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
10 Documents Found
![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.
![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.
![Prisoners of War - Palestinians Under Israeli Occupation](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Jews Against the U.S./Israeli Invasion of LebanonFormat: ArticleCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Article detailing life in the Occupied Territories and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and U.S. involvement. Article is based on three talks given by Lea Tzemel.
![Israeli Atrocities Against the Palestinian People](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: The American Jewish Committee on Human RightsYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Compiles newspaper articles and other reports detailing abuses and atrocities committed by Israel against Palestinians since 1948. Discusses looting, censorship, forced expulsion, the use of torture against prisoners, collective punishment, napalm, and various massacres, such as those at Deir Yasin and Kafr Qasim.
![Occupation and Resistance - American Impressions of the Intifada](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Book from Occupation and Resistance: American Impressions of the Intifada, Alternative Museum, May 5-June 30, 1990 containing essays and photographs by American artists who visited the Occupied West Bank. Focuses on conditions of Palestinian life under Israeli occupation, Palestinian resistance and the Infitada, the role of art in Palestinian resistance, and role of the U.S. in the conflict.
a. G. Roger Denson (writer and curator in NYC), Know Thine Enemy: Americans Face the Palestinian Intifada
b. Geno Rodriguez, Occupation and Resistance
c. The People of Beit Sahour, No Taxation without Representation
d. Jay Murphy, “The Intifada Makes Many Artists”
e. Ken Bloom, Bill Biggart: Photographs of Resistance
f. Noam Chomsky, The Art of Evasion: Diplomacy in the Middle East
g. Gadi Gofbarg, Divorcing Zionism
h. Derek Guthrie, Impressions
i. Karen White, an Affidavit
j. Artists in the Exhibit
k. Aritsts Biographies
l. Notes
![Al-Haq newsletter](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Al-Haq / Law in the Service of Man - West Bank Affiliate of the International Commission of JuristsYear: 1987Volume Number: No. 21Format: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Sept.-Dec. 1987 Newsletter of al-Haq. Includes reports on al-Haq's legal interventions regarding deportations of Jenin and Gaza residents, the arming of Israeli civilians in the West Bank, shootings of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, and an appeal to the IV Geneva Convention. Also includes updates on the confiscation of Palestinians' ID cards, the practice of house sealing, and the treatment of Palestinian detainees.
![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 (Sept/Oct 1987)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle EastYear: 1987Call Number: Volume Number: September - OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Includes articles on the U.S. policy of not engaging in discussion with the PLO, the representation of Arabs in U.S. school curriculum, the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, the repression of some progressive Israeli Jews, and the involvement of Israel in the Iran-Contra affair.
a. First Amendment Rights Under Attack
b. Key to Peace or Future Conflict?
c. Progressives Face Repression (Hilton Obenzinger)
d. A Two Way Street (Maher Abukhater)
e. Dial Country Number One (Jane Hunter)
f. Shades of the Prison House (Phil Auserwald)
g. PLO Structure Chart
h. Peace Conference Sought (NGO Symposium Report)
i. Women’s Constituency Workshop
ii. Final Declaration
![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)
10 Documents Found