Books on the Middle East Conflict
Here are a few of our favorite websites, publications, groups and books. It is by no means conclusive, so if you have a favorite that isn't listed, please pass it along so that we can share it.
- ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN
PEACE GROUP SITES
- INTERNATIONAL
WEB SITES
- U.S. GROUPS
WORKING ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE
- U.S. PEACE AND JUSTICE
SITES
- U.S. GROUPS WITH NO WEB
SITE
- SITES FOR PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH & REPORTS
Open House Center in Ramle was founded in
1991 to further peace and coexistence among Israeli Arabs and Jews in
this mixed city of 65,000 residents. The human story behind it has inspired
millions throughout the world. The history of the house which serves
as the site for this unique initiative is a microcosm of the conflict
between Israelis and Palestinians, for the two families who call the
house "home" symbolize the two nations that have been fighting
for decades over their common homeland, a land both consider holy. Administrator
is JPF member Yeheskal Landau.
http://www.openhouse.org.il
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel Founded in l972, ACRI
is Israel's foremost civil and human rights organization, working to
promote and protect rights through litigation, education and legal counseling.
ACRI has won cases for Palestinians at the Israeli supreme court on
issues of house demolitions, among others. Advises Knesset on development
of human rights law. Trains lawyers at Georgetown University Law School.
Uses American civil rights case law in its work. Does outreach like
holding a "Human Rights Fair" in Jerusalem’s main shopping
mall!!
http://www.nif.org/acri/
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
An Arab-Jewish village in Israel--an intentional community--of equal
numbers of Jews and Palestinian Arabs families of Israeli citizenship
who live together, and educate their children bilingually together,
in commuting distance from Jerusalem. They run a School for Peace and
do outreach educational work for peace, through seminars, courses, curricula.
http://nswas.com/
Rabbis for Human Rights
Israeli organization advocating on behalf of human rights from a
religious perspective, founded in l988. The only organization in Israeli
bringing together
rabbis of various denominations and one of the few religious organizations
in the peace camp.
http://www.rhr.israel.net
Physicans for Human Rights/Israel : Chairwoman, Dr. Ruchama Marton
Email phr@netvision.net.il
Nonpartisan, PHR joins health professionals from Israel, West Bank and
Gaza who work against abuses of medical and human rights, protect the
right to receive medical care in Israel when services in PA areas are
unavailable and appeal to authorities when requests are refused.
http://www.ariga.com/humanrights/physicians.htm
The Jewish-Palestinian Encounter
A place for Palestinians, Israelis, Jews and Arabs throughout the
world to meet, dialogue, and form personal connections. We believe that
understanding and reconciliation requires honest and heartfelt communication.
All people of good will, including Palestinians, Jews and others who
want to help resolve our conflict are welcome.
http://www.salam-shalom.net/
The Campaign Against House Demolition, a coalition of Israeli, Palestinian
and American peace groups, seeks to ensure Palestinians inalienable
right to live in their homes without fear of their houses being razed
by the Israeli government, a violation of international law and peace
accords. Help save the homes of Palestine and stop these human rights
abuses.
http://www.globalexchange.org/update/palestine/
For a list of the organizations involved in the housing demolition
campaign:
http://www.globalexchange.org/update/palestine/organizations.html
Oz v'Shalom- Netivot Shalom
The only Jewish religious Zionist peace
organization of its kind, in a unique position to counter fundamentalist
and extremist political arguments that have erroneously placed the value
of the Land of Israel ahead of human life, justice, and peace -- concepts
which have always been central to Jewish law and tradition.
http://www.ariga.com/ozveshalom/
Bat Shalom is a feminist peace organization
of Israeli women. Bat Shalom, together with The Jerusalem Center for
Women, a Palestinian women's peace organization, comprise The Jerusalem
Link. As Israeli and Palestinian women of The Jerusalem Link, they work
together towards a real peace - not merely a treaty of mutual deterrence,
but a culture of peace and cooperation between peoples.
http://www.batshalom.org/
B'Tselem: the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied
Territories has earned international recognition as the leading
Israeli organization monitoring and documenting human rights violations
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip , and advocating for positive change.
