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
Our Socialism - Israel and Palestine: The Search for Justice
Publisher: American SocialistsYear: 1983Volume Number: Vol. 1-6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionism
November/December issue of Our Socialism featuring a special report on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Includes articles on debates and contentions over Zionist policies among the Israeli population, Jewish extremism in Israel, the Palestinian struggle for national self-determination, life in the occupied West Bank, and Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. Also includes interviews with Israeli economist Ehud Ein Gil, Yesh G'vul member Gideon Spiro, Dr. Emile Touma of the Communist Party of Israel, Nayef Hawatmeh of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and Jordanian writer Salem Nahhas.
Begin and Co. As they Really Are
Anthology compiling writings and opinions of Menachem Begin and his political and military associates regarding their Zionist ideology. Menachem Begin was the leader of the Zionist paramilitary group Irgun which targeted the British, Arab and Palestinian civilians leading up to the creation of Israel in 1948.
Israel's Bid for "Peace and Security"
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
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.
Middle East Comments
From the August 7-14, 1982 issue of The Nation. Features comments on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and Israeli nationalism by Yael Lotan and Henry Schwarzchild.
The CAABU Anthology
Publisher: Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)Date: 5/1979Format: CompilationCollection: Anti-Zionism
Compiles quotes on Zionism and the Israeli-Palestine conflict by numerous people and from numerous viewpoints. Topics include the origins of Zionism and early Zionist views, critics of Zionism, the establishment of the state of Israel, Israeli militarism, Israeli territorial claims in Palestine, and the relationship of Israel to the international community.
Two Brothers Estranged over Israel
Article on law professor Richard Arens, a staunch critic of Israel, and his brother Moshe Arens, the Israeli Defense Minister.
An Israeli Worker's Answer to M.S. Arnoni
Offers a response to an article entitled "Rights and Wrongs in the Arab-Israeli Conflict" written by M.S. Arnoni. The essay seeks to challenge certain factual errors in the Arnoni article and to report the truth regarding certain atrocities committed by Israel against Arabs.
8 Documents Found