Palestinian Youth Movement
| حركة الشباب الفلسطيني | |
Protest organized by PYM in Dallas on October 15, 2023 | |
| Formation | Possibly 1982 |
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| Headquarters | White Plains, New York, U.S. |
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| Affiliations | Progressive International |
| Website | palestinianyouthmovement |
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. 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. It is mainly composed of Palestinian and Arab youth.
According to Giving Compass, a website that provides information about nonprofit organizations to prospective donors, PYM was founded in 1982.
PYM has participated in the ongoing Gaza war protests in the United States, including the 2024 Columbia University occupation and the July 2024 protest in Washington D.C. 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.
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.