Publications

Open Call: Sumud’s Palestine Grant

Sumud is launching a new grant for Palestinians living in Finland. The grant supports projects and activities that advance the human and political rights of Palestinians and strengthen solidarity with Palestine.

Will Finland finally ban settlement trade?

Sign up for Sumuds palestinian arabic courses!

Sign up for courses is open until September 22nd!

Finland’s complicity in genocide deepens – Sumud demands accountability

Justice, Not Arms: Finland must end military cooperation with genocidal Israel

Safety for Whom? An Open Letter to the Organisers of ECER 2026, Tampere, Finland — Where At Least Twenty Complicit Israeli Institutions Are Welcome

Sumud supports demand to ban genocidal Israel from international sports competitions

Collective action is how we win – see what our determined collective power has achieved

Sumud works towards ending Israeli apartheid, occupation, colonialism and genocide and for the realisation of Palestinian human and political rights. Determined grassroots work achieves victories, here is a compilation of what your support has made possible.

The Green Party Becomes Finland’s Second Apartheid-Free Parliamentary Party  – Now It Is Time for Action

Image: Emma Grönqvist. Sumud – the Finnish Palestine Network welcomes the decision by the Green Party of Finland to declare itself an Apartheid Free Zone. This decision demonstrates that the party recognizes the systematic oppression and apartheid faced by Palestinians and is prepared to take action to help bring them to an end. The Green…

Apply to join Sumud’s third annual Palestine Summer School!

Photograph: Emma Gronqvist Sumud’s Palestine Summer School will be organised on August 21.-23., in Pirkanmaa. Registration is open until July 19! This year’s theme is Take Action! Join us in collective learning about Palestine grassroots activism. Freeing this world from genocide, apartheid and occupation, takes concrete action. Learning needed skills together with other like minded people is…

Intersectionality and solidarity need to be consistent – Helsinki Pride must stand behind its values in practice

Image: Hannu Häkkinen Helsinki Pride has done important work in the field of Rainbow Rights. Helsinki Pride says it is committed to human rights and respect for diversity – principles according to which “we do not compromise on human rights”. Unfortunately, these principles are not fully realized in practice. Helsinki Pride has been slow to…

Finland Must Not Be Complicit in Genocide — Arms Trade with Israel Must End and Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen Must Resign

We strongly condemn the joint Finnish-Israeli defence conference held in Helsinki in May 2026. Around 30 military industry companies from both countries participated in the two-day event, and Olli Ruutu, Director General of the Resource Policy Department at the Ministry of Defence, gave a speech at the conference. According to Israel’s Ministry of Defence, the…