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  5. Arab-Israeli Conflict

Middle Eastern Studies

A guide to the Library’s research tools in Middle Eastern studies, including Arabic and Hebrew language, literature and cinema, as well as resources on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
  • Key Resources
  • E-Books
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    • Arabic Literature in Translation
    • Arabic Literature: Articles
    • Arabic Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
    • Arabic Literature Web Sites
    • Qur'an & Tafsir
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    • Hebrew & Israeli Literature
    • Dictionaries (Modern Hebrew)
    • Biblical & Mishnaic Hebrew
  • Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • Films & the Middle East
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Subjects: Classics, German Studies, Jewish Studies, Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences, Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Religion

PRIMARY SOURCES

Documentary Histories

  • The Middle East 1916-2001 : A Documentary Record
    Hosted by the Yale Law School's Avalon Project.
  • Documentary Histories on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Books at Dartmouth with primary sources.

Israel Foreign Policy Documents

  • Documents on the Foreign Policy of Israel
    Baker-Berry Stacks DS 119.6 T48 1981 v.1-
    Documents are in English, French and Hebrew. Each volume has “Companion volume” containing the Table of Contents, Notes, and a Subject Index in English. At the moment this set covers the years 1948 – 1953.
  • Political and Diplomatic Documents, December 1947-May 1948
    Continued by "Documents on the foreign policy of Israel," above.
  • Israel's Foreign Policy - Historical Documents
    Use the menu in the left column to navigate the document collection.

British Mandate Period & Foreign Office Documents

  • Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969
  • British Colonial Office Palestine original correspondence
    Microfilmed documents with an accompanying guide covering the following years of the British Mandate period: [1]. 1927-1930 -- [2]. 1931-1934.
  • Britain and Palestine, 1914-1948 : archival sources for the history of the British Mandate
    Baker Berry Z6374.Z5 J6

Palestinian Source Documents

  • Journal of Palestine Studies
    The "Documents and Source Material" section reprints recent primary sources.
  • Speaking Stones : Communiqués from the Intifada Underground
    Communiqués issued by United National Command, also referred to as the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising (UNLU).
  • Freedom Archives - Palestine - Documents
    Documents in English from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and other sources.
  • Palestine Posters Project
    An online collection of Palestinian posters

U.S & U.N. Documents

  • UNISPAL: United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine
    A searchable and browsable database of thousands of documents containing "the texts of current and historical United Nations material concerning the question of Palestine and other issues related to the Middle East situation."
  • Congressional Monitor
    "...Tracks every legislative initiative introduced in the U.S. Congress that mentions Palestine or Israel or has bearing on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict."
  • Congressional Research Reports on the Middle East

Key Journals

  • Middle East Policy
    A peer-reviewed foreign policy journal that regularly publishes articles on the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
  • Journal of Palestine Studies
    In addition to publishing articles on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, it summarizes press coverage and recent primary source documents.

Web Resources

  • Israel/Palestine Relations & the Middle East Peace Process
    Source documents on the peace process at the Columbia University Libraries.

Articles & Working Papers

  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Index Islamicus
    • Database
    A bibliography of books and index of articles in periodicals on Islam and the Muslim world.

News Sources in English

  • Egyptian Gazette
    Available in microfilm from CRL, with online access for recent issues and 1952; 1954; 1956; 1958; July-Dec 1963; 1967
  • Cairo Press Review (1963- )
    Microfilm located at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. Reels can be requested via Interlibrary Loan.
  • Jerusalem Post
    Online access to the Palestine Post (1932 - 1950) and the Jerusalem Post (1950 to present).
  • Egyptian Mail [online; 1952-58; 1963; 1967]
    • Newspaper

Reference

  • Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2015)
    • E-Book
    Available online
  • Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2008)
    • E-Book
    Covers "the military, political, social, cultural, and religious origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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