Palestine
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This collection includes a wide range of audio tapes and English publications about the Palestinian struggle for self determination, the colonization of Palestine and Zionism. Political journals and monographs from multiple viewpoints on topics such as Zionism, Israeli abuses of human rights and international law, the role of the US and Britain policy in shaping Palestine, as well as on the Middle East and the Arab world. Perspectives in this collection are drawn from international organizations in the West and the Middle East, Palestinian revolutionary organizations, academics, thinkers and students, and voices of everyday Palestinian resistance. The majority of the materials in this collection are paper documents; monographs, periodicals, articles and pamphlets; however it also includes a number of important and unique audio materials. The bulk of the collection focuses on Palestinian resistance between 1948 and the early 1990s.
News and information about Palestine: Institute for Middle East Understanding; If Americans Knew; B’TSELEM (Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories);
Analysis on Palestine: ElectronicIntifada; Mondoweiss; +972 Magazine
Subcollections
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Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Various publications concerning the Arab world produced by members of the Arab community both in the Middle East and within the diaspora. -
Anti-Zionism
Numerous publications challenging the Zionist ideology and the use of Zionism by the Israeli State to justify territorial claims. -
Human Rights in Palestine
Various publications about Israeli Human Rights abuses against Palestinians. -
International Perspectives on Palestine
The following collection is comprised of sub-collections focusing on perspectives and information about Palestine from three non-Palestinian organizations. -
Institute for Palestine Studies
The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) was established in Beirut in 1963 as an independent non-profit research institution, unaffiliated with any political organization or government. -
Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Literature from revolutionary groups in struggle to liberate Palestine.
Documents
![Zionism: A Political Critique](images/thumbnails//29947.jpg)
Provides a history critique of Zionism and the Israeli conquest and occupation of Palestine up to the 1967 War.
![For a New Approach to the Israeli-Arab Conflict](images/thumbnails//30211.jpg)
Publisher: Fifth of June SocietyYear: 1967Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Book Review of Jean Paul Sartre's special issue of "Les Temps Modernes" featuring a confrontation between Arab and Israeli intellectuals. Reprinted from the New York Review of Books, August 3, 1967.
![The United Nations and the Palestine Question April 1947-April 1965](images/thumbnails//30213.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 9/1966Volume Number: Facts and Figures Series No. 2Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Statistical summary of the extent and degree to which the United Nations involved itself in Palestine since 1947. Includes statistical analysis of resolutions, decisions, and judgements regarding Palestine.
![Palestine, Israel and Peace](images/thumbnails//30220.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 2/1970Volume Number: Palestine Essays No. 17Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Essay arguing: "struggle of indigenous Palestinian population against Zionist colonists" is the "origin and cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as the key to its solution."
![Israel and Negotiations](images/thumbnails//30222.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 7/1970Volume Number: Palestine Essays No. 20Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Essay on the Israeli attitude and dismissals of international agreements and peaceful settlements with Palestine.
![Gaza](images/thumbnails//30223.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 8/1971Volume Number: Palestine Essays No. 27Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
History and analysis of the people and land of Gaza during Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
![Revolution Until Victory](images/thumbnails//30234.jpg)
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
History of Israeli Palestinian Conflict and achievements and goals for Palestinian Revolution.
![The Palestine National Liberation Movement, Al-Fateh](images/thumbnails//30238.jpg)
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
History and analysis of Israeli Palestinian conflict and the growth and goals of Al-Fateh as it struggles for democratic, non-sectarian Palestine.
I. Introduction
II. History of the Palestine Problem
III. The Emergence of al-Fateh
IV. Aims and Objectives of al-Fateh
V. The Position of al-Fateh vis-s-vis: The State of Israel; the Arab countries; the two superpowers; the United Nations
VI. Al-Fateh and the Future
![Why did the Palestinians leave Palestine in 1948?](images/thumbnails//30240.jpg)
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Analysis of Arab mass exodus of April 1948 and the calculated moves of Zionist powers that led to it.
Al-Karamah First Anniversary 21 March 1968 - 21 March 1969.
![The August Program and A Democratic Solution](images/thumbnails//30243.jpg)
Publisher: Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Analysis by the "Marxist-Leninist wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who later split from the front in February of 1969 and formed the Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" of "the struggle of the Palestinian people against imperialism, Zionism, and Arab reaction. It also explains the failure of the Palestine revolts in 1936 and 1948 and the factors which caused these failures. The analysis also explains the failures of the present Arab regimes."