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
Jerusalem - Palestinian Weekly (4/17/88)
Publisher: Al FajrDate: 4/17/1988Volume Number: Vol. XI - 413Format: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Periodical publishing updates on Palestinian Liberation Movements and other related news. Focus on the assassination of Abu Jihad; Palestinian hospitals during emergencies; interview with Noam Chomsky; more.
a. Abu Jihad Assassinated; PLO Blames Israeli Mossad; b. Situation Critical in Areas; c. Beit Ummar Protests Rampage; d. Peace is Possible; e. False Prophecy in a Promised Land; f. Interview with Noam Chomsky; g. Poverty in Israel; h. Origins of the Palestinian Flag; i. Arafat to Al-Ittihad: “We have Friends in Moscow”
Towards a Democratic State in Palestine
Publisher: General Union of Palestine Students: Kuwaiti Graduate SocietyYear: 1970Format: ArticleCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Article discussing and analyzing idea of "democratic, non-sectarian Palestine" as a one-state inclusive solution to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. This article was contributed by the Palestine National Liberation Movement, Fatah, to the 2nd World Conference on Palestine held in Amman, Sept. 2-6, 1970.
Palestine Discussion Papers (Vol. 2) - The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine Problem
Publisher: General Union of Palestine Students: Kuwaiti Graduate SocietyYear: 1971Format: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Two essays from the Second International Symposium on Palestine. The first is "The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine problem" by L.M.C. van der Hoeven Leonhard. The Second is "An Agenda for Research on Settler Colonialism" by Mr. George Jabbour.
Both of these papers were presented at the Second International Symposium on Palestine Feb. 13-17, 1971.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study
JAAZ members' educational workshop on Middle Eastern culture within the broader context of Israel. In-depth feminist analysis and the roles of women in both Israel and Palestine-also includes other discussion of class struggles and racism within that context. Some of the early history of Jewish and Islamic relations. Part 2 of 2 - see KP 213.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study on Zionism #1
JAAZ members' internal educational workshop on Zionism and the state of Israel. Examines historical perspectives of Zionism beginning with pre WWII Palestine. Discussion of the role of propaganda. Touches on the relation between immigration, settlement, colonization, and the occupied territories.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study on Zionism #2
JAAZ members' internal educational workshop on Zionism and the state of Israel. Questions the role of American Zionists, discusses immigration as necessary for territorial expansion, and the examination of cultural and racist myths of both Arabs and Jews.
Jewish Alliance Against Zionism (JAAZ) Study on Jewish History
JAAZ members' internal educational workshop on Jewish history from around the time of Christ until the early Middle Ages.
The Ugly Truth about the ADL
Provides an overview of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Order of B'nai B'rith. Argues that the ADL is only a nominally Jewish organization and ties them to various nefarious activities such as financial fraud, money laundering and the distribution of drugs in the U.S., as well as groups such as the KKK.
Middle East Perspective
Publisher: Middle East Perspective, IncDate: 12/1983Volume Number: Vol. XVI-8Format: PeriodicalCollection: Anti-Zionism
Newsletter on Eastern Mediterranean and North African Affairs. This issue focuses on Jewish press in relation to Zionist power.
Zionism: A Form of Racism and Racial Discrimination
Publisher: Office of the Permanent Observer of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United NationsYear: 1976Call Number: Format: PamphletCollection: Anti-Zionism
Transcripts with notation from four statements made by Fayez Sayegh, Ph.D., representative of Kuwait, at the Third (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural) Committee and at the General Assembly of The United Nations in 1975. After these speeches the UN considered and adopted it's historical decision in which it determined that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination. In these statements Dr. Sayegh asserts that not only is the nation of Israel and it's inherent Zionism racist in it's rampant and violent displacement of Palestinians but also in how it asserts a racial essentialism of Judaism.