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
![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."
![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.
![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.
![Enforced Exile: A Study of Israeli Deportation and Depopulation Techniques](images/thumbnails//39118.jpg)
Publisher: The Permanent Committee for Palestinian DeporteesCall Number: Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Reprinted by Free Palestine Press. Monograph focused on the ways in which the Israeli army carries out and justifies deportations of Palestinians in violation of international law.
Introduction / Aims of Deportation / Legal Aspects of Deportation / The Genocide Aspect / Manner of Deportation / Individual Cases of Deportation / Deportation and Uprisings / Other Leading Deportees / Common illnesses in Israeli Prisons / Conclusion.
![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."
![Political and Armed Struggle](images/thumbnails//30232.jpg)
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement: FatehFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Detailed information about Fateh's position on political struggle and armed struggle as compliments in the battle for national liberation.
![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 Freedom Fighters](images/thumbnails//30237.jpg)
Publisher: The Palestine National Liberation Movement, FatehFormat: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Documents structure of Al-Fatah organization and profiles several of its martyred members.
![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