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• 1948

  Creation & Catastrophe

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  "Tells the story of the establishment of Israel as seen through the eyes of the people who lived it." -- Distributor.

• 200 meters

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  "Mustafa will do anything to reach his son, and after being denied access through the checkpoint on a technicality, Mustafa embarks upon a journey to cross the border illegally." -- Distributor.

• A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

  Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

  Thrall, Nathan,

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  Abed meets obstacle after obstacle as he crisscrosses Jerusalem to find his son. Interwoven with his quest are the stories of other characters whose lives converge due to a single horrific accident.

• Determined to Stay

  Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village

  Sokolower, Jody,

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  Interviews with youth living in Silwan, a village south of Jerusalem's Old City. Interviewees and interviewer alike discuss similarities among racialized youth in Palestine and in the U.S.

• Gaza

  a History

  Filiu, Jean-Pierre,

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  Translated from the French, the first comprehensive history of the struggle to control Gaza.

• Kingdom of Olives and Ash

  Writers Confront the Occupation

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  Edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, a collection of essays about each writer's time in the occupied territories and their conversations with its residents. Also available in Spanish (e-book).

• Palestine Speaks

  Narratives of Life Under Occupation

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  "In Palestine Speaks men and women from the West Bank and Gaza describe in their own words how their lives have been shaped by the conflict. This includes eyewitness accounts of the most recent attacks on Gaza in 2014." -- Publisher

• Salt Houses

  Alyan, Hala, 1986-

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  A sweeping family saga following four generations of the Yacoub clan, from the Six-Day War to the present day.

• They Called Me a Lioness

  a Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

  Tamimi, Ahed, 2001-

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  "Tamimi came to global renown reached an apex in December 2017, when, at 16 years old, she was filmed slapping an Israeli soldier who refused to leave her front yard. But this is not just a story of activism or imprisonment. It is the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Side by Side

  Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine

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  "Struck by how different the standard Israeli and Palestinian textbook histories of the same events were from one another...a group of Israeli and Palestinian teachers began to explore how a new understanding of history itself might open…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way to the Spring

  Life and Death in Palestine

  Ehrenreich, Ben,

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  "I do believe this is a work of optimisim, and of hope. Not because I see any imminent 'solution' to the Palestinian 'problem,' or the easy advent of something called 'peace.' On the contrary, I am optimistic because even in their despair,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Censored voices

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  Documentary about the 1967 Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967), a major turning point in Palestinian-Israeli relations. Combines archival newsreels with previously censored recordings of Israeli soldiers discussing their fears and doubts.

• Decolonizing Palestine

  the Land, the People, the Bible

  Raheb, Mitri,

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  "[B]uilds on the latest research in settler-colonialism and human rights to place traditional theological themes within the wider socio-political context of settler colonialism as it is practiced by the modern nation-state of Israel." --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Except for Palestine

  The Limits of Progressive Politics

  Hill, Marc Lamont • Plitnick, Mitchell

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  Hill and Plitnick "take seriously the political concerns and well-being of both Israelis and Palestinians, demonstrating the extent to which U.S. policy has made peace harder to attain. They also unravel the conflation of advocacy for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Footnotes in Gaza

  Sacco, Joe,

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  A classic piece of comics journalism and war reportage. Discuss events Gaza during the Suez Crisis (1956), including the Rafah massacre of November 12.

• The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

  a History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017

  Khalidi, Rashid,

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  "Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members...The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lemon Tree

  An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

  Tolan, Sandy

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  Originally presented in 1998 on NPR's "Fresh Air," and published as nonfiction narrative in 2007. Tolan shares the story of Bashir and Dalia, whose decades-long friendship would be repeatedly tested in ways that neither could imagine.

• Palestina en pedazos

  Meruane, Lina, 1970-

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  In Spanish. "In the early 2000s, the possibility of returning to Palestine began to take shape for Chilean writer Lina Meruane, with the paradoxes contained in the idea of a return to a place that was never inhabited but which,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Palestine 1936

  the Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict

  Kessler, Oren,

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  Tel Aviv-based journalist Kessler offers a history of pre-state Israel, the 1936-1939 Revolt, and the longest sustained resistance to Mandatory Palestine.

• Spies of No Country

  Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel

  Friedman, Matti, 1977-

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  A "meticulously researched tale" about the beginnings of the Mossad, as well as the "complicated identity of Israel."