Founded in l989, B'tselem has published over 50 reports on a wide variety
of human rights issues, and engaged in various advocacy campaigns.
http://www2.iol.co.il/btselem/
The Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information, (IPCRI),
founded in Jerusalem in 1989, is the only joint Palestinian-Israeli
public policy think-tank in the world. It is devoted to developing practical
solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. IPCRI deals with the
cardinal issues such as: What is the nature of the final status agreement
that the two sides must reach - two states, confederal and power-sharing
arrangements, links with Jordan etc. * Where should the borders between
the two entities be drawn? * How to solve the intractable question of
Jerusalem, the Holy City claimed by two nations and three monotheistic
religions? * What should happen to Israeli settlements in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip?"
http://www.ipcri.org/
Peace Now, the veteran Israeli peace movement, founded on the eve
of Camp David by a few dozen reservist officers who wrote a letter to
then (Likud) premier Menachem Begin, asking him to be flexible with
the Egyptians.
http://www.peace-now.org
The Hope Flowers School, a unique example of education of peace
and democracy in the Palestinian territories.
http://www.mideastweb.org/hopeflowers/
Gush Shalom has developed a close working relationship with the
Palestinian groups supporting the peace process, and had several demonstrations
jointly with the PLO, dedicated to issues such as the release of Palestinian
political prisoners and detainees.We constantly demonstrate, alone and
with other groups, against settlement activity, Ethnic cleansing and
other acts meant to undermine the peace process. It was formed in l992
by journalist and publisher Uri Avnery in the aftermath of the deportation
of 415 Palestinians by Rabin's government
http://www.gush-shalom.org
Wi'am, as a grassroots organization, strives alongside other democratic
forces present in the larger Bethlehem community to build a democratic
and just society. The Center aims to improve the quality of relationships
by: addressing injustices rather than avenging them; dignifying persons
on both sides of the conflict; promoting human rights and advocating
for peace among all people.
http://www.planet.edu/~alaslah/
Adva Center, an independent think tank focused on issues of equality
and social justice in Israel. Adva's Hebrew and English websites offer
social policy analyses in areas such as the state budget, the tax system
and social services - education, health, housing and the environment.
The studies examine policy implications for Israeli society as a whole
and their effects on each of the major social groups in Israel.
http://www.adva.org
New Profile, is an Israeli organization
defending the right of Israelis who
reject war and violence to be treated as conscientious objectors.
http://www.newprofile.org
LAW - the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human rights and
the Environment is a non-governmental organisation dedicating to
advancing human rights through legal advocacy LAW is affiliate to the
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Federation Internationale
des Ligues de Droits de l'Homme.
Friendship Village is an Israeli-based international center for
educating young people in democracy, peace, coexistence and cooperation
in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East.
http://friendshipvillage.org.il
Peace Watch is an informal e-mail dialog group written and published
in Israel
http://www.ariga.com/peacewatch
Mideast Web for Coexistence, a non-profit organization registered
in Israel, was founded by Israeli and Palestinians to promote dialog
and peace education
http://www.mideastweb.org/mewnews.htm
Givat Haviva; Learning the language of dialogue.
http://www.dialogate.org.il
Shalom-Salaam; Alone we are helpless; together we can change
the world.
http://www.salaam.8k.com
Asmarani's Conflict Page
http://www.geocities.com/wallstreet/floor/5779/index.html
New Profile is an Israeli organization, whose goal is to challenge
the fake consensus within Israeli society around the military and its
actions. Without the confidence that Israeli society supports whever
the army is doing, neither the army nor the government will be able
to continue with their illegal actions for very long. New Profile therefore
has initiated a campaign to support the growing number of conscientious
and selective objectors and educate many thousands of Israeli "quiet
objectors" who refuse to report for reserve military duty. New
Profile has also organized "Women Refuse," a new grassroots
movement that studies and implements ways in which women can refuse
to cooperate--as mothers, partners, friends, media consumers, citizens
and human beings. Donations may be made to New Profile-Donor Advised
c/o The New Israel Fund, P.O. Box 91588, Washington, DC 20090-1588,
U.S.A.
http://www.newprofile.org
MidEast Web was started by people active in Middle East dialog and
peace education efforts. Our goal is to weave a world-wide web of Arabs,
Jews and others who want to build a new Middle East based on coexistence
and neighborly relations. Our members and staff include distinguished
educators, engineers, Web designers and other professionals experienced
in dialog, peace education projects and in promoting dialog and coexistence
using the Internet.
