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Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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Israeli Occupation Israeli Occupation
Date: 6/8/1970Call Number: CE 176Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Accounts of atrocities committed against Arabs, Christians, and Palestinians since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1948. Includes graphic descriptions of torture in Israeli prisons, mass arrests of Arab men, collective punishment of Arab villages, demolition of homes, curfews in occupied territories, IDF looting private homes and businesses, Israeli refusal to allow humanitarian aid into refugee camps and occupied zones, indiscriminate killings, bombings of villages.
Israeli Occupation Israeli Occupation
Date: 6/8/1970Call Number: CE 177Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Narration for Israeli Occupation. Includes out-takes from interview with Reverend Aql, the Bishop elect of Jerusalem, talking about non-Jewish ideology in Palestine.
Israeli Occupation - Ramonda Taweel Israeli Occupation - Ramonda Taweel
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 178Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
An Arab, former 'Israeli citizen,' and journalist for AFP, describes her personal experiences with Israeli occupation, her family being separated, land being stolen. She also speaks about segregation by religions in Israeli schools, the confiscation of Palestinian property (the Absentee Law), and her controversial speaking tour in the US and how Noam Chomsky intervened to keep her from being sent home.
Monsignor N J Sima'an - 1971 Short Version Monsignor N J Sima'an - 1971 Short Version
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: CE 179Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Auxiliary Bishop for the Catholic Church on the East Bank of Jordan describes conditions for churches in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Also about his presentation to the UN commission on human rights, Israeli demolition of the Syrian Catholic church, demolition of Church of White Fathers, situations for Palestinians in Bethlehem and Nazareth, mass forced exodus of Christians, the mass illegal settlement of Jews, de-Christianization of the Holy City, collective punishment with curfews, destruction of houses, confiscation of church properties, interference with church activities, invasion of schools. Also accounts of deportations, imprisonment, and torture. Includes prospects for peace and a message to Western Catholics.
Monsignor N J Sima'an - 1969 Short Items Monsignor N J Sima'an - 1969 Short Items
Date: 10/22/1969Call Number: CE 180Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Auxiliary Bishop for the Catholic Church on the East Bank of Jordan describes conditions for churches in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Also about his presentation to the UN commission on human rights, Israeli demolition of the Syrian Catholic church, demolition of Church of White Fathers, situations for Palestinians in Bethlehem and Nazareth, mass forced exodus of Christians, the mass illegal settlement of Jews, de-Christianization of the Holy City, collective punishment with curfews, destruction of houses, confiscation of church properties, interference with church activities, invasion of schools. Also accounts of deportations, imprisonment, and torture. Includes prospects for peace and a message to Western Catholics.
Monsignor N J Sima'an - 1971 Monsignor N J Sima'an - 1971
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: CE 181Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Auxiliary Bishop for the Catholic Church on the East Bank of Jordan describes conditions for churches in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Also about his presentation to the UN commission on human rights, Israeli demolition of the Syrian Catholic church, demolition of Church of White Fathers, situations for Palestinians in Bethlehem and Nazareth, mass forced exodus of Christians, the mass illegal settlement of Jews, de-Christianization of the Holy City, collective punishment with curfews, destruction of houses, confiscation of church properties, interference with church activities, invasion of schools. Also accounts of deportations, imprisonment, and torture. Includes prospects for peace and a message to Western Catholics.
A Catholic Voice out of the Holy Land - 1969 & 1971 Part 1 A Catholic Voice out of the Holy Land - 1969 & 1971 Part 1
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: CE 182Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Monsignor N J Sima'an, Auxiliary Bishop for the Catholic Church on the East Bank of Jordan describes conditions for churches in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Also about his presentation to the UN commission on human rights, Israeli demolition of the Syrian Catholic church, demolition of Church of White Fathers, situations for Palestinians in Bethlehem and Nazareth, mass forced exodus of Christians, the mass illegal settlement of Jews, de-Christianization of the Holy City, collective punishment with curfews, destruction of houses, confiscation of church properties, interference with church activities, invasion of schools. Also accounts of deportations, imprisonment, and torture. Includes prospects for peace and a message to Western Catholics.
A Catholic Voice out of the Holy Land - 1969 & 1971 Part 2 A Catholic Voice out of the Holy Land - 1969 & 1971 Part 2
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: CE 183Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Monsignor N J Sima'an, Auxiliary Bishop for the Catholic Church on the East Bank of Jordan describes conditions for churches in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Also about his presentation to the UN commission on human rights, Israeli demolition of the Syrian Catholic church, demolition of Church of White Fathers, situations for Palestinians in Bethlehem and Nazareth, mass forced exodus of Christians, the mass illegal settlement of Jews, de-Christianization of the Holy City, collective punishment with curfews, destruction of houses, confiscation of church properties, interference with church activities, invasion of schools. Also accounts of deportations, imprisonment, and torture. Includes prospects for peace and a message to Western Catholics.
Israeli Occupation Israeli Occupation
Date: 6/8/1970Call Number: CD 705Format: CDProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Accounts of atrocities committed against Arabs, Christians, and Palestinians since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1948. Includes graphic descriptions of torture in Israeli prisons, mass arrests of Arab men, collective punishment of Arab villages, demolition of homes, curfews in occupied territories, IDF looting private homes and businesses, Israeli refusal to allow humanitarian aid into refugee camps and occupied zones, indiscriminate killings, bombings of villages.
Two Americans in Jordan - Part 1 Two Americans in Jordan - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 184Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Reverend Fuller and his wife depict Israeli atrocities committed against Arabs in massive bombing campaigns in Jordan. Descriptions of farms in the Jordan Valley being mined, farmers murdered by Israeli snipers from Israeli side of Jordan river, napalm used on forests and orchards, no military targets. Also includes discussion of Palestinian views on Christianity.