External Resource Index
A production-focused index of 76 external resources — investigations, primary documents, testimony archives, humanitarian data, journalism, and cultural heritage — curated for documentary research and filmmaking on Palestine-Israel.
Compiled via multi-agent roundtable (Perplexity + ChatGPT). All URLs verified live as of April 2026. Categorised by production function — what filmmakers can use each source for.
Primary Documents & Law
(8)ICJ — Wall Advisory Opinion (2004)
International Court of Justice materials on the 2004 Wall advisory opinion — primary legal source for occupation framing.
ICJ — Occupation Legality (2024)
Advisory proceedings on legal consequences of Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territory.
ICC Situation in Palestine
Case hub — procedural timeline, warrants, statements, prosecutor framing, accountability context.
UN Digital Library
Searchable UN resolutions, debates, reports, and records — primary documentation for chronology and verification.
Office of the Historian (U.S. State Dept)
Official documentary record of U.S. foreign policy — declassified memos, diplomatic context.
UK National Archives (Discovery)
British Mandate and Foreign Office records — cabinet context, administrative paper trail.
⚠ Some materials require ordering scans or physical visits.
Israel State Archives
Official Israeli archival catalog — cabinet material, diplomatic documents, historical state records.
⚠ Access can be uneven and politically incomplete.
Avalon Project (Yale)
Public repository of major legal and diplomatic texts including Balfour Declaration materials.
⚠ Convenience source — confirm against original archives for final citations.
Investigations & Verification
(5)Forensic Architecture
Spatial and architectural investigations of state and military violence — 12+ Palestine-specific investigations.
Al-Haq
Palestinian human-rights organization — reports, investigators, legal framing, case files, interview leads.
Bellingcat
Open-source investigations using geolocation, chronolocation, and imagery verification.
⚠ Use specific investigations rather than the brand as blanket proof.
Visualizing Palestine
Visual research studio publishing data-led explainers — charts, issue framing, graphic inspiration.
⚠ Verify underlying datasets before on-screen factual claims.
OHCHR / UN Commission of Inquiry
UN human-rights system — formal reports, legal language, chronology, public statements.
Humanitarian Data & Live Monitoring
(8)OCHA oPt
UN humanitarian coordination — live situation reports, displacement data, movement restrictions, maps.
UNRWA
UN agency for Palestine refugees — family-history context, education, camp infrastructure, statistics.
WHO oPt — Gaza Health Updates
Hospital functionality, attacks on health infrastructure, health-system collapse framing.
UNICEF State of Palestine
Child-focused statistics, education, psychosocial and civilian impact framing.
ReliefWeb Palestine
Aggregates situation reports, maps, appeals, and NGO/UN documentation.
⚠ Mixed by source — useful as a finder, not an endpoint.
OCHA Humanitarian Data Exchange
Structured humanitarian datasets and map-ready data for charting and GIS overlays.
⚠ Check provenance table-by-table.
Medical Aid for Palestinians
Health and dignity support in the occupied Palestinian territory — reports and field data.
PCHR Gaza
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — monitoring and reporting from Gaza.
Oral Histories & Testimony
(9)Palestinian Oral History Archive
Oral-history collection preserving Palestinian memory — survivor testimony, interview references.
Nakba Archive
500+ filmed testimonies from first-generation refugees in Lebanon — intergenerational memory.
Breaking the Silence
Israeli veterans' testimonies on military practices in the occupied territories.
⚠ Politically contested — use with corroboration and case-by-case vetting.
Zochrot
Israeli org documenting the Nakba — village dossiers, maps, tours, memory work.
BADIL Resource Center
Research and advocacy on refugees and IDPs — displacement frameworks, legal analysis, contacts.
We Are Not Numbers
Platform amplifying personal stories by young Palestinians — narrative leads, voice-first storytelling.
Palestinian Journeys
IPS-affiliated public-history platform — biographies, places, diaspora pathways.
Parents Circle — Families Forum
Bereaved Palestinian and Israeli families — dialogue, grief, coexistence, moral complexity.
Grassroots Al-Quds
Community-based knowledge on Jerusalem — testimonies, neighbourhood framing, interview leads.
Journalism & Reporting
(7)+972 Magazine
Israeli-Palestinian nonprofit magazine — nuanced features, bilingual networks, interview leads.
Local Call / Sikha Mekomit
Hebrew-language sister publication to +972 — Israeli discourse, field reporting.
The Intercept
Investigative journalism on U.S./Israeli policy and war conduct — accountability angles.
Middle East Eye
News and analysis — current reporting, interview leads, diaspora voices, story tracking.
⚠ Mixed by piece — corroborate.
Electronic Intifada
Long-running outlet on Palestinian rights — archives, media critique, analyst networks.