http://www.mideastweb.org/
International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for
the children of the world. An appeal has been signed by all the Nobel
Peace Prize Laureate to confront the root causes of violence, sources
of suffering for millions of children throughout the world. A UN resolution
in response to the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate's Appeal was voted on
unanimously on 10 November 1998 by Ambassadors of all member countries
of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Participate in the Decade:
we need your help!
http://www.nobelweb.org/
Search for Common Ground was founded in 1982 in Washington, DC,
and the European Centre for Common Ground was established in Brussels
in 1995. Both organizations share a vision of transforming how the world
deals with conflict -- away from adversarial approaches toward cooperative
solutions. To implement this vision, we carry out programs that aim
to resolve conflict, and prevent violence.
http://www.sfcg.org/
International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for
the children of the world. An appeal has been signed by all the Nobel
Peace Prize Laureate to confront the root causes of violence, sources
of suffering for millions of children throughout the world. A UN resolution
in response to the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate's Appeal was voted on
unanimously on 10 November 1998 by Ambassadors of all member countries
of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Participate in the Decade:
we need your help!
http://www.nobelweb.org/
Israel Faxx, archives where you can search for and access news about
the Middle East, Israel and Jews around the world.
http://www.israelfaxx.com/
Jerusalem Gifts
Visit www.JerusalemGifts.com
for hundreds of gifts from Israel including books, t-shirts, music,
videos Judaica, and everything Israel.
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
HTTP://WWW.IFOR.ORG
Kids' Drawings for Peace A site collecting childrens' drawings for
peace from around the world
http://www.kids-drawings.com/
Derechos Human Rights
(Latin America)
http://www.derechos.org/
Human Rights Watch
HTTP://WWW.HRW.ORG
NotWar.net
http://www.notwar.net
One World Foundation
http://www.oneworldfoundation.org
International Association of Jews from Egypt
http://www.iajegypt.org
The European Human Rights Centre (EHRC)
http://www.ehrcweb.org
Jewish Peace Fellowship is a Jewish voice in the peace community
and a peace voice in the Jewish community. We are a nondenominational
Jewish organization committed to active nonviolence as a means of resolving
conflict, drawing on Jewish traditional sources within the Torah, the
Talmud and contemporary peacemaking sages like Martin Buber, Judah Magnes
and Abraham Joshua Heschel.
http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org
The New Israel Fund The New Israel Fund is an international philanthropic
partnership of North Americans, Israelis, and Europeans. It supports
activities and groups in Israel that defend civil and human rights,
promote Jewish-Arab equality and coexistence, advance the status of
women, nurture tolerance and pluralism, bridge social and economic gaps,
seek environmental justice, and press for government accountability.
NIF makes grants ($6 million, including NIF's own projects, in 1995);
provides technical assistance through SHATIL -- its capacity-building
center -- to some 170 Israeli public-interest groups; trains civil-rights
and environmental lawyers; and conducts public education in North America.
http://www.nif.org/
Not In My Name. A Chicago- area Jewish peace group (with members
living elsewhere too) which formed in November 2000 to work for a just
peace between Israeli Jews and Palestinians. NIMN urges as a first step
toward attaining peace the end of the Israeli occupation of the West
Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. They call themselves "Not in My
Name" because they believe that Israel often takes its actions
in the name of world Jewry, "actions that we feel does not reflect
our Jewish values."
PMB 206, 2859 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
312-409-4845
http://www.nimn.org
The American Friends of Peace Now
http://www.peacenow.org
U.S. Campaign to free Mordechai Vanunu
Israeli Nuclear Whistelblower
http://www.nonviolence.org/vanunu/
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice local New York City group
http://www.jfrej.org/
Visions of Peace and Justice
http://vopj.org
Middle East Realities TV Washington DC Area TV and video documentaries
for order.
http://www.middleeast.org/merlist.htm
Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to
informing Americans about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and assisting
in a peaceful solution that brings security for both peoples. The Report
on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories, published bimonthly
by FMEP, provides up-to-date information on Israel's settlement policies
as well as the ongoing negotiations with the Palestinians over the future
of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem.
