Palestine-focussed ‘Accountability Archive’ gains traction
by Thoughtfox staff
An online project called the ‘Accountability Archive’ (AA) has already collected nearly 70,000 submissions documenting public statements by prominent individuals supporting, one way or another, the ongoing genocide in Palestine, according to co-founder Philip Proudfoot in a LinkedIn post on May 22, 2025.
Launched to challenge efforts to retrospectively sanitize public records, AA aims to provide a transparent, evidence-based counter to what its founders describe as the prospective rewriting of history by politicians, journalists, and academics in the Global North. Proudfoot stated that the archive had compiled 68,431 pieces of evidence already that would make it impossible for figures to claim in the future that they had ‘always opposed’ the genocide when in fact they had made public statements to the contrary.
This is a screenshot of a part of Accountability Archive’s (AA) website; it shows a bulleted list of the types of public statements made by figures in the Global North that AA will consider to be supportive of the ongoing genocide in Palestine. The screenshot was taken on May 23, 2025.
AA is not asking for evidence of the genocide itself, but for links to media content—no matter the language—featuring prominent figures in the Global North making statements that support or excuse Israel’s actions in Palestine. These links have to be submitted via its website.
Yet to be made public, the archive is currently accessible only to researchers and other interested parties who provide their credentials, project information, and official contact details on this email address: accountabilityarchive@proton.me
AA has taken a broad enough view of the scope of these genocide-supporting statements. The statements may include those that, within the context of Palestine, support dehumanization, incitement or justification of violence; denial of civilian harm; forced displacement; targeting of infrastructure; and defamation of protests.
Alongside Proudfoot, whose LinkedIn profile indicates that he is based in the United Kingdom, the initiative was co-founded by Mahdi Zaidan and Alex Foley. The project draws on a wide network of contributors and volunteers who submit and tag evidence, currently with a focus on annotating each record with contextual metadata, such as associated events or violations of international humanitarian law (IHL).
The collected data will soon be analysed, categorised, and translated—and AA has put out a call for those willing to carry that out. These analysts will be compensated at a British living wage; it is unclear at this point whether translators, specifically, will be compensated or not—and at what rate.
Beyond Palestine
Proudfoot emphasised the urgency of preserving this evidence, particularly in light of what he called a widespread abandonment of Palestinians by parts of the international system.
The project’s long-term goal is to create a publicly accessible, searchable database that will serve not only as a historical record but also as a tool for legal and moral accountability—even beyond Palestine, i.e., ‘whenever and wherever there are mass atrocities and IHL violations.’
AA’s website already has a link specifically for Lebanon.
Support for the archive (whose URL is https://accountabilityarchive.org/) appears to be growing, with ongoing outreach for collaborators, analysts, and donors to help expand and sustain the work.
This is a partial screenshot of Philip Proudfoot’s LinkedIn post dated May 22, 2025, relating to the current state of activities at the Accountability Archive, an online project he has co-founded with Mahdi Zaidan and Alex Foley.