⚠ Should not stand alone for contested factual claims.
Mondoweiss
Independent journalism covering Palestine and the wider Middle East.
Al Jazeera — Palestine
Rolling archive of audio-visual reporting — interview leads, visual references, narrative hooks.
⚠ Article-specific — verify before reuse.
Film, Photo & Audio Archives
(6)Reuters Connect
Reuters' licensing and archive portal — broadcast-ready current and archival footage.
AP Archive
Massive video, image, and audio archive dating back decades — licensable Middle East packages.
Getty Images Editorial
Editorial photo/video library — stills, agency footage, rights-cleared sourcing.
British Pathé
Historic newsreel library — Mandate-era visual texture, period montage footage.
⚠ Metadata can be dated or imprecise.
CriticalPast
Searchable stock archive with Palestine-era clips — period footage and visual reference.
⚠ Metadata should be independently verified.
Imperial War Museums Film
Professional portal for IWM footage — British military/state archive pathways, licensing.
Academic & Historical Reference
(7)Institute for Palestine Studies
Premier research institution — journals, books, chronology, digital projects. All-round research backbone.
Journal of Palestine Studies
Long-running peer-reviewed journal — authoritative essays, historiography, expert authors.
Jerusalem Quarterly
Urban/cultural history of Jerusalem — deep contextual material for city-specific beats.
Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question
IPS-backed encyclopedia — events, biographies, places, concepts. Excellent for pre-interview prep.
Palestine Chronology (IPS)
Day-by-day chronologies compiled from multiple sources — timeline building, sequence structuring.
MERIP
Long-running Middle East publication — contextual essays and expert leads.
Decolonize Palestine
Accessible explainer hub for historical and conceptual orientation — useful primer resource.
⚠ Not a primary-source substitute.
Human Rights & Civil Society
(12)Human Rights Watch — Palestine
Country reporting and thematic investigations — digestible reports, legal framing, expert quotes.
Amnesty International — Palestine
Research, urgent actions, annual reporting — policy framing, incident documentation.
B'Tselem
Israeli human-rights monitoring — field research, video, maps, testimony, apartheid documentation.
Yesh Din
Rule of law, settler violence, accountability — casework, impunity data, legal explainers.
Gisha
Freedom of movement for Palestinians, Gaza access — permit regime, blockade mechanics, maps.
ACRI
Association for Civil Rights in Israel — East Jerusalem, speech repression, legal cases.
Adalah
Legal centre for Arab minority rights in Israel — constitutional and human-rights litigation.
Peace Now
Settlement monitoring — maps, planning data, visualizations, spokesperson access.
Defense for Children International — Palestine
Child-rights documentation — detention, case files, interview leads, youth-focused framing.
Addameer
Prisoner support and human rights — documentation of political detention.
Al Mezan
Gaza-based human rights organisation — monitoring, reporting, legal accountability.
Who Profits
Research on the Israeli occupation economy — corporate accountability data.
Culture, Heritage & Memory
(4)Palestinian Museum
Museum preserving Palestinian history and culture — visual material, curators, exhibitions, archives.
Mahmoud Darwish Museum
Life and work of Mahmoud Darwish — poetic framing, literary archive, voiceover inspiration.
Riwaq Centre for Architectural Conservation
Palestinian architectural heritage — historical place memory, restoration stories, location leads.
Palestine Museum US
U.S.-based museum — Palestinian arts, diaspora culture, exhibition contacts.
Diaspora & Community Networks
(6)IMEU
Institute for Middle East Understanding — expert sourcing, fact sheets, journalist support.
American Muslims for Palestine
U.S. grassroots education and mobilization — diaspora contacts, event networks, interview leads.
U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights
U.S.-based coalition — movement infrastructure, campaign chronology, activist access.
Palestine Legal
Tracking suppression of Palestine advocacy — international complicity, censorship, speech-repression.
Palestinian Youth Movement
Diaspora youth network — younger voices, mobilization, protest aesthetics, interview leads.
Adalah Justice Project
U.S. advocacy and narrative organisation — media kits, framing language, policy context.
Audio & Podcast
(3)This Is Palestine (IMEU)
Storytelling podcast centering Palestinian voices — audio inspiration, guest leads.
Rethinking Palestine (Al-Shabaka)
Analytical podcast — high-level framing, policy guests, research-to-audio adaptation.
Occupied Thoughts (FMEP)
Expert discussions with scholars, journalists, and organisers — guest discovery engine.
This index is maintained as a production tool for the "In the Shadow of Now" documentary team. Resources are categorised by production function — what filmmakers can use each source for. All URLs were verified live as of April 2026. If you notice a broken link or would like to suggest a resource, contact hello@intheshadowofnow.com.