Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
Palestinians
David Grossman. The Yellow Wind (1988)A leading Israeli novelist and journalist writes about the first intifada (uprising) against Israeli rule from 1987-1993.
Sami Hadawi. Bitter Harvest: A Modern History of Palestine (1990)
A Palestinian history of the conflict.
Muna Hamzeh. Refugees in Our Own Land: Chronicles from a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Bethlehem (2001)
Diary of a Palestinian American woman living in Dheisheh refugee camp.
Alan Hart. Arafat: A Political Biography (1989)
A biography of the Palestinian leader and a history of the PLO.
Amira Hass. Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land under Siege (2000)
The extraordinary account of an Israeli journalist with Ha’aretz and her experiences living in the Palestinian territories during the Oslo years.
Rashid Khalidi. Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (Columbia University Press) 1997
Professor Khalidi, currently at Columbia University, analyzes the roots and evolution of modern Palestinian nationalism, considering cultural, intellectual and political factors that influenced the formation of a distinct Palestinian identity throughout several historical phases. 304 pages.
Walid Khalidi. All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 (1992)
A look at the Palestinian villages that were destroyed during the 1948 war.
Walid Khalidi. Before their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948 (1984)
Photographs of Palestinians before they became refugees.
Walid Khalidi. Palestine Reborn (1993)
Essays on Palestinian nationalism by a leading Palestinian academic.
Baruch Kimmerling, Joel Migdal. Palestinians: The Making of a People (1993)
Historical account of the origins of the Palestinian people.
Baruch Kimmerling. Politicide: Ariel Sharon’s War Against the Palestinians (2003)
Kimmerling argues that Sharon is trying to destroy the existence of the Palestinian community.
David Kretzmer. The Occupation of Justice: The Supreme Court of Israel and Occupied Territories (2002)
A comprehensive analysis of the Israeli Supreme Court decisions around petitions challenging the Israeli Occupation written by a leading Israeli law professor.
Zachary Lockman, Joel Beinin (Editors). Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising Against Jewish Occupation (1989)
Edited volume containing eyewitness accounts of the intifada.
Philip Mattar. The Mufti of Jerusalem: Al-Hajj Amin al-Husayni and the Palestinian National Movement (1988)
An excellent revisionist biography attempts to demystify the life and times of the Mufti.
Benny Morris. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949 (1987)
The best account of the events that led many hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to become refugees.
Muhammad Muslih. The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism (1988)
Account of the early years of Palestinian nationalism – thru 1920s.
Sari Nusseibeh and Anthony David. Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life (2007)
Nusseibeh, a renowned academic and Palestinian political leader, reflects on his life and ties his experiences to the history of the Palestinian people.
Ilan Peleg. Human Rights in the West Bank and Gaza: Legacy and Politics (1996)
Study of the deterioration of human rights on West Bank and Gaza during the first intifada.
Don Peretz. Palestinians, Refugees, and the Middle East Peace Process (1993)
Brief account of the situation of Palestinian refugees.
Yehoshua Porath. The Emergence of the Palestinian-Arab National Movement, 1918-1929 (1974); The Palestinian Arab National Movement: From riots to rebellion, 1929-1939 (1977)
Two-part history of the development of Palestinian nationalism during the 1920s and 1930s.
Sarah Roy. The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-Development (1995)
A scholar from Harvard has documented how Israel has worked to undermine the infrastructure and economic development of the occupied territories.
Danny Rubinstein. The Mystery of Arafat (1995)
A leading Israeli journalist attempts to explain the enigma of Yasser Arafat.
Danny Rubinstein. The People of Nowhere: The Palestinian Vision of Hope (1991)
Short account of the struggles of the Palestinian people by Ha’aretz’s well-respected Arab Affairs correspondent.
Edward Said. Out of Place: A Memoir (2000)
Controversial autobiography of the famous Palestinian academic and political activist from Columbia University.
Edward Said. The Question of Palestine (Vintage Books) Reissue edition 1997
Said, professor of comparative literature at Columbia University until his death in 2003, interprets the Middle East conflict as one of the most outspoken and visible advocates of the Palestinian cause in America. His account considers the repercussions of the conflict on the lives of Israelis and Palestinians, and was instrumental in making the Palestinian issue the subject of serious debate. 320 pages.
Yezid Sayigh. Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement 1949-1993 (Oxford University Press) 1999
A comprehensive and detailed account of the Palestinian National Movement from the establishment of Israel through the beginning of the Oslo process, Professor Sayigh’s exhaustive research is based on previously unavailable PLO archives, internal documents of guerrilla groups and 400 personal interviews. 1,000 pages.
Ze’ev Schiff and Ehud Ya’ari. Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising – Israel’s Third Front (1989)
Two leading Israeli journalists document the early days of the Palestinian intifada.
Salim Tamari (Editor). Jerusalem 1948: The Arab Neighborhoods and their Fate in the War (1999)
A collection of essays giving Palestinian perspectives on the fate of Arab neighborhoods around Jerusalem that were lost in the 1948 war.
Janet & John Wallach. Arafat: In the Eyes of the Beholder (2nd Edition, 1997)
Biography of Yasser Arafat who for many decades had been the living symbol and incarnation of the Palestinian national movement. John Wallach was also the founder of Seeds of Peace.