http://www.fmep.org/
Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue Group
http://www.igc.org/traubman/dg-prog.htm
Boston Committee on the Middle East (BCOME) Publishes Salam Review,
a monthly magazine about the struggle for peace and justice in the Middle
East.
http://www.salam.org
Jews for a Just Peace was founded ten years ago as an organization
of Vancouver Jews whose purpose is to build support for a fair and just
solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With the signing of the
Oslo accord many people hoped, and believed, that peace and justice
were now at hand. The reality is opposite. The situation of the Palestinians
is, if anything, more desperate than it was and Israel itself is becoming
increasingly fractured as a consequence of the ongoing conflict.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/S_Aberle/
Abraham Fund
http://www.coexiatence.org
Search for Common Ground
in the Middle East
http://www.sfcg.org
The Shalom Center, founded in 1983, brings
Jewish spirituality, tradition, and experience to bear on issues of
tikkun olam, pursuing peace, seeking justice, healing the earth, and
building community. Its director is Rabbi Arthur Waskow.
http://www.shalomctr.org
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, is a national organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel's well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
http://www.btvshalom.org
Muslim-Jewish Peace Walk
www.peacewalk.blogspot.com
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is the largest, oldest interfaith
peace and justice organization in the United States. Since 1915, FOR
has carried on programs and educational projects concerned with domestic
and international peace and justice, nonviolent alternatives to conflict,
and the rights of conscience. It is a branch of the International Fellowship
of Reconciliation (IFOR), which has affiliates in over 40 countries.
http://www.nonviolence.org/for/
The Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform, an initiative of The Justice
Project, is a national, non-profit, non-partisan organization focusing
on identifying and solving issues of fairness in our judicial system.
The initial work of the Campaign is concentrated on people who are wrongfully
sentenced to death.
The Justice Project was founded in 1999. Top Democratic and Republican
leaders and staff were recruited to find bi-partisan solutions to one
of the most pressing problems in our criminal justice system: the rising
incidence of people being wrongfully sentenced to death.
The Campaign's goal is to raise public awareness about the issue and
pass legislation that makes it more difficult to execute people because
the means by which people are sentenced to death are unfair.
http://www.CJReform.org
Global Coalition for Peace
Out of the ashes of the World Trade Buildings and the ashes of the Pentagon,
of the ashes of the victims of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania and of Afghanistan,
and the ashes of Palestine and Israel, India and Pakistan, Global Coalition
for Peace came to existence, molded on the suffering of those left behind
as a vessel containing all the pain, that has violence as a common denominator,
transforming it into a conviction of the sacredness of life and the
power of non-violence and love. GCFP came to existence to join forces
with all those working for the unity of the human family where brothers
and sisters embrace the principle of non-violence and share the healing
power of love.
http://www.globalcoalitionforpeace.net
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Since its inception in 1976, NCADP has been the only fully staffed national
organization exclusively devoted to abolishing capital punishment. NCADP
provides information, advocates for public policy, and mobilizes and
supports individuals and institutions that share our unconditional rejection
of capital punishment.
http://www.ncadp.org
American Civil Liberties Union
HTTP://WWW.ACLU.ORG
Center for Responsive Politics
HTTP://WWW.OPENSECRETS.ORG
Council for a Livable World
HTTP://WWW.CLW.ORG
Federation of American Scientists
HTTP://WWW.FAS.ORG
Physicians for Social Responsibility
HTTP://WWW.PSR.ORG
Progressive links
HTTP://WWW.WEBACTIVE.COM/WEBACTIVE/DIRECTORY/Directory.html
Waging Peace
HTTP://WWW.WAGINGPEACE.ORG/ORGANIZES.HTML
The Holocaust, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
& Christian Anti-Semitism
http://www.alstaggs.com
TRBnews.org
Strongly critical of the domestic and foreign policies of the Bush
administration, including opposition to a universal draft. Also features a section from media insiders.
http://www.trbnews.org/
BushDraft.com
A non-profit site dedicated to exposing the moves President Bush is making towards reinstating the draft in his second term.
http://www.bushdraft.com/
Drafted Into Slavery
Details the need to oppose the draft and offers information about pending
legislation and lists names and addresses of national politicians.
http://www.draftedintoslavery.com
The Shalom Center
http://www.shalomctr.org
The Jewish Peace Lobby (no web site) Jerome M. Segal, Director 8604
Second Ave. Suite 317, Silver Spring MD. 20910 301-589-8764 A national
Jewish organization supporting a two-state solution including a shared
Jerusalem, as the best way to achieve peace, security and justice.
