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This pages was developed to provide access to day-by-day reports of the 2021 conflict between Israeli military and Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip region of Israel and Palestine. UNT Libraries aims to provide information and educational resources that may affect the UNT Community.

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Quick Reference to the Current and Historical Conflict

Global Conflict Tracker: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, updated May 21, 2021
Wikipedia: History of the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, updated May 19, 2021, at 16:59 (UTC)

Free-Online News Resources

Americast, Free Online

BudPfizer, May 19, 2021, timestamp 11:11-29:16 of audio report

BBC Global New Podcast, Free online

NPR Coverage on this Conflict: listener discretion is advised as content by may be disturbing and/or upsetting

US pledges help to rebuild Gaza, May 25, 2021, 4:23 total audio report
Chapters “Gaza Ceasefile” and “Middle East Clubhouse chatroom” in Ryanair accuses Belarus of hijacking, May 24, 2021, Timestamp 19:04-26:20,* (highly recommend listening)
Eyes on peace options as Gaza ceasefire holds, May 23, 2021, 2:40 total audio report
Israel temporarily opens two crossings into Gaza, May 21, 2021, 5:40 total audio report

Israel and Hamas both claim victory after truce, May 21, 2021, 5:35 total audio report
Israel and Palestinian militants agree ceasefire, May 21, 2021, 4:52 total audio report

Israel-Gaza fighting continues as hopes for a ceasefire increase, May 20, 2021, 04:41 total audio report
International pressure mounts for Middle East ceasefire, May 19, 2021, 04:56 total audio report
BBC Global News Podcast, OS Conversations: Palestinians in Israel, May 19, 2021, 53 minutes of audio report
Gaza-Israel: The plight of children caught up in conflict, May 19, 2021, 06:34 total audio report
Israel PM vows to continue military operations against Hamas, May 18, 2021, 09:00 total audio report
No let-up in Israel-Gaza strikes and rocket attacks, May 18, 2021, 03:57 total audio report
Israel-Gaza: US blocks UN statement for third time in a week May 17, 2021, 09:50 total audio report
The US calls for Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza to avoid civilian casualties, as the hostilities continue, May 17, 2021, 06:05 total audio report
Netanyahu says Gaza strikes to continue 'at force', May 16, 2021, 08:17 total audio report
Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza media tower block, May 15, 2021, 10:26 total audio report
Bloodshed in West Bank as conflict broadens, May 14, 2021, 06:07 total audio report
Gaza: Israeli warplanes and gunboats support artillery assault, May 14, 2021, 06:55 total audio report
Israeli military intensifies attacks in Gaza, May 13, 2021, unknown total audio report
Gaza: No let up in violence, May 13, 2021, 09:05 total audio report
Gaza: Dozens of deaths as Israel and Palestinians exchange fire, May 13, 2021, 09:38 total audio report
Israel-Gaza: More casualties as violence continues, May 12, 2021, 05:33 total audio report
UN warns Israel and Hamas are heading for full scale war, May 11, 2021, 07:07 total audio report
Pleas for calm as Jerusalem violence escalates, May 11, 2021, 05:12 total audio report
Jewish nationalist march cancelled in Occupied East Jerusalem, May 10, 2021, 03:55 total audio report

National Public Radio: Middle East, Free online

NPR Coverage on this Conflict: reader/listener discretion is advised as content by may be disturbing and/or upsetting

