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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
![A Palestinian View](images/thumbnails//30246.jpg)
Publisher: General Union of Palestine Students: 2nd World ConferenceFormat: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
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."
![Palestine Discussion Papers (Vol. 2) - The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine Problem](images/thumbnails//30247.jpg)
Publisher: General Union of Palestine Students: Kuwaiti Graduate SocietyYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Two essays from the Second International Symposium on Palestine. The first is "The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine problem" by L.M.C. van der Hoeven Leonhard. The Second is "An Agenda for Research on Settler Colonialism" by Mr. George Jabbour.
Both of these papers were presented at the Second International Symposium on Palestine Feb. 13-17, 1971.
![The Stifling and Smearing of a Dissenter](images/thumbnails//29940.jpg)
Essay by Moshe Menuhin on the suppression of anti-Zionist works and opinions in the United States. Reprinted from the publication "Issues."
![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.
![Jewish Critics of Zionism - A Testamentary Essay](images/thumbnails//35134.jpg)
Provides a history of Zionist ideology and the numerous Jewish critics who have spoken out against Israeli actions. Photocopy from a book.
![International Declarations: Zionism and Racism](images/thumbnails//39120.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Information OfficeYear: 1981Call Number: Format: MonographCollection: Anti-Zionism
Contents include: Declaration and Resolution of the International Forum on Zionism and Racism (Tripoli, Libya 1976) and Resolutions Adopted by the Symposium on Zionism (Baghdad, Iraq 1976). The declarations and resolutions represent the views and ideas of a wide range of intellectuals and activists from Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as Europe and the United States.
![Zionist Israeli Acts of Terrorism 1939-1974](images/thumbnails//30064.jpg)
Report enumerating Zionist and Israeli acts of terror against Arabs between 1939 and 1974.
![Arab Liberation Front (A.L.F.) - Some Dimensions of Israeli Colonialism](images/thumbnails//30198.jpg)
Publisher: Arab Liberation FrontYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Publication describing goals of ALF and discussing Israeli colonialism. "The Arab Liberation Front (ALF) is a mass movement independent from Arab regimes, through which many anti-imperialist progressive forces struggle to achieve the aims of the Arab revolution which can be summarized in the following phrases: Liberation of Palestine, Freedom from Imperialist oppression, Socialism and Arab unity."
What is the Arab Liberation Front?
Some Dimensions of Israeli Colonialism?
A message to our international comrades
![On the Necessity for an Anti-Racist Solution to the Palestine Conflict](images/thumbnails//30206.jpg)
Publisher: Fifth of June SocietyYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Analysis of race and racism with the Palestinian Israeli conflict and anti-racism as necessary for resolution. Translated from an unpublished paper in French entitled "Reflexions sur le Racisme et le Neo Anti-Semitisme."
![The Palestinian Chalk Circle](images/thumbnails//30207.jpg)
Publisher: Fifth of June Society and Arab Women's Information CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Selections of a prose poetry collection by Mahmoud Darwish titled "Diary of a Citizen without a Country."