Palestine Speaks

The occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has been one of the world's most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises for over four decades. In this oral history collection, men and women from Palestine—including a fisherman, a settlement administrator, and a marathon runner—describe in their own words how their lives have been shaped by the historic crisis.

Other narrators include:

Abeer, a young journalist from Gaza City who launched her career by covering bombing raids on the Gaza Strip.

Ibtisam, the director of a multi-faith children's centre in the West Bank whose dream of starting a similar centre in Gaza has so far been hindered by border closures.

Ghassan, an Arab-Christian physics professor and activist from Bethlehem who co-founded the International Solidarity Movement.

For more than six decades, Israel and Palestine have been the global focal point of intractable conflict, one that has led to one of the world's most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises. In their own words, men and women from the West Bank and Gaza describe how their lives have been shaped by the conflict.

Here are stories that humanise the oft-ignored violations of human rights that occur daily in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Palestine Speaks offers a platform for these voices, providing rich, personal narratives that bring the realities of life in Palestine to a global audience.

Download the corresponding lesson plans on the Voice of Witness website.