Handala participants in July 2025
I am a first generation Jewish American born in Los Angeles in 1948 to parents who immigrated to the US from Palestine in 1938/39, prior to the Nakba. For this reason, I identify as a Palestinian Jew. I grew up within the Zionist/Jewish community and attended Zionist summer camps as a child where I was […]
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Born, Madrid, 1956. Economist by profession, former trade unionist, now retired. Co-founder of the Committee for Solidarity with the Arab Cause (formally established in 1986 after years of activity) or CSCA. He is currently a member of this association’s Board of Directors. The CSCA’s objectives are the study, cooperation and development of relations with the
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Mohamed El Bakkali is a journalist with Al Jazeera, originally from Morocco and currently based in Paris. He holds a PhD in Sociology and a Master’s degree in International Relations. Over the course of his career, Mohamed has reported on hundreds of major global events including wars, revolutions, and mass protests from the front lines
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Braedon Peluso is a seasoned sailor with over a decade of experience at sea, much of it dedicated to activism in marine conservation and sea rescue organizations. In 2024, he was part of the Handala mission, continuing his commitment to justice and solidarity through direct action on the water. He currently works as an engineer
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Jacob Berger is a 40 year old tv/film actor, viral content creator and Jewish-American activist very active in the Palestinian cause from New York City. Before becoming an actor in 2010, Jacob had been a mental health/substance abuse counselor with a LMSW from Columbia University. This social work background and his belief in social justice
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Vigdis Bjorvand is a 70-year-old activist from Norway whose unwavering commitment to justice has spanned nearly five decades. Since first stepping into activism in 1976, Vigdis has been a steadfast voice for peace, dignity, and human rights. In Norway, she once ran a second-hand shop — a reflection of her values of sustainability, simplicity, and
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Robert Martin knew the only way to uncover the truth was to go to Palestine and see it for himself. What he witnessed changed him forever. Everything he’d been told by Western governments and the mainstream media was a lie — a calculated deception that masked Israel’s crimes and fostered global complicity. The Palestinians he
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Justine Kempf worked as a nurse for Doctors Without Borders during a mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Ituri. She is also involved with Doctors of the World on the French-Italian border. As a human being, she cannot remain silent in the face of the crimes suffered by the Palestinian people. She wishes
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Huwaida Arraf is a Palestinian-American civil/human rights attorney and social justice activist. She has been involved in legal, political, and grassroots initiatives for Palestinian rights for the last two decades, including co-founding the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and leading the Free Gaza Movement which, beginning in 2008, organized sea voyages to Gaza
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Christian Smalls is the founder of the Amazon Labor Union, the first independent, democratic, worker-led labor union in American History for Amazon in Staten Island, New York. He is also the founder of The Congress of Essential Workers (TCOEW), a nationwide collective of essential workers and allies fighting for better working conditions, better wages, and
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