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
9 Documents Found
![On Human Rights and the Palestinians](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Mission of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the U.N. Info SectionYear: 1977Volume Number: Libyan Papers No. 2Format: PamphletCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
The pamphlet is adopted from remarks made before a joint banquet of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates and the Arab-American Congress for Palestine. The banquet was held in Chicago on the Commemoration of Palestine Day on May 7, 1977.
![Bringing the Lessons Home - American Eyewitness Accounts of Palestinians Uprising and Israeli Repression](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Palestinian Aid Society of AmericaYear: 1990Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Accounts from American delegates who visited Occupied Palestine. Details Israeli abuses against Palestinians, as well as general tensions between Palestine and Israel.
a. Introduction
b. The Reality of the Occupation, Bernard McFall, human rights activist, New York
c. Bringing the Lessons Home, Betsy Barlow, Episcopalian, peace and human rights activist, Ann Arbor Michigan
d. A Place to Belong, Boulos Catafago, journalism student, New York
e. A Jew in Palestine, Gene Bruskin, union organizer, Boston
f. Nation Building in a Prison, Mark Solomon, university professor, and Pauline Solomon, member of the Boston peace council and Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers, Boston
g. A Life with the Rhythm of the Earth, Najat Rahman, Palestine Aid Society, New York
h. On the Other Side of Fear, Rachel Krantz, tenant organizer, New York
i. Back Home, Steps Toward Palestine, David Thomas, healthcare planner, Louisville Kentucky
j. Seeing the New Palestine, Jeff Cooper, high school teacher, Los Angeles
k. On Israel and Palestine, Reverend Paul Washington, clergyman, Philadelphia
l. How the Eighties Went Out in Jerusalem, Jane Power, labor journalist, Washington DC
![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.
![Najda Newsletter - Women Concerned about the Middle East (June 1987)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle EastDate: 6/1987Format: PeriodicalCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
a. UN Symposium, June 24-26, New York
b. United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) response to the Six Day War in 1967
c. Data from an opinion poll conducted in the Occupied Territories
d. Sameeha S. Khalil, A Mother’s Plea
e. Audrey Shabbas, “Shootout at the M.E.S.A. Corral”
f. Palestinian Women’s Conference a Success!
![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.
![Fact Sheet from the Committee to Protest Sharon's War Crimes](images/thumbnails//31789.jpg)
Provides a list of facts regarding the career Ariel Sharon and his role in the 1982 massacres at Sabra and Shatila.
![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
![Palestine Perspectives [May/June 1982]](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Palestine PerspectivesYear: 1982Call Number: Volume Number: Vol. III, No. 13-14 May - JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: International Perspectives on Palestine
Special Issue. Editorial: Chairman Arafat: Beirut Will Be the Stalingrad of the Arabs. Contents: In Solidarity: Abu Iyyad: We Will Not Surrender; In Solidarity: Go Home, Mr. Begin, Go Home; Forum: Palestinians Will Continue Struggle; Forum: We Deplore U.S. Government Role; In Solidarity: Palestine Congress Statement;
![Portraits from the Struggle of Palestinian Women](images/thumbnails//39208.jpg)
Publisher: General Union of Palestine Women and Unified Information - PLOCall Number: Format: BookCollection: Palestinian Revolutionary Organizations
This quadrilingual pamphlet in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish is primarily comprised of photographs and accompanying text which document the participation and integral role of women in the Palestinian revolutionary struggle.
9 Documents Found