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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.
![Minors in the Shore Camp](images/thumbnails//30051.jpg)
Publisher: Association for Civil Rights in IsraelYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Report on conditions for the young Palestinian prisoners at Ansar 2 prison, also known as the "Shore Camp."
![Report of Visit to Ketziot Detention Camp on June 1, 1988](images/thumbnails//30052.jpg)
Publisher: Association for Civil Rights in IsraelDate: 6/5/1988Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Report on the conditions at Ketziot Detention Camp featuring accounts by many prisoners held there. Details brutal treatment and humiliation of Palestinian detainees by Israeli soldiers and the poor conditions and inadequate medical care for the prisoners.
![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.
![Children of The Stones](images/thumbnails//30068.jpg)
Publisher: Palestinian Center for the Study of Non-ViolenceYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Report on the violence and suffering perpetrated against Palestinian children by the Israeli military. Includes signed affidavits from numerous witnesses detailing the abuses of children.