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
7 Documents Found
![Israel's Bid for "Peace and Security"](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Format: MonographCollection: Anti-Zionism
Offers a critique of the Israeli claims regarding their desire to promote peace, especially in regards to their aggression during the 1967 War. Also includes translations of two articles published in Israeli newspapers; "Hollow Words and No Action," by David Ben Gurion, and "We are doomed to War," by General Moshe Dayan.
![Issues](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: American Council for JudaismYear: 1961Volume Number: Vol. 15-5 FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionism
Fall 1961 publication of Issues. Contents include: "Open Secrets of the Lavon Affair"' by Moshe Menuhin, "Reflections on Jewish Nationalism" by Phillip Sigal, "Way to Israeli-Arab Unity: A British View" by Fenner Brockway, "The Arab Refugees Still Wait" by Roger Baldwin, "Integration of the Jew into America's Three-Religion Society" by Will Herberg, "Zionism is Not What It Seems" by Clarence L. Coleman Jr., and "The Constitution and the Balfour Declaration" by Elmer Berger. Also includes an open letter to Ben-Gurion written by Mrs. Raymond Arsht, a statement by Clarence L. Coleman Jr. on U.S. Jews and Israel, and a review of the book "Prelude to Israel: An Analysis of Zionist Diplomacy" by Alan R. Taylor, reviewed by Maurice Harari.
![Rage, Reason and Reaction - Letters to the Editor](images/thumbnails//29933.jpg)
Photocopy of letter to the editor written by Moshe Menuhin. Condemns Israeli atrocities in the Six Days War.
![War and Peace in the Middle East: The Present Situation and Future Prospects](images/thumbnails//29987.jpg)
Publisher: University Christian Center ForumYear: 1967Format: TranscriptCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Delivered as part of a lecture series on War and Peace in the Middle East.
![The June War - In the Light of its Aftermath](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Details the June 1967 War (Six Days War), Israeli aims during the war, and the legacy of the war.
![Najda Newsletter - Women Concerned about the Middle East (June 1987)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle EastDate: 6/1987Format: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
a. UN Symposium, June 24-26, New York
b. United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) response to the Six Day War in 1967
c. Data from an opinion poll conducted in the Occupied Territories
d. Sameeha S. Khalil, A Mother’s Plea
e. Audrey Shabbas, “Shootout at the M.E.S.A. Corral”
f. Palestinian Women’s Conference a Success!
![September: Counter-Revolution in Jordan](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Palestine Solidarity CommitteeDate: 11/1970Call Number: Format: PamphletCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Pamphlet published by the Palestine Solidarity Committee written by the Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DPFLP), covering the counter-revolution in Jordan that took place during 1970.
7 Documents Found