Beit Shalom 114 W. 26th St., Suite 1001 New York NY 10001 212-989
8977 (no site) A new coalition of 15 American Jewish support groups
for the Israeli peace movement (Americans for Peace Now, American Friends
of Meretz, Givat Haviva, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, Progressive
Zionist Caucus, Education Fund for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace, Jewish
Labor Committee, Social Action Commission of the Reform Movement, labor
Zionist Alliance, Hashomer Hatzair.
Alternative Information Center, an information bridge for peace
and solidarity Based in Jerusalem and Bethlehem the AIC is a Palestinian-Israeli
organization which disseminates information, research and political
analysis on Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, while promoting cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis
based on the values of social justice, solidarity, and community involvement.
http://www.alternativenews.org
The Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories, published
bimonthly by FMEP, provides up-to-date information on Israel's settlement
policies as well as the ongoing negotations with the Palestinians over
the future of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem.
http://www.fmep.org/reports/
The Other Israel
In 1982 and 1983, the horrors of the Lebanon War divided Israeli
society and turned the attention of the world to the explosive situation
in the Middle East. It was during this time that the Israeli Council
for Israeli-Palestinian Peace (ICIPP) decided to broaden the impact
of its activities by establishing an English-language newsletter, The
Other Israel, published bimonthly, to provide extensive coverage of
the diverse struggles waged by the Israeli peace movement. It reports
on a great variety of activities, most of which find little or no mention
in the world media. It also contains commentaries on events in Israel
and the Middle East from a perspective in which the interests of Israelis
and Palestinians are ultimately reconcilable.
http://members.tripod.com/~other_Israel/
Middle East Report (MERIP)
MERIP provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available
from mainstream news sources. The magazine has developed a reputation
for independent analysis of events and developments in the Middle East.
The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) was established
26 years ago. The original conception of MERIP was to provide information
and analysis on the Middle East that would be picked up by the existing
media
http://www.merip.org
The MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies (MIT EJMES)
The first issue of the MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies
(MIT EJMES) will be published in summer 1999. Established and run primarily
by graduate students, MIT EJMES is committed to publishing scholarly
writing on the modern Middle East from a non-partisan perspective. It
is founded on the belief that clearly articulated and informed positions
are vital to constructive discussion on the complex and often contentious
issues that characterize the Middle East. Although the editors especially
encourage submissions from graduate students, all authors may submit
articles for consideration. As an Internet magazine, the editors believe
MIT EJMES will be able to take advantage of the benefits of computer
communication to reach a wide and diverse audience of Middle East observers
and researchers. The journal is based at the website of the Center for
International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://cis-server.mit.edu/mideast/
Foundation for Middle East Peace publishes the Report on Israeli
Settlement in
the Occupied Territories)
http://www2.ari.net/fmep
Salam Review, published by BCOME, Boston Committee on the Middle
East An electronic magazine about the struggle for peace and justice
in the Middle East
http://www.salam.org
The Palestine-Israel Journal is an independent quarterly that aims
to shed light on, and analyze freely and critically, the complex issues
dividing Israelis and Palestinians. It will also devote space to relevant
Middle East and international affairs. The Journal's purpose is to promote
rapproachment and better understanding between the peoples; but it will
strive to discuss all the issues without prejudice and without taboos.
http://www.pij.org/
Survival is Not Enough. Ever since his son fell in the 1982 Lebanon
war, Yehoshua Zamir has worked to comfort other families and to try
to bring peace. His writings are collected in Survival is Not Enough.
http://eserver.org/books/zamir/cover.nclk
The Israel-Palestine Research Institute (IPCRI) run by Prof. Gershon
Baskin and Dr. Zakaria el Qaq researches issues related to the peace
process and economic cooperation. Their site features position papers
and results of research about the refugee problem, attitudes concerning
a final settlement and Jerusalem. MERIA (Mid-East Review of International
Affairs) edited by Prof. Barry Rubin, is a scholarly review devoted
to economics and peace, and also provides free online books.
