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- 'It's gone beyond hostility' - As she leaves her post in Israel, the London Guardian's Middle East correspondent reflects on the state of Israeli and Palestinian society, and how the conflict has been reduced to black and white with no tolerance for questioning government action or speaking of the other side's suffering.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,772960,00.html
- 80 Theses - Draft for a New Peace Camp - Attempting to present a historical narrative that respects both the Jewish and Palestinian perspectives on the history of the holy land.
www.spectacle.org/0601/israel.html
- A passion for the grave - Describing the role of Rachels' Tomb, and the right to free worship, in relation to Israel's occupation and annexation of Palestinian lands.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=208394
- As the Arabs See the Jews, King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein (1882-1951) - Historical perspective on Zionism and Palestine by the King of Jordan, from the American Magazine.
www.kinghussein.gov.jo/kabd_eng.html
- Background to the Israel-Palestine Crisis - An overview of the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, from a perspective sympathetic to the Palestinians.
www.zmag.org/shalom-meqa.htm
- Cornell Middle East Bibliography - Collection of links to titles by major authors on the Palestine Question.
www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/qbib.htm
- Defenders of the faith - Describing the role of the 'shtarker' or thug as a leader or role model for the Jewish people, starting with Samson and ending with Ariel Sharon.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,750534,00.html
- Dr. Israel Shahak, a Sketch by R. Curtiss - Asserting that as Israeli society has become increasingly polarized, many of Israel Shahak's former critics now agree that Israel cannot simultaneously remain a Jewish state, a democracy, and an occupying power.
www.washington-report.org/backissues/0689/8906019.htm
- From Its Beginning, Israeli Policy Promoted War, Not Peace - Arguing that Israel's goal from its inception has been the suppression of the Palestinians and conquest of Arab land.
www.washington-report.org/backissues/0598/9805080.html
- Good Arabs - Analysing Israel's history of trying to influence who rose to Palestinian leadership positions as a failure, in the context of President Bush's desire to marginalize Arafat. Also discussing human rights abuses committed by an Israeli soldier.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=180979
- Israel and the Middle East: Key events - Summarizing key events in Israel and the Palestinian territories since 1881.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,626719,00.html
- Israel and the Palestinians - An overview of the conflict from ancient times through the present, from BBC News.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/israel_and_palestinians/timeline
- Israel's Jewish Critics Aren't 'Self-Hating' - A rabbi briefly explains the history of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and why it is consistent with Jewish values to oppose the tactics of Ariel Sharon and to work toward a just resolution of the conflict.
www.truthout.org/docs_02/04.29I.ML.Critics.htm
- Israel, Anti-Semitism and the Palestinian Problem - An introspection on Jewish character and Zionism, and the impact of the conflicts with the Palestinians since the 1940's, with an analysis of Barak's offer at Camp David and the reasons for its rejection.
www.tikkun.org/magazine/index.cfm/action/tikkun/issue/tik0105/article/010512b.html
- Israeli Palestinian Conflict - Multiple Perspectives - Links to resources reflecting the Israeli and Palestinian perspectives on a variety of issues.
www.geocities.com/historysharer
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Should Be Commonly Known But Isn't - Analyzing the facts and issues from a perspective sympathetic to the Palestinians, with recommended links to more detailed information.
www.geocities.com/truejusticeandlastingpeace
- Middle East : the faultline (Le Monde) - Exhaustive store of reference documents on the Palestine conflict.
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/focus/mideast
- Mideast Myths Exploded - Asserting that Palestinians are the aggressor, and have concentrated on murdering civilians, while Israel has acted defensively.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A12316-2001Aug14
- No Thank You, Mr. President - An Israeli professor postulates that the Cold War policies which led the U.S. to back Israel in a relatively unquestioning manner have served to put it at risk, particularly now that war with Iraq seems imminent.
www.fpif.org/outside/commentary/2002/0209israel.html
- One Palestine, Complete - Book Review - Discussing Tom Segev's thesis that the British Mandate favored Zionism, and an evolution of Israeli willingness to accept responsibility for the Palestinian tragedy.
www.salon.com/books/int/2001/12/08/palestine
- Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict - An analysis of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflicts, from historic times through the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Also providing a history of regional terrorism. Produced by Jews for Justice in the Middle East.
www.cactus48.com
- Palestine, Overview and History - Historical background, from the Canaanite kingdoms to the Oslo process; geography, business, and government; links to 22 other Arab country sites. From ArabNet.
www.arab.net/palestine/palestine_contents.html
- PASSIA - Palestine facts and figures, historical chronology, personalities, maps, meaning of the flag, photo archive. Publications include diary with address directory.
www.passia.org/index_pfacts.htm
- Question of Palestine - History - A brief history of Palestine, the creation of Israel, and the Middle East peace process. From the United Nations.
www.un.org/Depts/dpa/ngo/history.html
- Reviews in History: - Review of revisionist historian Avi Shlaim's "Iron Wall" with its thesis that it was Israeli militarism that provoked conflict with its Arab neighbors.
www.history.ac.uk/ihr/reviews/hughesMat2.html
- September 2000 Clashes Information Center - Eyewitness accounts of the conflict in Palestine since September 2000
www.addameer.org/september2000
- SF Jewish Film Festival - Al-Nakba - The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948, a documentary.
www.sfjff.org/sfjff18/programs/p0722b.html
- Sharon's 'Guard Dog' Bares His Teeth - Suzanne Goldenberg interview of Israeli minister Rechavam Zeevi, assassinated 10/17/01, who planned to annex Jordan and expel all Palestinians. The Guardian.
