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
![A Gift of Kindness - A Fond Recollection](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Format: TranscriptCollection: Anti-Zionism
Transcript of Moshe Menuhin recollecting the kindness of an Arab dentist he met as a child.
![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.
![Prominent Jews Issue Warning](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Open letter denouncing the oppressive and fascist Israeli government under Menachem Begin.
![The CAABU Anthology](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
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.
![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.
![Zionists Vote Against Israeli Settlements](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Associated PressDate: 12/16/1982Volume Number: 12-DecFormat: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Photocopy of newspaper clipping about uproar around the World Zionist Congress' 1982 non-binding vote to condemn Israeli settlements in Palestine.
![Israel: The Fascist State](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Ministry of National Guidance Information AdministrationFormat: MonographCollection: Anti-Zionism
A monograph comparing Israel and its Zionist ideology to fascism.
![Plan Dalet: The Zionist Master Plan for the Conquest of Palestine](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Middle East ForumDate: 11/1961Volume Number: Vol. XXXVII No. 9Format: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Reprint of original article. Details Zionist plan, known as Plan D, to conquer Palestine and remove Palestinian Arabs.
![The June War - In the Light of its Aftermath](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Details the June 1967 War (Six Days War), Israeli aims during the war, and the legacy of the war.
![The Palestinians](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Minority Rights GroupYear: 1982Volume Number: No. 24Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Provides extensive background information on the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Discusses the roots of Zionism and the creation of Israel, Palestinian resistance and the numerous factions within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Palestinian refugees, and conditions and conflict in the West Bank.