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Palestine

This collection covers a wide range of audio tapes and English publications about the Palestinian struggle for self determination. Political journals and monographs from multiple viewpoints on issues such as Zionism and anti-Zionism, Israeli abuses of human rights and international law, the role of the US and Britain, as well as on the Middle East and the Arab world.

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Lee O’Brien: Lebanon/West Bank Lee O’Brien: Lebanon/West Bank
Call Number: KP 179AFormat: Cass ACollection: Palestine
Interview with Lee O’Brien on her experiences in Lebanon and the West Bank. O’Brien has observed many changes during the past year and a half and she explains the current situation. Since the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian treaty, O’Brien describes war and suffering being forced onto Southern Lebanon and the West Bank. After signing the treaty, O’Brein explains Israel’s policies toward Southern Lebanon and its change since 1978. Previously, limited retaliatory raids and occasional massive invasions were used. After the treaty, preemptive strikes to crush Palestinian resistance and Lebanese citizenship have been facilitated by Major Hadad a renegade fascist Lebanese official. As the autonomy talks approached on May 26, Israel is using massive amounts of force to weaken anti-Zionist resistance. Due to murders, bombings, indiscriminate shelling, and house raids, the Autonomy talks are also affecting the West Bank as well. Similar to Lebanon, the west bank is receiving an intense amount of violence.
For the Children of Palestine For the Children of Palestine
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: KP 051Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Palestine
Event held for the children of Palestine - poets and writers express support for Palestine. Topics include child abuse, corrupt political power, self censorship, children in wartime, the masculine ideal, hunger, lost freedoms, displacement, and military brutalization. Issues are addressed through spoken word, poetry, stories, and songs.
DFLP Women's Organization DFLP Women's Organization
Call Number: KP 288Format: Cass A & BCollection: Palestine
Side A: Interview with member of a Marxist Palestinian organization in Lebanon about religion and the role of women in the struggle. Side B: children singing in Arabic.
On Human Rights and the Palestinians On Human Rights and the Palestinians
Author: Mansur R. KikhiaPublisher: Mission of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the U.N. Info SectionYear: 1977Volume Number: Libyan Papers No. 2Format: PamphletCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
The pamphlet is adopted from remarks made before a joint banquet of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates and the Arab-American Congress for Palestine. The banquet was held in Chicago on the Commemoration of Palestine Day on May 7, 1977.
Selling Israel to America: The Hasbara Project Targets the US Media Selling Israel to America: The Hasbara Project Targets the US Media
Author: Robert I. FriedmanPublisher: Mother JonesYear: 1987Volume Number: Feb-MarchFormat: ArticleCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Beyond Security: Private Perceptions among Arabs and Israelis Beyond Security: Private Perceptions among Arabs and Israelis
Author: John Edwin MrozPublisher: International Peace AcademyYear: 1980Format: BookCollection: Arab Media
During 1978 and 1979, 175 Arab and Israeli political leaders, diplomats, military officers, educators, businessmen, and journalists participated in a series of off-the-record discussions on the security dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. An analysis of the contents of the notes taken from those discussions forms the framework for this volume.
Journal of Palestine Studies Journal of Palestine Studies
Publisher: The Institute for Palestine Studies and Kuwait UniversityYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 AutumnFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
War and Peace in the Middle East; Israel's Nuclear Options; The Middle East Conflict in US Strategy 1970-1971; Recent Knesset Legislation and the Arabs in Israel; University Students in Lebanon and the Palestinian Resistance; The Fall of Jerusalem 1967; more.
Who are the Terrorists? Aspects of Zionist and Israeli Terrorism Who are the Terrorists? Aspects of Zionist and Israeli Terrorism
Publisher: Institute for Palestine Studies and The Arab Women's Informations CommitteeYear: 1972Format: MonographCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
A record of facts and testimonies by eyewitnesses concerning Zionist and Israeli terrorist activities in the Palestine conflict.
Democratic Palestine Democratic Palestine
Publisher: Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineYear: 1984Volume Number: No. 2 MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
A revolutionary Palestinian magazine in the English language dedicated to the struggle for liberation and return. Cover Story: "Lebanon- Fiasco for the US"
Democratic Palestine Democratic Palestine
Publisher: Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineYear: 1985Volume Number: No. 10 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
A revolutionary Palestinian magazine in the English language dedicated to the struggle for liberation and return. Cover Story: "Defending the Palestinian National Role in Lebanon"