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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

Palestine

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

Documents

Jerusalem - Palestinian Weekly (4/17/88) 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”
Jerusalem - Palestinian Weekly (4/24/88) Jerusalem - Palestinian Weekly (4/24/88)
Publisher: Al FajrDate: 4/24/1988Volume Number: Vol. XI - 414Format: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Periodical publishing updates on Palestinian Liberation Movements and other related news. Cover story: West Bank, Gaza Strip Closed Off and After a 36-Day-Long Curfew Situation Critical at Jalazoun. Also, Palestinians Mourn Abu Jihad; Attacks on the Press; Interview with Elias Sanbar; poetry. Main focus on the assassination of Abu Jihad. a. West Bank, Gaza Strip Closed Off; b. After A 36-Day- Long Curfew, Situation Critical at Jalazoun; c. Palestinians Mourn Abu Jihad; d. Killing Sparks Wide Condemnations; e. Abu Jihad Buried in Damascus; f. The Life of a Fatah Founder; g. Britain Rebukes Israel; h. … And so Does Canada; i. Arab and Diaspora News; i. Israel Denounced at Oregon State; ii. Tokyo Meeting Marks Land Day; j. Interview with Elias Sanbar: IPS Promotes Better Understanding of Conflict; k. War Crimes Ad Nauseam, Review of The Palestinian Catastrophe: The 1948 Expulsion of a People from their Homeland, Michael Palumbo; l. Poems: The Sad Melody, Mahira Jaber; The Land, Mahira Jaber; An Israeli Soldier Speaks, Edith Segal; Whoever Would Pay Me, Ian Fogerty, Ballad for a Palestinian, Ian Fogerty; m. Weekly Review
Towards a Democratic State in Palestine 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.
A Palestinian View A Palestinian View
Author: Fayez A. SayeghPublisher: General Union of Palestine Students: 2nd World ConferenceFormat: MonographCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Essay arguing: "struggle of indigenous Palestinian population against Zionist colonists" is the "origin and cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as the key to its solution."
Palestine Discussion Papers (Vol. 2) - The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine Problem Palestine Discussion Papers (Vol. 2) - The 1948 War as a Crucial Juncture in the History of the Palestine Problem
Authors: L.M.C. van der Hoeven Leonhard, George JabbourPublisher: 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.
Information Papers No.8 - Altered Realities: The Palestinians Since 1967 Information Papers No.8 - Altered Realities: The Palestinians Since 1967
Author: Ibrahim Abu-LughodPublisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 12/1973Volume Number: DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A study of Palestine-Israel relationships, the differences between the two histories
Information Papers No.18 - Arab Peace-Efforts and the Solution of the Arab-Israeli Problem Information Papers No.18 - Arab Peace-Efforts and the Solution of the Arab-Israeli Problem
Publisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 2/1976Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A close study of the history of peace efforts and the search for a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, covering three periods: 1920-1948; 1948-1967; 1967-present
Bibliography Series, No. 1 - Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography Bibliography Series, No. 1 - Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography
Author: Hatem HussainiPublisher: Association of Arab-American University GraduatesDate: 2/1975Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A bibliography with both Arab and non-Zionist perspectives on publications that deal with the Arab-Israeli confrontation.
Association of Arab-American University Graduates Catalogue of Publications Association of Arab-American University Graduates Catalogue of Publications
Publisher: Association of Arab-American University Graduates Inc.Year: 1980Format: CatalogCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A catalogue of publications focused on Arab and Middle East issues
This Militarist Israel This Militarist Israel
Publisher: The League of Arab States - Arab Information CenterYear: 1973Call Number: Format: PamphletCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Reprinted from Middle East International (April 1973). A history and analysis of Israel's militarism and military aggression.