How The Gaza Violence Marked A Shift In The American Political Debate Over Israel, May 21, 2021, 5 minutes of audio report with article
The Possible Eviction Of Palestinians In East Jerusalem Was A Spark For Conflict, 4 minutes of audio report with text transcripts
In Gaza, Families Have Huddled At Home, Hoping For A Warning Before An Israeli Strike, May 20, 2021, 4 minutes of audio report with article
Families Say The Gaza Violence Is Taking An Immense Mental Toll On Their Kids, May 20, 2021, 3 minutes of audio report with article
Timeline: Israel-Hamas Fighting Has Taken A Dire Toll, May 20, 2021, article
PHOTOS: Across The U.S., People Protest The Violence In Gaza And Israel, May 19, 2021, article
Biden Tells Netanyahu He Expects Israel To Significantly De-Escalate By Today, May 19, 2021, article
Rep. Tlaib Pushes Biden To Protect At-Risk Palestinians In Middle East Conflict, May 18, 2021, article
What Will Shape Biden's View Of Gaza Violence Most? Hamas Attacks, Says Dennis Ross, May 18, 2021, 7 minutes of audio report with article
Fighting Continues Between Israel, Hamas After Biden Calls For Cease-Fire, May 18, 2021, article
Biden Supports Cease-fire In Call To Netanyahu As Israel-Hamas Violence Escalates, May 18, 2021, article
The Conflict Between Israel And Hamas Is Getting Worse, Raising Humanitarian Alarms, May 17, 2021, 14 minutes of audio report with article
U.N. Security Council Meets Over Israeli-Palestinian Violence, May 16, 2021, article
Israeli Airstrikes On Gaza Continue After Global Pro-Palestinian Protests, May 16, 2021, article
Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens, Topple Buildings In Gaza City, May 16, 2021, article
Biden Takes Muted Approach To Violence In Israel And Gaza, May 16, 2021, 3 minutes of audio report with article
Israeli Airstrike Flattens Building Housing AP And Other Media In Gaza City, May 15, 2021, article
Israeli Strike In Gaza Destroys Building That Housed AP, Other Media, May 15, 2021, article
What Does A Path Forward Look Like For Israel And Palestinians?, May 14, 2021, 7 minutes of audio report with article
Netanyahu Vows Israel Isn't Done As Rockets And Clashes Ramp Up, May 14, 2021, article
'An Embarrassing Time': The Challenges For Arab Nations That Made Peace With Israel, May 14, 2021, 3 minutes of audio report with article
'Creating The Enemy Of The Future': How 2 Palestinians See The Clash With Israel, May 14, 2021, 7 minutes of audio report with article
Israel In Turmoil: Violence Spreads To Streets And Occupied West Bank, May 13, 2021, article
'It's Against All Of Us': Israel-Hamas Violence, As Seen From The Ground, May 14, 2021, 4 minutes of audio report with article
30 Palestinians, 3 Israelis Reported Killed As Violence Escalates, May 12, 2021, article
24 Reported Killed In Israeli Airstrikes On Gaza After Hamas Fires Rockets At Israel, May 11, 2021, article
Clashes Between Palestinians, Israeli Police In Jerusalem Leave Many Injured, May 9, 2021, article
Israeli-Palestinian Clashes Escalate In Ramadan Night Violence At Al-Aqsa Mosque, May 8, 2021, article

Associated Press, Free online

AP Coverage on this Conflict: reader/listener discretion is advised as content by may be disturbing and/or upsetting

Palestinians see victory in Gaza truce as Israel warns Hamas, May 21, 2021, article
Arrests in Times Square melee over Israel; Jewish man beaten, May 21, 2021, article
The Latest: Blinken calls Abbas to discuss Israel-Gaza truce, May 21, 2021, article
EXPLAINER: What was the outcome of the latest Gaza war?, May 21, 2021, article
Hour-by-hour: Biden’s behind-the-scenes push for cease-fire, May 21, 2021, article
DIARY: Fleeing bombs, trying to endure in a city under fire, May 20, 2021, article
EXPLAINER: How did Hamas grow its arsenal to strike Israel?, May 20, 2021, article

