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Documents

Expelled Mayor of Hebron - Fahed Qawasmeh - Part 1 Expelled Mayor of Hebron - Fahed Qawasmeh - Part 1
Date: 6/11/1980Call Number: CE 306Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About his deportation by Israeli forces at 1 am on May 2, 1980 without reason or standing trial. Tells that 1,663 political leaders and intellectuals were expelled from Palestine by Israeli occupying forces. Describes Israeli forces expropriating Palestinian property and religious institutions, demolishing homes to build Kibbutzes, over 3,000 residents of Hebron being held in Israeli prisons and tortured, collective punishment of Palestinians with curfews and travel restrictions, and the problem of Palestinians starving. Also criticizes President Carter for approaching Egypt instead of the PLO with concern to Palestine. Applauds the Austrian Chancellor for recognizing the PLO as Palestine's body of government.
Expelled Mayor of Hebron - Fahed Qawasmeh - Part 2 Expelled Mayor of Hebron - Fahed Qawasmeh - Part 2
Date: 6/11/1980Call Number: CE 307Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About his deportation by Israeli forces at 1 am on May 2, 1980 without reason or standing trial. Tells that 1,663 political leaders and intellectuals were expelled from Palestine by Israeli occupying forces. Describes Israeli forces expropriating Palestinian property and religious institutions, demolishing homes to build Kibbutzes, over 3,000 residents of Hebron being held in Israeli prisons and tortured, collective punishment of Palestinians with curfews and travel restrictions, and the problem of Palestinians starving. Also criticizes President Carter for approaching Egypt instead of the PLO with concern to Palestine. Applauds the Austrian Chancellor for recognizing the PLO as Palestine's body of government.
Military Aspects of the October 1973 War - Part 1 Military Aspects of the October 1973 War - Part 1
Date: 1/16/1974Call Number: CE 328Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: NAJDACollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Colin Edwards describes a new sense of confidence among Arab nations after their attempts to reclaim territories occupied by Israel in the Six-Day War. Describes military activity of the Egyptian and Syrian forces and Arab nations gaining diplomatic credibility. Explains US military support to Israel as well as the Soviet Union's support for Egypt. How Egypt's strength was largely underestimated by Israel.
Military Aspects of the October 1973 War - Part 2 Military Aspects of the October 1973 War - Part 2
Date: 1/16/1974Call Number: CE 329Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: NAJDACollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Colin Edwards describes a new sense of confidence among Arab nations after their attempts to reclaim territories occupied by Israel in the Six-Day War. Describes military activity of the Egyptian and Syrian forces and Arab nations gaining diplomatic credibilityl. Explains US military support to Israel as well as the Soviet Union's support for Egypt. How Egypt's strength was largely underestimated by Israel.
Operation Wrath of God Operation Wrath of God
Call Number: CE 342Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discusses Ghassan Kanafani’s ability to damage the Zionist enemy through his work as a writer. Kanafani’s philosophy on the meaning of life and death and its significance when it is connected to self-sacrifice and for the betterment of one’s people. Exposes the violence with which Israeli Operation Wrath of God assassinated and permanently maimed Palestinians, many of whom were well-respected scholars and statesman of the Palestinian nation in exile – including Anis Sayegh, Dr. Mahmoud Hamchari and Wael Zwaiter. Zwaiter, the representative of Fatah, was an esteemed public intellectual and among “liberal” Israelis in Italy. Israel refused to allow any of its targeted victims to be buried in their Palestinian hometowns.
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.
George M. Weightman Interviews George M. Weightman Interviews
Call Number: CE 344Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Criticizes the Lebanese government, and particularly the Maronite Christian Phalangist party, for collaborating with the US to thwart Palestinian Resistance in Lebanon. Brief translation of press conference given by Yasser Arafat in Syria on 20 October 1969 in which Arafat affirms the right of the Palestinians to fight against Israel and criticizes US involvement in undermining Palestinian guerillas in Lebanon. Arafat also discusses the vulnerability of Arab regimes to their populace because of their support of the Palestinians. American Sociologist George M. Weightman discusses how convoluted and unstable Lebanese politics are because of religious sectarianism. Criticizes the unchecked power of Lebanese President Gemayel for his collaboration with the US and the unrepresentative nature of the composition of the Lebanese parliament. Also exposes the sectarianism of political parties in Lebanon. Criticizes the racism and classism of Phalangists in Lebanon. Weightman distinguishes between Syrian and Iraqi Ba’athist parties and the challenges by minorities and Israel each face. Argues that Syria is more responsible to its people’s demands than either Lebanon or Israel who claim to be democracies. Argues Syria is right to believe that it will be attacked because of Israelis historical hostility. Criticizes the New York Times for propagating the notion that Israel is in danger of being attacked “again” as it falsely claims it was during the 1967 War.
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.
An Israeli "Dove" An Israeli "Dove"
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: CE 355Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Israeli Peace Movement activist and Filmmaker, Yitzhak Yeshorun discusses his prize winning film “Green Fields” and personal views about broader Palestinian-Israeli problem and Israeli Peace Movement. He claims that within Israel there are different interpretations of Zionism, but the majority do not support the discrimination against its Arab citizens. Although he claims to support the rights of Palestinians, by supporting the creation of two independent states, he supports the Zionist endeavor to maintain Israel as a militarized Jewish state.
Audition tape for Colin D. Edwards featuring interviews with: Meurig Parry, R.L. Clutterbuck, Miss Bernadette Dorris Audition tape for Colin D. Edwards featuring interviews with: Meurig Parry, R.L. Clutterbuck, Miss Bernadette Dorris
Call Number: CE 489Volume Number: N/AFormat: CassetteCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews on British presence in Northern Ireland, as well as opinion pieces on the Lebanese Civil War. Interviews contain information on British soldiers against the war, Urban Guerilla warfare in Northern Ireland, and the experiences of an Irish Catholic citizen in Belfast. Opinion pieces discuss the role of Christians in the Lebanese civil war and in Palestine.