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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

History of Israeli Intelligence - Paul Jacobs History of Israeli Intelligence - Paul Jacobs
Call Number: CE 193Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About Zionist spies and their operations as terrorists in Palestine in the 1930's. Work that Israeli Intelligence did for the British and behind Nazi lines during WWII. Also mentions Israeli Intelligence broadcasting Arabic-speaking radio throughout the Middle East and detais about the Lavon Affair - a failed attempt to frame Palestinian resistance groups by blowing up British and US consulates in Alexandria, Egypt. Includes details about the Six-Day War, Egypt's casualties.
Assassination of Said Hammami Assassination of Said Hammami
Date: 1/15/1978Call Number: CE 261Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Furaha Hayati interviews Colin Edwards about the January 4 assassination of the representative of the PLO to the United Kingdom. Denounces the mass media for blaming the assassination on Palestinian liberation organizations and instead says that Israel killed Hammami to destroy relations between George Habash of the PFLP and Yassar Arafat of Al Fateh. Includes a list of all Palestinian resistance members killed by Israel.
Colonel Yaacov Nash - Part 1 Colonel Yaacov Nash - Part 1
Date: 7/1/1960Call Number: CE 299Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the extradition of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina and his subsequent trial in Israel. Colonel Nash denies claims that Israel extradited him. Also about the structure and policies of the Israeli police force and the Frontier Guard. Questions about Israeli police conducting electronic surveillance and the integration of Zionist terrorist groups from the British Mandate period into the official Israeli army and police forces.
Colonel Yaacov Nash - Part 2 Colonel Yaacov Nash - Part 2
Date: 7/1/1960Call Number: CE 300Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the extradition of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina and his subsequent trial in Israel. Colonel Nash denies claims that Israel extradited him. Also about the structure and policies of the Israeli police force and the Frontier Guard. Questions about Israeli police conducting electronic surveillance and the integration of Zionist terrorist groups from the British Mandate period into the official Israeli army and police forces.
Colonel Yaacov Nash Interview Colonel Yaacov Nash Interview
Date: 7/1/1960Call Number: CE 301Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the extradition of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina and his subsequent trial in Israel. Colonel Nash denies claims that Israel extradited him. Also about the structure and policies of the Israeli police force and the Frontier Guard. Questions about Israeli police conducting electronic surveillance and the integration of Zionist terrorist groups from the British Mandate period into the official Israeli army and police forces. Also on Israel's relations with Argentina. Nancy Nolan Abu Haidar - Palestinians distinguish between Zionists and Jews and Al Fateh's operations as a clandestine organization.
Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1 Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 326Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Member of the Independent Nasserite Movement's militia discusses political conflict in Lebanon and debunks the Western media's portrayal of the violence as Christian versus Muslim. Describes the origins of the Nasserite movement, its principles, growth, and decline. Tells of his experience joining the Independent Nasserite Movement when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982. Gives a history of the rise in power of the fascist and racist Phalangist movements and recounts massacres of Palestinian organizers and Muslim civilians. Describes atrocities committed by other rightist militias, the support they receive from the West, and their rise in power - discrimination against Muslims. Describes Israeli attack on Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and how the IDF allowed Christian Lebanese Forces to massacre thousands of Palestinian refugees and Muslim civilians. Also about Mossad activity in Beirut - assassinations of civilians and Palestinian liberation organizers. How the PLO protected journalists and Muslim and Jewish civilians from rightist militias, how the PLO was persecuted by Jordan during Black September.
Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 2 Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 2
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 327Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Member of the Independent Nasserite Movement's militia discusses political conflict in Lebanon and debunks the Western media's portrayal of the violence as Christian versus Muslim. Describes the origins of the Nasserite movement, its principles, growth, and decline. Tells of his experience joining the Independent Nasserite Movement when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982. Gives a history of the rise in power of the fascist and racist Phalangist movements and recounts massacres of Palestinian organizers and Muslim civilians. Describes atrocities committed by other rightist militias, the support they receive from the West, and their rise in power - discrimination against Muslims. Describes Israeli attack on Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and how the IDF allowed Christian Lebanese Forces to massacre thousands of Palestinian refugees and Muslim civilians. Also about Mossad activity in Beirut - assassinations of civilians and Palestinian liberation organizers. How the PLO protected journalists and Muslim and Jewish civilians from rightist militias, how the PLO was persecuted by Jordan during Black September.
Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1 Lebanese Political Labyrinth - Hussein Ramadan - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: CE 435Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Member of the Independent Nasserite Movement's militia discusses political conflict in Lebanon and debunks the Western media's portrayal of the violence as Christian versus Muslim. Describes the origins of the Nasserite movement, its principles, growth, and decline. Tells of his experience joining the Independent Nasserite Movement when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982. Gives a history of the rise in power of the fascist and racist Phalangist movements and recounts massacres of Palestinian organizers and Muslim civilians. Describes atrocities committed by other rightist militias, the support they receive from the West, and their rise in power - discrimination against Muslims. Describes Israeli attack on Sabra and Shatila refugee camps and how the IDF allowed Christian Lebanese Forces to massacre thousands of Palestinian refugees and Muslim civilians. Also about Mossad activity in Beirut - assassinations of civilians and Palestinian liberation organizers. How the PLO protected journalists and Muslim and Jewish civilians from rightist militias, how the PLO was persecuted by Jordan during Black September.