LAW :the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and
the Environment, is a non-governmental organization dedicating to
advancing human rights through legal advocacy. LAW is affiliated with
the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Federation Internationale
des Ligues de Droits de l'Homme.
http://www.lawsociety.org/
The Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East, since 1992,
has been the principal public outreach activity of Search for Common
Ground in the Middle East (SCGME). The Bulletin continues to reach a
growing audience among policy-makers, educators, social activists, academics
and diplomats worldwide, and now has readers in more than 60 countries
in its printed form. In addition to offering updates of each project
within SCGME, the Bulletin provides, as its main coverage, information
on the developing field of non-governmental cooperation in the Middle
East. This includes not only work undertaken within the region but also
the activities of NGOs, universities, think tanks and other institutions
and organizations around the world with interests in the Middle East.
http://www.sfcg.org/bulletin.htm
Tikkun, a Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture & Society.
The website contains a sampling from Tikkun Magazine,edited by Rabbi
Michael Lerner, as well as special content not available in print. http://www.tikkun.org
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
HTTP://WWW.JTA.ORG
Jerusalem Post
HTTP://WWW.JPOST.COM
Middle East Review of International Affairs
http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/index.html
Ha’aretz
HTTP://WWW.HAARETZ.CO.IL
Meretz
http://www.meretz.org.il/English/HomePage.htm
The Other Israel
HTTP://WWW.MEMBERS.TRIPOD.COM/~OTHER_ISRAEL
Peacewatch (Israel-based)
HTTP://WWW.ARIGA.COM/PEACEWATCH
Antiwar.com, a division of the Center for Libertarian Studies,
a source for antiwar news, viewpoints and activities
http://www.antiwar.com
The Challenge of Shalom,
The Jewish Tradition of Peace and Justice, Essays edited by Murray
Polner and Naomi Goodman, New Society Publishers and Jewish Peace Fellowship,
1994.
Creative Resistance: Anecdotes of Nonviolent Action by Israeli-Based Groups, by Maxine Kaufman Nunn, Alternative Information Center, Box 3147, Jerusalem. Also available from Fellowship of Reconciliation (above) for $10 plus $2.75 postage.
A Land of Two Peoples, Martin Buber on Jews and Arabs, edited with commentary by Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, Oxford University Press, 1983. [The story of Brit Shalom, founded in l925 by a group of intellectuals in Jerusalem, the first Jewish organization with the conviction that Ïthe Land of Israel belongs to two peoples, and these peoples need to find a way to live together for a common future.Ó Many people who became well known later in Israeli history were part of this movement: Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem, Judah Magnes, and Henrietta Szold.]
Underground to Palestine, and Reflections Thirty Years later, I.F. Stone, Pantheon, l978. The famous journalistÌs book, written in l948, that had caused his ÏexileÓ from the mainstream Jewish community and his reflections on that experience.
Violence and the Value of Life in Jewish Tradition, Edited by Yehezkel Landau, Oz Veshalom Publications, English Language Series #2, l985.
This Side of Peace, A personal Account. Hanan Ashrawi, l996 paperback
Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays, Amos Oz, 1995, paperback.
Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process, Edward Said, paperback, 1996
Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land, Meron Benevisti, 1995.
Image and Reality of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Norman G. Finkelstein, 1995, paper
The Press and Politics in Israel, The Jerusalem Post from 1932 to the Present, Erwin Frenkel (former Jerusalem Post editor), Greenwood Press, 1994.
The Politics of Dispossession,The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, l969-1994. Edward Said, Pantheon Books, 1994.
The Seventh Million, The Israelis and the Holocaust, Tom Segev, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993.
Palestinians: The
Making of a People, Baruch Kimmerling & Joel S.
Migdal
(Harvard, 1993)
Israel, A History, Martin Gilbert, (Morrow, 1998).
A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mark Tessler, Indiana University Press, 1994
Walking the Red Line: Israelis in Search of Justice for Palestine, Edited by Deena Hurwitz, Preface by (the late) Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer, New Society Publishers, 1992.
Voices from A ÎPromised
LandÌ, Palestinean and Israeli Peace Activists Speak Their
Hearts, Conversations with Penny Rosenwasser, Curbstsone
Press, l992
Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Harvard University Press, 1992.
