Palestinian Youth Movement

{{No significant coverage|date=September 2024}}

{{Short description|International Palestinian organization}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Palestinian Youth Movement

| native_name = {{lang|ar|حركة الشباب الفلسطيني}}

| logo = Palestinian Youth Movement - logo.jpg

| formation = Possibly {{start date and age|1982|p=y}}

| image = Palestinian Youth Movement organized protest in Dallas 10-15-2023.jpg

| size = 300px

| caption = Protest organized by PYM in Dallas on October 15, 2023

| purpose = {{hlist|Anti-Zionist activism|anti-imperialist activism|socialist activism}}

| affiliations = Progressive International{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://progressive.international/members/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Progressive International |language=en}}

| region = {{hlist|North America|Europe}}

| headquarters = White Plains, New York, U.S.

| website = {{URL|palestinianyouthmovement.com}}

}}

The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM; {{langx|ar|حركة الشباب الفلسطيني|Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Filasṭīnī}}) is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist, socialist, and anti-imperialist organization with chapters across North America and Europe.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Ju-Hyun |date=2023-11-30 |title='Our people cannot afford for us to fail': The Palestinian Youth Movement speaks |url=http://therealnews.com/palestinian-youth-movement-gaza-truce-ceasefire-western-left-solidarity |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=The Real News Network |language=en-US}} The group has participated in political actions with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a communist party in the United States, and the ANSWER Coalition.{{Cite web |last=Lara |first=Juan Carlos |date=2024-02-22 |title=Hundreds of Protesters Crash Biden Fundraiser in SF, Demanding a Cease-Fire in Gaza {{!}} KQED |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11976562/hundreds-of-protesters-crash-biden-fundraiser-in-sf-demanding-a-cease-fire-in-gaza |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.kqed.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Liberation |title=A Pause Is Just That: A Pause — We Demand a Permanent Ceasefire! – Liberation News |url=https://www.liberationnews.org/a-pause-is-just-that-a-pause-we-demand-a-permanent-ceasefire/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=March 2 Global Day of Action: Hands Off Rafah! |url=https://www.answercoalition.org/rafah_protest |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=ANSWER Coalition}} It is mainly composed of Palestinian and Arab youth.{{Cite news |last1=Al-Saleh |first1=Danya |last2=Al-Saleh |first2=Samar |date=2023-05-24 |title=Liberating a Palestinian Novel From Israeli Prison |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/trinity-of-fundamentals-palestine-introduction/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378| work = The Nation}}

According to Giving Compass, a website that provides information about nonprofit organizations to prospective donors, PYM was founded in 1982.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=Palestinian Youth Movement |url=https://givingcompass.org/nonprofit/palestinian-youth-movement |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Giving Compass |language=en-US}}

PYM has participated in the ongoing Gaza war protests in the United States, including the 2024 Columbia University occupation{{Cite web |last=Keys |first=Chimene |title=Several New York City community organizations protest in solidarity as 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' hits day five |url=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/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502215736/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/ |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Columbia Daily Spectator}}{{Cite web |last=Splaver |first=Gabriella Gregor |title=In Focus: Seven days into the encampment |url=https://www.columbiaspectator.com/main/2024/04/26/in-focus-a-week-into-the-encampment/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502212154/https://www.columbiaspectator.com/main/2024/04/26/in-focus-a-week-into-the-encampment/ |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Columbia Daily Spectator}}{{Cite web |last=Starr |first=Michael |date=2024-04-24 |title=Columbia extends protest deadline after students agree to dismantle some tents |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-798406 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502212154/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-798406 |archive-date=May 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}} and the July 2024 protest in Washington D.C.{{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=Ellie |last2=Gathright |first2=Jenny |last3=Williams |first3=Clarence |last4=Chu |first4=Hau |last5=Heim |first5=Joe |date=24 July 2024 |title=Thousands protest Netanyahu's D.C. visit and Israel-Gaza war |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/24/dc-protest-netanyahu-visit-israel-gaza-war/ |newspaper=Washington Post}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Barkan |first=Ross |date=February 7, 2024 |title=How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/magazine/israel-october-7-democrats.html |work=The New York Times Magazine}}

Notably, in 2024 PYM participated in the creation of the first English translation of Wisam Rafeedie's novel The Trinity of Fundamentals, which discusses Palestinian resistance, with Dr. Muhammad Tutunji. Rafeedie is member of the PFLP, and a former Palestinian prisoner who was held in Israel.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=A New Artifact of the Palestinian Resistance w/ Danya Al-Saleh |url=https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/a-new-artifact-of-the-palestinian-resistance/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=KPFA |language=en-US}}