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Israel-Palestine Books

A White Lie by Madeeha Hafez Albatta; Barbara Bill (Editor); Ghada Ageel (Editor)
Call Number: DS126.6.A43 A3 2020eb
ISBN: 9781772125177
Publication Date: 2020-05-26
Palestinian refugees in Gaza have lived in camps for five generations, experiencing hardship and uncertainty. In the absence of official histories, oral narratives handed down from generation to generation bear witness to life in Palestine before and after the 1948 Nakba--the catastrophe of dispossession. These narratives maintain traditions, keep alive names of destroyed villages, and record stories of the fight for dignity and freedom. The Women's Voices from Gaza Series honours women's unique and underrepresented perspectives on the social, material, and political realities of Palestinian life. In A White Lie, the first volume in this series, Madeeha Hafez Albatta chronicles her life in Gaza and beyond. Among her remarkable achievements was establishing some of the first schools for refugee children in Gaza.
Decolonizing Palestine by Somdeep Sen
Call Number: JQ1830.A98 S467 2020eb
ISBN: 9781501752735
Publication Date: 2020-12-15
In Decolonizing Palestine, Somdeep Sen rejects the notion that liberation from colonialization exists as a singular moment in history when the colonizer is ousted by the colonized. Instead, he considers the case of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from its settler colonial condition as a complex psychological and empirical mix of the colonial and the postcolonial. Specifically, he examines the two seemingly contradictory, yet coexistent, anticolonial and postcolonial modes of politics adopted by Hamas following the organization's unexpected victory in the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council election. Despite the expectations of experts, Hamas has persisted as both an armed resistance to Israeli settler colonial rule and as a governing body. Based on ethnographic material collected in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Israel, and Egypt, Decolonizing Palestine argues that the puzzle Hamas presents is not rooted in predicting the timing or process of its abandonment of either role. The challenge instead lies in explaining how and why it maintains both, and what this implies for the study of liberation movements and postcolonial studies more generally.
Violence and militants: from Ottoman rebellions to jihadist organizations by Baris Cayli
Call Number: HM1116 .C39 2019eb
ISBN: 9780773559851
Publication Date: 2019
The Israel/Palestine Reader by Alan Dowty (Editor)
Call Number: DS119.7 .D695 2019
ISBN: 9781509527342
Publication Date: 2019-01-14
Introduction to any complex international conflict is enriched when the voices of the adversaries are heard. The Israel/Palestine Reader is an innovative collection, focused on the human dimension of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian confrontation. Its vivid and illuminating readings present the voices of the diverse parties through personal testimonies and analyses. Key leaders, literary figures, prominent analysts, and simply close observers of different phases of this protracted conflict are all represented--in their own words. From Mark Twain to Theodor Herzl, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Golda Meir, Anwar Sadat, Ezer Weizman, Ehud Barak, Marwan Barghouti, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, John Kerry, and dozens of others, the firsthand narratives brought together in this Reader bring the conflict to life as seen by those closest to it. Though structured to complement Alan Dowty's introductory text Israel/Palestine (4th edition, Polity 2017), this Reader also stands on its own as a survey of "voices" in the conflict. Each of the ten chapters is framed by an editorial introduction that sets the pieces in context. By juxtaposing contrasting viewpoints both between and within the opposed parties, these pieces underline the drama of the conflict, while final judgment is left to the reader. This lively volume will add color and texture to any study of Arab-Israeli issues or of the Middle East generally.
Hamas Contained by Tareq Baconi
Call Number: DS119.7 .B173 2018eb
ISBN: 9780804797412
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Hamas rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized in media and policy debates, various accusations and critical assumptions have been used to justify extreme military action against Hamas. The reality of Hamas is, of course, far more complex. Neither a democratic political party nor a terrorist group, Hamas is a multifaceted liberation organization, one rooted in the nationalist claims of the Palestinian people. Hamas Contained offers the first history of the group on its own terms. Drawing on interviews with organization leaders, as well as publications from the group, Tareq Baconi maps Hamas's thirty-year transition from fringe military resistance towards governance. He breaks new ground in questioning the conventional understanding of Hamas and shows how the movement's ideology ultimately threatens the Palestinian struggle and, inadvertently, its own legitimacy. Hamas's reliance on armed struggle as a means of liberation has failed in the face of a relentless occupation designed to fragment the Palestinian people. As Baconi argues, under Israel's approach of managing rather than resolving the conflict, Hamas's demand for Palestinian sovereignty has effectively been neutralized by its containment in Gaza. This dynamic has perpetuated a deadlock characterized by its brutality--and one that has made permissible the collective punishment of millions of Palestinian civilians.
Gaza by Norman Finkelstein
Call Number: JC599.G26 F55 2018
ISBN: 9780520295711
Publication Date: 2018-01-09
