Palestinian Youth Movement

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][6] According to Giving Compass, a website that provides information about nonprofit organizations to prospective donors, PYM was founded in 1982.

[7] PYM has participated in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war protests in the United States, including the 2024 Columbia University occupation[8][9][10] and the July 2024 protest in Washington D.C.[11] 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.

[12] 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.