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
8 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.
![Who Knows Better Must Say So!](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Collection of letters written by Rabbi Elmer Berger to Clarence Coleman and Lessing Rosenwald (of the American Council for Judaism) during a visit Rabbi Berger made to the Middle East.
![Protectection of Human Rights in Occupied Territories](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
UN Report on Israeli offenses and human rights violations in their policies of annexation and settlement in the West Bank.
![Internal Control in Israel and South Africa - The Mechanisms of Colonial-Settler Regimes](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: The International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial DiscriminationDate: 3/1983Volume Number: Paper No. 29Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Details the nature of colonial-settler regimes and the structures of power, control, and discrimination that define them. Focuses specifically on South African apartheid and Israeli occupation in the West Bank.
![Political Prisoners and Human Rights in Israel](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Provides detailed information and data about Palestinian political prisoners, the use of torture against Palestinian prisoners, the Israeli practice of Collective Punishment against Palestinians, the destruction of Arab homes, and the deportation of Palestinians. Also details the discrimination against Arabs living in Israel, the deprivation of Arab land rights, and Israel's use of military law.
![The West Bank - Hostage of History](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Foundation for Middle East PeaceYear: 1980Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Provides historical information on the development of, and policies surrounding, Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
![The Imperialist Roots of Zionism](images/thumbnails//31795.jpg)
Format: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Discusses the role of Imperial Britain in promoting the Zionist colonization of Palestine. Also discusses a June 1967 strike by Arab workers in the West Bank.
![Najda Newsletter - Women Concerned About the Middle East (Summer 1990)](images/thumbnails//35116.jpg)
Publisher: Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle EastYear: 1994Call Number: Volume Number: 34-4 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Features articles detailing the environmental impacts of Israeli occupation, including the degradation of land, exploitation of water resources, and pollution from agricultural chemicals. Newsletter also includes short reports on homelessness in Jerusalem and Palestinian women political prisoners.
a. Marla Schrader, “Environmental Degredation and Conflict in Palestine”
i. Land degredation and desertification
ii. Water resources
iii. Agrochemical pollution
iv. Waste water pollution
v. Palestinian efforts
b. homelessness in Jerusalem
c. Book Reviews
i. Fragments of Memory: A Story of a Syrian Family (Hanna Mina)
ii. Daughter of Damascus (Siham Tergeman)
8 Documents Found