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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
![The Wandering Palestinians: Every Man Has a Right to a Country](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: The GuardianDate: 1/20/1973Call Number: Format: ArticleProducers: The Guardian, Le MondeCollection: Palestine
This article, published in The Guardian, is the first part of a series on the history of the Palestinian peoples' struggles against Zionism, occupation, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, labor violations, and numerous human rights violations.
![An Arab's View on the Palestine Crises](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Government Printing PressDate: 2/9/1966Format: TranscriptCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Address of Kuwati Ambassador Talat Al-Ghoussein to the American University, Washington DC. The focus of the address is on the colonization of Palestine.
![The Democratic Progressive State in Palestine](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Format: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Palestinian youth attending the 10th International Youth Festival in Berlin, Germany write to international youth about the slogan of the democratic progressive state as a strategic goal in the national liberation struggle against Zionist colonization.
![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.
![On Zionism and the Role of the Arab-American Community](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Mission of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the U.N. Info SectionVolume Number: Libyan Papers No. 5Format: PamphletCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
The pamphlet is adopted from remarks at a banquet on the occasion of the eight anniversary of The Source.
![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.
![Tension and Peace in the Middle East: An Account of the Tragedy of the Holyland](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: The Palestine Arab Refugee OfficeDate: 5/1957Format: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A brief account of the historic background of the tragedy in Palestine, the tension it has caused in the Middle East and the disastrous effects it will have on the whole world if a just solution to the Palestine problem is not found.
![The ABC of the Palestine Problem: Part 1 (1896-1949)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: The Arab Women's Information CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A detailed timeline laying out the specific process and set of events that facilitated the Zionist takeover of Palestine. Includes facts, statistics, names, places, very comprehensive.
Chapter 1: The Idea of a Zionist State leads to the Balfour Declaration 1896-1917.
Chapter 2: The Years of the Promise: Jewish Development Under British Protection 1917-1939.
Chapter 3: The Years of Militant Zionism and American Support 1939-1947.
Chapter 4: The Big Takeover 1947-1949
![The Future of Palestine: Address by Dr. Clovis Maksoud (Special Envoy League of Arab States)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Los Angeles World Affairs CouncilDate: 6/25/1975Format: TranscriptCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Speech given before the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, June 25, 1975.
![New Outlook (October 1969)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: New Outlook MagazineDate: 10/1969Volume Number: Vol. 12-8Format: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Monthly periodical dedicated to issues of peace in the Middle East. Articles include Zionism, the Jews, and the Arabs, J. Majdalany, S. Flapan, G. Yatziv, P. Merhav; Arab Nationalism and Community, Warren L. Young and Policy: Drift or Mastery, Yehoshua Arieli.