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
![For the Children of Palestine](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: KP 051Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Poets and writers express support for Palestine through spoken word, poetry, stories, and songs. Gloria Emerson reads a poem about the experiences of children living under war in Palestine. Sarah Diamond discusses attacks against the Middle East Children's Alliance by the UC 17, a group of University of California academics who censored information about the Palestine-Israel conflict under the banner of political correctness. Susan Griffin reads "On the Attitude Towards Children in Wartime," a poem by Dahlia Ravikovitch; she also reads her own poems, "On the Path of Ideal," which considers the Persian Gulf War, gender, sexuality, and patriarchy, and "Hunger" written about photographs of post-atomic Chernobyl. [poet] reads a poem by Mahmoud Darwish on the poet's connection to Palestinian land. [poet] also reads his own poems which touch on Jewish ceremonial traditions and advocates for Jewish and Palestinian solidarity. June Jordan reads "Apologies to All the People of Lebanon," dedicated to the 600,000 men, women, and children who lived in Lebanon from 1948-1983, "To Sing a Song for Palestine," "Nightline," "Intifada," "Moving Towards Home," and others. Allen Ginsberg reads poems from 1973-1971, accompanied by an accordion.
![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.
![Zionism and the Ideological Manipulation of Christian Groups](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: American-Arab Affairs CouncilYear: 1987Volume Number: 22 - FallFormat: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Reprint of original article, "Zionism and the Ideological Manipulation of Christian Groups," by Rosemary Radford Ruether. Article links theories of Zionism in Christian contexts to Palestinian oppression. Based on a talk given at the Palestinian Human Rights Campaign Conference, Washington DC, March, 1987.
![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."
![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.
![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.