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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
5 Documents Found
![An Israeli Worker's Answer to M.S. Arnoni](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
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.
![Israeli Oppression in the Occupied Territories](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: The British Committee for Palestinian RightsFormat: ReportCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Report compiled from speeches given by Felicia Langer. Details the oppressive actions taken by Israeli forces. Includes discussions of the use of torture and imprisonment against Palestinians, as well as the struggle over land in the Occupied Territories.
![Political Prisoners and Human Rights in Israel](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Provides detailed information and data about Palestinian political prisoners, the use of torture against Palestinian prisoners, the Israeli practice of Collective Punishment against Palestinians, the destruction of Arab homes, and the deportation of Palestinians. Also details the discrimination against Arabs living in Israel, the deprivation of Arab land rights, and Israel's use of military law.
![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
![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.
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