"In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone."--Noam Chomsky "No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza . . . is entitled to do so without taking into account the evidence in this book." --The Intercept The Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half are under eighteen years of age. Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating "operations" against Gaza's largely defenseless population. Thousands have perished, and tens of thousands have been left homeless. In the meantime, Israel has subjected Gaza to a merciless illegal blockade. What has befallen Gaza is a man-made humanitarian disaster. Based on scores of human rights reports, Norman G. Finkelstein's new book presents a meticulously researched inquest into Gaza's martyrdom. He shows that although Israel has justified its assaults in the name of self-defense, in fact these actions constituted flagrant violations of international law. But Finkelstein also documents that the guardians of international law--from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Council--ultimately failed Gaza. One of his most disturbing conclusions is that, after Judge Richard Goldstone's humiliating retraction of his UN report, human rights organizations succumbed to the Israeli juggernaut. Finkelstein's magnum opus is both a monument to Gaza's martyrs and an act of resistance against the forgetfulness of history.
Palestinian Women's Activism: Nationalism, Secularism, Islamism by Islah Jad
Call Number: HQ1236.5.W45 J33 2018eb
ISBN: 9780815636144
Publication Date: 2018-12-26
Jad traces the transformation of the Palestinian women's movement from the 1930s to the post-Oslo period and through the Second Intifada to examine the often-fraught relationship between women and nationalism in Palestine. Offering one of the first intensive studies of Islamist women's activism, Jad also explores the impact of emerging feminist NGOs in depoliticizing the secular Palestinian women's movement. Studying these two developments together illuminates the nature of women's engagement in the Palestinian space, challenging myths of gender roles' "immutability" under Islamand the supposed "modernizing" benefits of Western-style activism.
Palestinian Political Discourse by Emile Badarin
Call Number: DS119.7 .B178 2016
ISBN: 9781138101685
Publication Date: 2016-04-25
A great deal of political and academic responses to the Israel/Palestine conflict have construed the Palestinians as an object of Western and Israeli discourses, rather than their own Palestinian discourse. This has hindered understanding of the internal mechanisms involved in the production of the Palestinian conditions. Palestinian Political Discourse presents an in-depth examination of Palestinian political discourse since an-Nakba in 1948 and stitches together the underlying mechanisms and rules that have shaped Palestinian politics, in turn synthesizing, interpreting and scrutinizing these rules. Studying the question of Palestine discursively offers new ways to rethink political agency, structures, identity, institutions and power relations while interpreting Palestinian actions. This book adds new understanding to Palestinian political agency by explaining how political actions were constructed. Discourse analysis methodology underlies the critical examination of the genealogy of concepts and frames that have oriented Palestinian political thought. Contrary to established views that ascribe shifts in Palestinian politics primarily to external factors and international changes, this book demonstrates how transformation has been a continuing inbuilt feature within the discursive regime and that dramatic shifts were only effects of much deeper, slowly evolving changes. Examining discourse, and thus language, offers an exceptional possibility to see from the Palestinian perspective. As such, this book provides material vital to the deeper interpretation of the Palestinian question. It will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Israel-Palestine studies, Middle East studies, and discourse analysis.
Jihad in Palestine by Shaul Bartal
Call Number: JQ1830.A98 H3732413 2016
ISBN: 9781138854956
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
The 21st century exists in the shadow of the return of extremist Islam to the center of the world's political stage, a process that began at the end of the previous century. While researchers have focused on the rise of Hamas, this return has in fact manifested itself in a range of independent Islamic extremist groups with their own philosophies. Jihad in Palestine provides a comprehensive study of the variety of Islamic extremist groups operating inside Israel/Palestine today, examining their philosophies and views concerning martyrdom, as well as their attitudes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These ideologies are presented in their own words, thanks to the author's extensive translations and commentary of primary sources in Arabic, including the writings of the Islamic Jihad, al-Jama'a al-Islamiya, Hizbal-Tahrir al-Islami, Hamas and the Islamic Movement. The book studies the attitudes of these organisations towards the fundamental issues surrounding Jihad, including the concept of personal obligation, the relationship of the movement to the peace agreements and attitudes towards Jews expressed in the movement's writings. Exploring the basic theories of sacrifice and analysing modern day Palestinian society, it promotes a greater understanding of the religious angle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East Studies, Jewish Studies, Political Islam and Terrorism & Political Violence.
Hamas by Jennifer Jefferis
Call Number: JQ1830.A98 H37554 2016
ISBN: 9781440839023
Publication Date: 2016-02-12