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4147299,00.html
- Siege of the Innocent by Rachelle Marshall - A Jewish home in Palestine built upon bayonets and oppression is not worth having. Rabbi Judah Magnes, letter to Chaim Weizmann, 1929.
www.koutayba.com/palestine/siege.html
- The Arab-Israel Conflict - A brief, multimedia history of the conflict.
www.guardian.co.uk/wto/flash/0,6189,380127,00.html
- The Balfour Declaration and the Zimmermann Note - Hypothesis of a deal between Weizman and Sykes (1917): Palestine in exchange for US entry into WWI. By John Cornelius
www.washington-report.org/backissues/0897/9708018.html
- The Dove That Wouldn't Fly - Graham Usher interviews Ilan Pappe, revisionist historian, who sees Israel trapped in the contradiction between racism and democracy, and hostage to fanatical neo-Zionist extremists. Al-Ahram Weekly.
www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/1998/376/re1.htm
- The Holy Lands Dark Future - Editorializing that Israel prepped its nuclear weapons for use in 1967 and Golda Meir threatened their use in 1973 unless Kissinger sent aid to Israel, which ultimately decided the outcome of the war.
www.mediamonitors.net/meshkin10.html
- The Intifadeh & Israel for Dummies - Describing why Israel and the Palestinians are at an impasse, why things are unlikely to improve without international intervention, and why that seems unlikely to happen.
www.truthout.org/docs_02/04.17F.BW.Dummies.htm
- The Middle East: Then and Now (A WebQuest) - Interactive study on Middle East for 6th graders, pointing to American and Israeli websources.
www.geocities.com/maribelperez86
- The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict - A critical analysis of the Israeli perspective on Zionism and the origings of the conflict with the Palestinians, by Jews for Justice in the Middle East.
www.wrmea.com/jews_for_justice
- The Question of Palestine - Official United Nations site on Palestine, with extensive reference archives.
www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/index.html
- The Right of Return - An Inteview with Benny Morris -
www.tikkun.org/magazine/index.cfm/action/tikkun/issue/tik0103/article/010313b.html
- The Road to Nowhere - An analysis of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, drawing parallels to French colonialism in Algeria, and asserting that it is time to establish a bona fide peace.
www.nybooks.com/articles/15340
- The Strange Case of Karine A - Israel's official account of the Palestinian Authority's connections with a ship found loaded with weapons makes little sense, writes Brian Whitaker. The Guardian.
www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4339656,00.html
- The Tantura Case in Israel: The Katz Research and Trial - Examining the massacre of Palestinian men and boys, aged approximately thirteen to thirty, following their surrender in Tantura, in the context of the 1948 war, with excerpts from the sworn testimony of Israeli soldiers about the incident.
www.ipsjps.org/jps/119/pappe.html
- The Truth About Palestine - A view on the current Israel-Palestine situation presented from a Palestinian viewpoint.
www.angelfire.com/rant/truthaboutpalestine/index.html
- This land is your land - A Jewish woman reflects on her experiences visiting Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories during the first Intifada, and again twenty years later.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,776619,00.html
- Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Annotated links to resources on the web dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
www.stanford.edu/~bgiddens
- UNISPAL: UN Information System on the Question of Palestine - Database of UN resolutions and other documents from 1945 to the present.
domino.un.org/unispal.nsf
- Voices of the Intifada - Quotations from Palestinian leaders about the peace process, shattered hopes following Oslo, the struggle against Israeli occupation, and the failure of Camp David.
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,99876-2,00.html
- Waternet - Examining the role of water in politics and conflict in the Middle East with a focus on the Jordan River basin. Includes information about international law, conferences, and articles.
waternet.rug.ac.be
- What lies beneath - Describing the context and history that enables many Israelis to avoid acknowledging the humanity of Palestinians, and thus to avoid the moral questions raised by such actions as the killing of children by Israeli armed forces.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,387099,00.html
- Why Sharon and Arafat Need Each Other - Analyzing the backgrounds of Sharon and Arafat, and concluding that both lack broad support in times of peace, and both benefit politically from heightened tensions.
www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2002/nf20020429_3534.htm
- Yale Avalon Project: The Middle East 1916 - 2001 : A Documentary Record - A collection of British, UN and US official documents of major decisions that affected the fate of Palestine and Israel.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm
- Zionism in the Age of the Dictators, by Lenni Brenner. - On-line history book with details of political infighting, asserting that some Zionists fostered Hitler as a 'godsend' to force the creation of the Jewish state, whatever the cost.
www.marxists.de/middleast/brenner/index.htm
- Palestinfo - Resources on the question of Palestine, including a directory of peace and human rights groups, think tanks, church groups, professional and charitable associations, and other institutions focusing on the Palestine issue. Maintained by the United Nations.
domino.un.org/ngoweb.nsf/searchengine
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