Organization:Palestinian Youth Movement

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Palestinian Youth Movement
حركة الشباب الفلسطيني
Protest organized by PYM in Dallas on October 15, 2023
FormationPossibly 1982 (44 years ago) (1982)
Purpose
  • Anti-Zionist activism
  • anti-imperialist activism
  • socialist activism
HeadquartersWhite Plains, New York, U.S.
Region
  • North America
  • Europe
AffiliationsProgressive International[1]
Websitepalestinianyouthmovement.com

The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM; Arabic: حركة الشباب الفلسطيني, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Filasṭīnī) is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist, socialist, and anti-imperialist organization with chapters across North America and Europe.[2] The group has participated in political actions and protests alongside organizations such as the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a communist party in the United States, and the ANSWER Coalition.[2][3][4][5] It is mainly composed of Palestinian and Arab youth.[2][6]

PYM has participated in the ongoing Gaza war protests in the United States, including the 2024 Columbia University occupations[7][8][9] and the July 2024 protest in Washington D.C.[10] alongside various other groups, and has taken an approach compared to that of New York City anti-Zionist group Within Our Lifetime (WOL), in refusing to work within the Democratic Party.[11]

In 2024, PYM along with translator Muhammad Tutunji created the first English translation of Wisam Rafeedie's The Trinity of Fundamentals, a novel about a member of the Palestinian resistance. Rafeedie is a former Palestinian prisoner who was held in Israel.[6][12]

In June 2025, following an international campaign led by PYM, the multinational shipping company Maersk announced that it would cut ties with companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.[13]

See also

  • Palestinian diaspora
  • Mask Off Maersk

References

  1. ↑ "Members" (in en). https://progressive.international/members/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Park, Ju-Hyun (2023-11-30). "'Our people cannot afford for us to fail': The Palestinian Youth Movement speaks" (in en-US). http://therealnews.com/palestinian-youth-movement-gaza-truce-ceasefire-western-left-solidarity. 
  3. ↑ Lara, Juan Carlos (2024-02-22). "Hundreds of Protesters Crash Biden Fundraiser in SF, Demanding a Cease-Fire in Gaza | KQED" (in en). https://www.kqed.org/news/11976562/hundreds-of-protesters-crash-biden-fundraiser-in-sf-demanding-a-cease-fire-in-gaza. 
  4. ↑ Staff, Liberation. "A Pause Is Just That: A Pause — We Demand a Permanent Ceasefire! – Liberation News" (in en-US). https://www.liberationnews.org/a-pause-is-just-that-a-pause-we-demand-a-permanent-ceasefire/. 
  5. ↑ "March 2 Global Day of Action: Hands Off Rafah!". https://www.answercoalition.org/rafah_protest. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Al-Saleh, Danya; Al-Saleh, Samar (2023-05-24). "Liberating a Palestinian Novel From Israeli Prison" (in en-US). The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/trinity-of-fundamentals-palestine-introduction/. 
  7. ↑ Keys, Chimene. "Several New York City community organizations protest in solidarity as 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' hits day five". https://www.columbiaspectator.com/city-news/2024/04/22/several-new-york-city-community-organizations-protest-in-solidarity-as-gaza-solidarity-encampment-hits-day-five/. 
  8. ↑ Splaver, Gabriella Gregor. "In Focus: Seven days into the encampment". https://www.columbiaspectator.com/main/2024/04/26/in-focus-a-week-into-the-encampment/. 
  9. ↑ Starr, Michael (2024-04-24). "Columbia extends protest deadline after students agree to dismantle some tents" (in en). https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-798406. 
  10. ↑ Silverman, Ellie; Gathright, Jenny; Williams, Clarence; Chu, Hau; Heim, Joe (24 July 2024). "Thousands protest Netanyahu's D.C. visit and Israel-Gaza war". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/24/dc-protest-netanyahu-visit-israel-gaza-war/. 
  11. ↑ Barkan, Ross (February 7, 2024). "How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party". The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/magazine/israel-october-7-democrats.html. 
  12. ↑ "A New Artifact of the Palestinian Resistance w/ Danya Al-Saleh" (in en-US). 2024-04-18. https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/a-new-artifact-of-the-palestinian-resistance/. 
  13. ↑ Ritzen, Yarno. "Shipping giant Maersk divests from companies linked to Israeli settlements" (in en). https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/23/shipping-giant-maersk-divests-from-companies-linked-to-israeli-settlements. 



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