Arab-Israeli Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: Provide a variety of resources and perspectives on the political and military conflicts in Israel since 1949.

Call number areas to browse:
DS119: Arab-Israeli Conflict
DS126: Israel (history)
DS44: Middle East

Keywords to search: Place names (i.e. Israel, Palestine, Jerusalem, etc.), Palestinian, Israeli,

Subjects to search (Library of Congress): Arab-Israeli Conflict, Jewish-Arab Relations, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Intifada, Israel-Arab Border Conflicts.

Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question (DS119.7.B5765 2001)
The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs
(DS126.5.A15 1999)
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World
(DS119.7 .S4762 2000)
The Middle East: Opposing Viewpoints
(DS63.1.M5426 2000)
Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
(DS119.7.S618 2001)
Power, Politics, and Culture: Interviews with Edward Said
(CB18.S25A3 2001)
The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948
(DS126.9 .R49 2001)

Library Resources (r):

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) Access to scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers- many with full text and images.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
Ethnic Newswatch is a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Issues and Controversies Up-to-date information on hotly debated issues.
LexisNexis Academic Search for news through U.S. and International sources.

Also try our Controversial Topics and Current Events guides.

Internet Resources:

Electronic Intifada The Pro-Palestinian perspective on the Internet.

Israel Citizens Information Council Links to various media sources, primarily from an Israeli perspective
Middle East Historical and Peace Process Documents (MidEastWeb) Historic texts, reports, and documents intended to promote dialogue.
Question of Palestine (United Nations A wide-ranging collection of facts, including: history, maps, nongovernmental agencies (NGOs), and resolutions.

Related Interest:
Al-Jazeera (in English) Arabic satellite news channel.
IsraTV The first international Israeli TV channel.
The Jerusalem Post (Internet edition) Israel's English language newspaper.