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
![Everything you always wanted to know about the Middle East Conflict...but were afraid to ask](images/thumbnails//29918.jpg)
Provides numerous statistics and facts regarding the persecution of Arabs by Israel and the role of Zionist propaganda in promoting the idea that Israel has sole claim to the land of Palestine.
![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.
![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.
![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.
![Arab Palestinian Resistance (February 1972)](images/thumbnails//30183.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Army - People's Liberation ForcesDate: 2/1972Volume Number: Vol. 4-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Topics of coverage include the British betrayal of Palestine; the Jews of Syria; Resistance Operations; China and the Middle East; Ralph Bunche and the Palestine Conflict. Also poems, books reviews, documents, questions and answers, the Palestine Question in world press, more.
![Arab Liberation Front (A.L.F.) - Some Dimensions of Israeli Colonialism](images/thumbnails//30198.jpg)
Publisher: Arab Liberation FrontYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Publication describing goals of ALF and discussing Israeli colonialism. "The Arab Liberation Front (ALF) is a mass movement independent from Arab regimes, through which many anti-imperialist progressive forces struggle to achieve the aims of the Arab revolution which can be summarized in the following phrases: Liberation of Palestine, Freedom from Imperialist oppression, Socialism and Arab unity."
What is the Arab Liberation Front?
Some Dimensions of Israeli Colonialism?
A message to our international comrades
![The Political Manifesto of the Arab Liberation Front](images/thumbnails//30199.jpg)
Publisher: Arab Liberation FrontYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Manifesto of Arab Liberation Front (ALF) describing their movement towards Palestinian liberation, socialism, and Arab unity.
![The United Nations and the Palestine Question April 1947-April 1965](images/thumbnails//30213.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 9/1966Volume Number: Facts and Figures Series No. 2Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Statistical summary of the extent and degree to which the United Nations involved itself in Palestine since 1947. Includes statistical analysis of resolutions, decisions, and judgements regarding Palestine.
![Zionist Colonialism in Palestine](images/thumbnails//30215.jpg)
Publisher: Research Center Palestine Liberation OrganizationDate: 9/1965Volume Number: Palestine Monographs 1Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Traces the rise of Zionism, the character of the Zionist state, and the Palestinian resistance to Zionist colonialism. Includes information on participation of African, Asian, and Non-Aligned states.
![Palestine and Arab Nationalism](images/thumbnails//30216.jpg)
Publisher: Palestine Liberation Organization Research CenterDate: 1/1970Volume Number: Palestine Essay No. 3Format: MonographCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
Exploration of the inextricable and complex relationship between Palestinian liberation and Arab nationalism.