newborn and keep hope alive behind bars.

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Gaza Surf Club (1 hr 27 min)

Mai Masri (2017)

Trapped in “the world’s largest open-air prison” and ruled by war, a new generation is drawn to the beaches. Sick of occupation and political gridlock, they find their own personal freedom in the waves of the Mediterranean - they are the surfers of Gaza.

Gaza Fights for Freedom (1 hr 31 min)

Mai Masri (2015)

This collaboration shows you Gaza’s protest movement like you’ve never seen before. Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since March 30, 2018.

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