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Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Arafat at Damascus Arafat at Damascus
Date: 10/28/1969Call Number: CE 004Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Arafat at DamascusCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Large-scale international press conference of Yasir Arafat. He is questioned for more than two hours by journalists from around the world. Recorded at Damascus University.
Leila Khaled Leila Khaled
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 215Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Khaled details the events of August 29, 1969 when she and another member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked a plane on its way from Rome to Tel Aviv. She explains the PFLP strategy to target US imperialism by preventing tourism and weapons from entering occupied Palestine. Includes detail about her house arrest and later release in Syria, her family's violent expulsion from Haifa in 1948, teaching for six years in Kuwait, the socialist ideology of the PFLP, the prominence of women in leadership, and the cooperation of Palestinian resistance movements operating in the occupied territories. Also criticizes Israel for masquerading as a socialist state, mentions the CIA's attempted assassinations of Palestinian revolutionaries, torture in Israeli prisons and Israeli targeted killings of Palestinians.
Leila Khaled - Part 1 Leila Khaled - Part 1
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 216Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Khaled details the events of August 29, 1969 when she and another member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked a plane on its way from Rome to Tel Aviv. She explains the PFLP strategy to target US imperialism by preventing tourism and weapons from entering occupied Palestine. Includes detail about her house arrest and later release in Syria, her family's violent expulsion from Haifa in 1948, teaching for six years in Kuwait, the socialist ideology of the PFLP, the prominence of women in leadership, and the cooperation of Palestinian resistance movements operating in the occupied territories. Also criticizes Israel for masquerading as a socialist state, mentions the CIA's attempted assassinations of Palestinian revolutionaries, torture in Israeli prisons and Israeli targeted killings of Palestinians.
Leila Khaled - Part 2 Leila Khaled - Part 2
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 217Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Khaled details the events of August 29, 1969 when she and another member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked a plane on its way from Rome to Tel Aviv. She explains the PFLP strategy to target US imperialism internationally by preventing tourism and weapons from entering occupied Palestine. Includes detail about her house arrest and later release in Syria, her family's violent expulsion from Haifa in 1948, teaching for six years in Kuwait, the socialist ideology of the PFLP, the prominence of women in leadership, and the cooperation of Palestinian resistance movements operating in the occupied territories. Also criticizes Israel for masquerading as a socialist state, mentions the CIA's attempted assassinations of Palestinian revolutionaries, torture in Israeli prisons and Israeli targeted killings of Palestinians.
Leila Khaled Leila Khaled
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 221Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Khaled details the events of August 29, 1969 when she and another member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked a plane on its way from Rome to Tel Aviv. She explains the PFLP strategy to target US imperialism internationally by preventing tourism and weapons from entering occupied Palestine. Includes detail about her house arrest and later release in Syria, her family's violent expulsion from Haifa in 1948, teaching for six years in Kuwait, the socialist ideology of the PFLP, the prominence of women in leadership, and the cooperation of Palestinian resistance movements operating in the occupied territories. Also criticizes Israel for masquerading as a socialist state, mentions the CIA's attempted assassinations of Palestinian revolutionaries, torture in Israeli prisons and Israeli targeted killings of Palestinians.
Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic) Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic)
Date: 10/20/1969Call Number: CE 343 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A press conference with Fatah leader Yasser Arafat in Damscus, Syria (in Arabic). Arafat affirms the righteousness of the Palestinian Resistance movement to resist the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the necessity for it to be supported by other Arab states.
Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic) Yasser Arafat in Damascus Syria (in arabic)
Date: 10/20/1969Call Number: CE 343 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A press conference with Fatah leader Yasser Arafat in Damscus, Syria (in Arabic). Arafat affirms the righteousness of the Palestinian Resistance movement to resist the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the necessity for it to be supported by other Arab states.
Interview with George Tuma Interview with George Tuma
Call Number: CE 345AFormat: 3 3/4 ips Side AProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Syrian Ambassador to the UN, George Tomeh, affirms that the Palestinian right to resist occupation is supported by International Law. Argues that resistance is necessary in the context of “bankrupt diplomacy” and harsh realities for young Palestinians. He discusses the fallacy of Zionist doctrine and the illegal ways the state of Israel was established. He also discusses the work of many American and British scholars and journalists to expose Israeli aggression against Palestinians, despite the US media control by Zionists, and details Israeli illegal occupation of Jerusalem and its impact on Palestinians.