Structured around key elements at the regional, political, institutional, and personal levels of analysis, this is a complete and forward-leaning view of Hamas that provides a deep and detailed examination of the history, ideology, political prospects, and regional opportunities of an often poorly understood organization that is redefining 21st-century terrorism. The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has long been an influential player in the tumultuous Middle East, but as the region's instability grows, so does the importance and potential influence of this organization. The fact that the Hamas of today defies most of the traditional categorizations of both terrorist organizations and political parties makes the group an ideal study on how states in the Middle East are likely to continue to change. This book offers a clear picture of how Hamas fits into a dramatically evolving region, enabling readers to see how Hamas itself has evolved ideologically, militarily, and politically as well as how it will continue to shape and be shaped by the broader Middle East region. Author Jennifer Jefferis, PhD, provides the first comprehensive consideration of Hamas in the context of the post-Arab Spring climate, the rise of ISIS, and the consequential emerging politics of the region, presenting information that is highly detailed yet written to be accessible to all audiences whether or not they have previous knowledge of the organization. The book provides coverage of Hamas's current relationship with Israel and its impact on the Palestinian territories while focusing on the significance of the organization's role in the broader region--particularly critical in light of the recent political uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Syria. Provides a detailed and contemporary look at an influential organization that has enormous potential to shape the role that radicalized Islam will play in the Middle East over the next decade Enables a deeper understanding of how Hamas is poised--in light of its ideological, political, and military objectives--to influence the development of the Middle East region in the coming years Offers insightful new analysis about Hamas' approach to violence and political engagement that identifies what their methodologies can tell us about violent non-state actors, political engagement, and regional alliances of the future, and predicts whether policymakers' and strategists' future efforts to engage (or not engage) with radical political parties will likely be effective
Bodies, Power and Resistance in the Middle East by Caitlin Ryan
Call Number: HQ1728.7 .R93 2015
ISBN: 9781138802407
Publication Date: 2015-09-14
The book examines how exercises of power and processes of security exercised in the Occupied Palestinian Territories have formed Palestinian women as subjects. To understand how women experience occupation, this book examines the various ways in which the occupation is directed at making Palestinian women into subjects of power. The work argues that the exercises of power are focused on controlling and disciplining women's bodies. The objectives are to expose how the exclusions of women's daily-lived experiences of conflict in the occupied Palestinian territories obscures how power operates, to demonstrate how the elements of Israeli security practices make women insecure, and to highlight how resistance to the occupation can be found embedded within daily life in the occupied territories. Ultimately, all of these themes can be related more broadly to how women might experience conflict and resist subjectification by exposing different ways that subjectifications result in insecurities and resistance to those insecurities. While the book is specific to women in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the exercises of power and enactments of resistance it exposes demonstrate how important it is to take seriously the feminist argument that 'the personal is international, and the international is personal.' This book will be of much interest to students of gender politics, critical security studies, Middle Eastern politics, sociology and IR in general.
The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories by Dimitris Bouris
Call Number: JZ6300 .B68 2014
ISBN: 9780415837095
Publication Date: 2013-12-18
This book analyses the present European Union (EU) approach to state-building, both in policy and operation. It offers a review of the literature on peace-building, EU state-building and conflict resolution, before examining in detail the EU's role as a state-builder in the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories following the 1993 Oslo Accords. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and over 140 interviews carried out in Brussels, London, Jerusalem and Ramallah with EU, Palestinian and Israeli officials as well as academics, members of NGOs and civil society, the author evaluates the present approach of state-building and offers a framework to test the effectiveness of the EU as a state-builder. Examining security sector reform, judiciary sector reform and the rule of law, the book brings the 'voices from the field' to the forefront and measures the contribution of the EU to state-building against a backdrop of on-going conflict and a polarised social setting. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, EU politics, Middle Eastern politics, conflict resolution and state-building.
Gaza by Jean-Pierre Filiu
Call Number: DS110.G3 F5413 2014eb
ISBN: 9780190201890
Publication Date: 2014-09-11
Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai desert on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, the Persians,the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Fatimids, the Mamluks, the Crusaders, and the Ottomans. Napoleon had to secure it in 1799 to launch his failed campaign on Palestine. In 1917, the British Empire fought for months to conquer Gaza, before establishing its mandate on Palestine. In1948, 20,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Gaza, a marginal area that neither Israel nor Egypt wanted. Palestinian nationalism grew there, and Gaza has since found itself at the heart of Palestinian history.It is in Gaza that the fedayeen movement arose from the ruins of Arab nationalism. It is in Gaza that the 1967 Israeli occupation was repeatedly challenged, until the outbreak of the 1987 intifada. And it is in Gaza, in 2007, that the dream of Palestinian statehood appeared to have been shattered bythe split between Fatah and Hamas. The endurance of Gaza and the Palestinians make the publication of Gaza: A History both timely and significant.
Back Stories by Amahl A. Bishara
Call Number: PN5449.W46 B57 2012eb
ISBN: 9780804781411
Publication Date: 2012-12-05
Few topics in the news are more hotly contested than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--and news coverage itself is always a subject of debate. But rarely do these debates incorporate an on-the-ground perspective of what and who newsmaking entails. Studying how journalists work in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Nablus, and on the tense roads that connect these cities, Amahl Bishara demonstrates how the production of U.S. news about Palestinians depends on multifaceted collaborations, typically invisible to Western readers. She focuses on the work that Palestinian journalists do behind the scenes and below the bylines--as fixers, photojournalists, camerapeople, reporters, and producers--to provide the news that Americans read, see, and hear every day. Ultimately, this book demonstrates how Palestinians play integral roles in producing U.S. news and how U.S. journalism in turn shapes Palestinian politics. U.S. objectivity is in Palestinian journalists' hands, and Palestinian self-determination cannot be fully understood without attention to the journalist standing off to the side, quietly taking notes. Back Stories examines news stories big and small--Yassir Arafat's funeral, female suicide bombers, protests against the separation barrier, an all-but-unnoticed killing of a mentally disabled man--to investigate urgent questions about objectivity, violence, the state, and the production of knowledge in today's news. This book reaches beyond the headlines into the lives of Palestinians during the second intifada to give readers a new vantage point on both Palestinians and journalism.
Political Parties in Palestine by Michael Bröning
Call Number: JQ1830.A979 B76 2013eb
ISBN: 9781137296924
Publication Date: 2013-01-16
Party Politics in Palestine is an up-to-date elucidation of the fractious Palestinian political scene, providing for the first time a lively and comprehensive discussion of the ideological outlook, historical development, and political objectives of all of Palestine's major political actors.
Palestine and the Palestinians in the 21st Century by Rochelle Davis (Editor); Mimi Kirk (Editor); Gabriel Piterberg (Contribution by); Leila Farsakh (Contribution by); Tamim al-Barghouti (Contribution by); As'ad Ghanem (Contribution by); Sara Roy (Contribution by); Susan M. Akram (Contribution by); Islah Jad (Contribution by); Loren D. Lybarger (Contribution by); Michael C. Hudson (Contribution by); Noura Erakat (Contribution by); Ali H. Abunimah (Contribution by); Saree Makdisi (Contribution by)
Call Number: DS113.6 .P324 2013eb
ISBN: 9780253010803
Publication Date: 2013-10-07
Recent developments in Palestinian political, economic, and social life have resulted in greater insecurity and diminishing confidence in Israel's willingness to abide by political agreements or the Palestinian leadership's ability to forge consensus. This volume examines the legacies of the past century, conditions of life in the present, and the possibilities and constraints on prospects for peace and self-determination in the future. These historically grounded essays by leading scholars engage the issues that continue to shape Palestinian society, such as economic development, access to resources, religious transformation, and political movements.
Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza by Sara Roy
Call Number: HV6433.P25 R69 2011eb
ISBN: 9781400838325
Publication Date: 2011-04-18
Many in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. Based on Sara Roy's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, "Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza" shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration. Roy demonstrates how Islamic social institutions in Gaza and the West Bank advocated a moderate approach to change that valued order and stability, not disorder and instability; were less dogmatically Islamic than is often assumed; and served people who had a range of political outlooks and no history of acting collectively in support of radical Islam. These institutions attempted to create civic communities, not religious congregations. They reflected a deep commitment to stimulate a social, cultural, and moral renewal of the Muslim community, one couched not only--or even primarily--in religious terms. Vividly illustrating Hamas's unrecognized potential for moderation, accommodation, and change, "Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza" also traces critical developments in Hamas's social and political sectors through the Second Intifada to today, and offers an assessment of the current, more adverse situation in the occupied territories. The Oslo period held great promise that has since been squandered. This book argues for more enlightened policies by the United States and Israel, ones that reflect Hamas's proven record of nonviolent community building.
In Your Eyes a Sandstorm by Arthur Neslen
Call Number: DS110.W47 N47 2011eb