Battlines, The American Media and the Intifadah, Jim Lederman, Henry Holt, 1992
The Making of the Arab-Isreli Conflict, 1947-1951, Ilan Pappe.J.B.Tauris, London, 1992.
All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in l948, Walid Khalidi, 1992.
Zealots for Zion: Inside IsraelÌs West Bank Settlement Movement, Robert I. Friedman, Random House, 1992.
Original Sins: Reflections on Zionism in Israel, Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi 1992
The People of Nowhere, The Palestinian Vision of Home, Danny Rubenstein, Times Books, 1991.
No Trumpets, No Drums: A Two-State Settlment of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mark A. Heller & Sari Nusseibeh, Hill&Wang and the Foundation for Middle East Peace,1991.
Two Peoples...One Land, Federal Solutions for Israel, the Palestinians, and Jordan, Daniel J. Elazar, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1991.
Listening to American Jews: ShÌma, a Journal of Jewish Responsibility 1970-1987, Edited by Carolyn Toll Oppenheim, Adama Press, l990.
Exile in the Promised Land, a memoir by Marcia Freedman, Firebrand Books, Ithaca, 1990
Jewish WomenÌs Call for Peace, a Handbook for Jewish Woman on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict, edited by Rita Falbel, Irena Klepfisz and Donna Nevel, preface by Grace Paley, for the Jewish WomenÌs Committee to End the Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, 1990, Firebrand Books, 141 The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850.
A Compassionate Peace, A Future for Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, Everett Mendelsohn, (A Report Prepared for the American Friends Service Committee), Farrar Straus & Giroux, l989
From Beirut to Jerusalem, Thomas L. Friedman, Anchor Doubleday, l989, paper.
Creating the Palestinian State, A Strategy for Peace, Jerome M. Segal, Lawrence Hill Books, paper, 1990.
IsraelÌs Fateful Hour, Yehoshafat Harkabi, Harper & Row, l988.
The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem 1947-49, Benny Morris, Cambridge University Press, l988
Collusion Across the Jordan, Avi Shlaim, Oxford University Press, Oxford, l988.
Land, Labor and the
Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914,
Gershon Shafir, Cambridge University Press, 1987
If Only My People....Zionism in My Life, Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, BÌNai Brith Books, Washington, DC 1986.
The Tragedy of Zionism, Revolution and Democracy in the Land of Israel, Bernard Avishai, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1985.
Blood Brothers, Elias Chacour, Chosen Books, New Jersey, l984
The Zionist Dream Revisited, from Herzl to Gush Emunim and back, Amnon Rubinstein,Schocken Books, New York, 1984.
Samed, Journal of a West Bank Palestinian, Raja Shehadeh, Adama Press, NY, l984 and Quartet Books, London, l982
The First Israelis, 1949, Tom Segev, domino, Jerusalem, l984.
The Longest War, Israel in Lebanon, Jacobo Timmerman, Knopf, New York, l982
Beyond the Gunsights: One Arab Family in the Promised Land, Yoella Har-Shefi, Houghton Mifflin, l980.
Parallel Realities: A Jewish/Arab History of Israel/Palestine, Paradigm Press, Minneapolis.
To Be An Arab in Israel, Fawzi al-Asmar, Francis Pinter, l975, Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, l978
The Disinherited, Journal of a Palestinian Exile, Fawaz Turki, Monthly Review Press, New York, l972
The Palestinian Resistance, Gerard Chaliand, Penguin Books, 1972
Zionism Reconsidered,
Edited by Michael Selzer, MacMillan, l970
[Includes essays by
Montefiore, Ahad HaÌam, Deutscher, Lubavitcher Rebbe]
The Israel-Arab Reader, (A Documentary History of the Conflict)Walter Laquer, Bantam Books, l970
Israel Without Zionists, A Plea for Peace in the Middle East, Uri Avnery, MacMillan, l968
Phoenix Over the Galilee, Ka-Tzetnik 135633 [anonymous author who wrote under his concentration camp number], Harper & Row, l966
My Home, My Land: A Narrative of the Palestinian Struggle, Abu Iyad
The Changing Agenda of Israeli Sociology: Theory, Ideology and Identity, Uri Ran. State University of New York Press, l995.
Arab & Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, David Shipler.
Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel, David Grossman
My Home, My Prison,
Raymonda Tawil
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