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
![World Public Opinion and Israel [6]](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: United Arab Republic Ministry of National Guidance State Information ServiceVolume Number: Series 6Format: CompilationCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
A History of the Balfour Declaration as published in London by the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding in October 1967.
![World Public Opinion and the Current Aggression in the Middle East](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: United Arab Republic Ministry of National Guidance State Information ServiceVolume Number: Series 1Format: CompilationCollection: Arab Perspectives on Palestine
Articles and letters published by the world press on the situation in the Middle East and the Israeli occupied territories.
![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.
![Jewish Influence on the United States Media](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Following an introduction to the subject, this monograph features systematically organized data indicating Jewish presence in the television networks and selected TV stations, selected magazines and daily newspapers throughout the United States.
![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.
![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
![A Palestinian View](images/thumbnails//30246.jpg)
Publisher: 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."
![Ruthie Gorton song on Palestine resistance:“Tal al Zaatar”](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Ruthie Gorton sings solo about the oppression of the Palestinian people at the hands of Zionists. Lyrics about refugee camps, resistance, heroism and bloodshed.
![A Gift of Kindness - A Fond Recollection](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Format: TranscriptCollection: Anti-Zionism
Transcript of Moshe Menuhin recollecting the kindness of an Arab dentist he met as a child.
![Israel Haunted](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Format: ArticleCollection: Anti-Zionism
Book Review of Jews Against Zionism by Thomas A. Kolsky. Reviewed by Murray Polner.