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
![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.
![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
![The Political Manifesto of the Arab Liberation Front](images/thumbnails//30199.jpg)
Publisher: Arab Liberation FrontYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Manifesto of Arab Liberation Front (ALF) describing their movement towards Palestinian liberation, socialism, and Arab unity.
![Palestine Guerrillas - Their Credibility and Effectiveness](images/thumbnails//30204.jpg)
Publisher: Georgetown Univ. Center for Strategic and International StudiesYear: 1970Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Research and analysis of the Palestinian Guerrilla movement, its structure, effectiveness, and future.
I. Are the Palestine Guerrillas Credible?
II. How Strong is the Guerrilla Movement?
III. Why the Multiplicity of the Guerrilla Organizations?
IV. The Next Phase
V. Problems and Prospects of the Next Phase
![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 Peaceful Solution: Illusions and Realities](images/thumbnails//30208.jpg)
Publisher: Fifth of June SocietyYear: 1970Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Excerpt form an address by Professor Hisham Sharabi, given on Nov. 4, 1970 to the Americans for Justice in the Middle East in Beirut. Reveals "political settlement" as Zionist propaganda and instead asserts the "only solution lies in the defeat of Zionism and the restoration of Palestinian and Arab rights by armed struggle."
![Zionist Colonialism in Palestine](images/thumbnails//30215.jpg)
Publisher: Research Center Palestine Liberation OrganizationDate: 9/1965Volume Number: Palestine Monographs 1Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Traces the rise of Zionism, the character of the Zionist state, and the Palestinian resistance to Zionist colonialism. Includes information on participation of African, Asian, and Non-Aligned states.
![Palestine and Arab Nationalism](images/thumbnails//30216.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 1/1970Volume Number: Palestine Essay No. 3Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Exploration of the inextricable and complex relationship between Palestinian liberation and Arab nationalism.
![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."