ISBN: 9780520949850
Publication Date: 2011-10-17
Who are the Palestinians? In this compelling book of interviews, Arthur Neslen reaches beyond journalistic clichés to let a wide variety of Palestinians answer the question for themselves. Beginning in the present with Bisan and Abud, two traumatized children from Jenin's refugee camp, the book's narrative arcs backwards through the generations to come full circle with two elderly refugees from villages that the children were named after. Along the way, Neslen recounts a history of land, resistance, exile, and trauma that begins to explain Abud's wish to become a martyr and Bisan's dream of a Palestine empty of Jews. Senior Fatah and Hamas figures relate key events of the Palestinian experience--the Second Intifada, Oslo Process, First Intifada, Thawra, 1967 War, the Naqba, and the Great Arab Revolt of 1936--in their own words. The extraordinary voices of women, children, farmers, fighters, drug dealers, policeman, doctors, and others, spanning the political divide from Salafi Jihadists to Israeli soldiers, bring the Palestinian story to life even as their words sow seeds of hope in the scorched Palestinian earth.
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter by Ramzy Baroud
Call Number: DS110.G3 B37 2010eb
ISBN: 9781849644242
Publication Date: 2010
A deeply moving chronicle of the persisting Palestinian ordeal that pays tribute to the author's father and the men and women of Gaza.
Israel's Military Operations in Gaza by Marouf Hasian Jr
Call Number: DS119.76 .H3745 2016
ISBN: 9781317298625
Publication Date: 2016-03-31
Civilians in Gaza and Israel are caught up in complex, violent situations that have overstepped conventional battle lines. Both sides of the conflict have found ways to legitimate the use of violence, and continually swap accusations of violations of domestic and international humanitarian laws. Israel's Military Operations in Gaza provides an ideological critique of the legal, military, and social media texts that have been used to legitimate historical incursions into the Gaza, with special focus on Operation Protective Edge. It argues that both the Palestinians and the Israelis have deployed various forms of 'telegenic' warfare. They have each used argumentative rhetorics based on competing interpretations of events, and are locked in a battle to convince international audiences and domestic constituencies of the righteousness of their causes. This critical genealogical study analyses a range of texts and images, from selfies circulated near the Gaza border to judicial opinions produced by the High Court of Israel. With its multidisciplinary approach and original analysis of the Israel/Gaza situation, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East studies and the Arab-Israeli conflict, as well as security studies and communication studies.
Two sides of the same coin: Jewish and Palestinian refugees: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the Committee on Foreign Affairs by United States Congress > House > Committee on Foreign Affairs > Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
Call Number: Y 4.F 76/1:R 25/11
Publication Date: 2007
Two sides of the same coin: Jewish and Palestinian refugees: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 8, 2007
The West Bank and Gaza Strip by Elisha Efrat
Call Number: DS119.76 .E38 2006
ISBN: 0415385458
Publication Date: 2006
Written in a clear and easy-to-follow style, this revealing text examines the contemporary political geography of the West Bank and Gaza strip. Descriptive in nature, it documents the changes and developments since 1967 right up to the disengagement from Gaza. The book is supplemented by numerous maps and covers issues including demography, Jewish settlements, water and natural resources, transport infrastructure, planning, partition plans for Jerusalem, settlement policy and the Separation Fence. One of the first books to tackle this contentious subject from a geographical rather than a political or historical perspective, The West Bank and Gaza Strip will be of huge interest to both undergraduate and graduate students studying the Israel-Palestine question.
The future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: critical trends affecting Israel by Yossi Alpher
Call Number: Y 3.P 31:20/149
ISBN: 1053076631
Publication Date: 2005
The United States Institute of Peace's Project on Arab-Israeli Futures is a research effort designed to anticipate and assess obstacles and opportunities facing the peace process over the next five to ten years. Stepping back from the day-to-day ebb and flow of events in the Middle East, this project examines broader, "over-the-horizon" developments that could forSycamore Libraryose future options or offer new opportunities for peace. The effort brings together U.S., Israeli, and Arab researchers. In this report Yossi Alpher identifies which local, regional, and international trends will have the greatest impact on Israel's relationship with Palestinians in the coming years.
Country profile > Palestinian Territories by Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain)
Call Number: Periodical HC415.255.A1
Publication Date: 2003-
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Continues in part: Country profile. Israel, Palestinian Territories.
Companion publication to: Country report. Palestinian Territories.
History of the city of Gaza: from the earliest times to the present day by Martin A. Meyer
Call Number: 956.9 M575h
Publication Date: 1907
Meyer, Martin A. (Martin Abraham), 1879-1923
Languages: English
Main Work:
History of the city of Gaza: from the earliest times to the present day [by Meyer, M.A.]
Related Series:
Columbia University oriental studies > vol. 5
Also published as the author's thesis.

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