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• National and International Civilian Protection Strategies in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, c2023), by Timea Spitka (multiple formats with commentary at Springer Link)
• Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Brief Guide for the Perplexed (revised and updated editions in multiple languages; New York: American Jewish Committee, c2018), by David A. Harris (HTML and PDF at ajc.org and joomag.org)
• Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem (originally published in 2 volumes, 1991), by Issa Nakhleh (HTML with commentary at palestine-encyclopedia.com)
• Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1990), by John B. Quigley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine: Jewish Statehood and the History of the Middle East Conflict (Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, c2017), by Tamar Amar-Dahl (PDF and EPub with commentary at De Gruyter)
• The Question of Palestine and the United Nations (revised edition, 2008), by United Nations (PDF at un.org)
• Between War and Peace: The Issues in the Middle East Conflict (reprint from Crossroads magazine; 1971), by Carl Gershman (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Palestine in the United Nations (information paper #24; New York: Arab Information Center, 1964), by Sami Hadawi (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict (information papers #2; New York: Arab Information Center, 1956), by Fayez A. Sayegh (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Jewish Critics of Zionism: A Testamentary Essay; with The Stifling and Smearing of a Dissenter (New York: Arab Information Center, ca. 1974), by Moshe Menuhin (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Making Endless War: The Vietnam and Arab-Israeli Conflicts in the History of International Law (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2023), ed. by Brian Cuddy and Victor Kattan (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
• The Question of Palestine (information paper #15; New York: Arab Information Center, 1961), by Mohammad Taki Mehdi
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, c2008), by David N. Myers
  • PDF with commentary at Brandeis
  • PDF files at Project MUSE
• One-Sided: The Relentless Campaign Against Israel In the United Nations (2008), by American Jewish Committee (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Land Ownership in Palestine (New York: Palestine Arab Refugee Office, 1957), by Sami Hadawi
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict (electronic editions in multiple languages), ed. by Mitchell Geoffrey Bard (HTML at Jewish Virtual Library)
• The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict (third edition), by Jews for Justice in the Middle East (HTML and PDF with commentary at ifamericansknew.org)
• Judgments of the Israel Supreme Court: Fighting Terrorism Within the Law (Israel: Israel Supreme Court, 2004), by Israel Supreme Court (PDF with commentary at Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• One-Sided: The Continuing Campaign Against Israel In the United Nations (2003), by American Jewish Committee (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• How Holy is Palestine to the Muslims? (second edition, ca. 2002), by Hasan Sa'id Karmi (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• The Hidden History of Zionism, by Ralph Schoenman (HTML at marxists.de)
• The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of Modern Diaspora, by Joel Beinin (HTML at UC Press)

• The Truth About Israeli Peace Offers (information paper #16; New York: Arab Information Center, 1961), by Arab Information Center (U.S.)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Immigration to Israel: A Threat to Peace in the Middle East (Information Paper #12; New York: Arab Information Center, 1960), by Fawzi Abu-Diab (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Israel's Struggle for Peace (New York: Israel Office of Information, 1960), by Israel Office of Information (page images at HathiTrust)

• War in the Middle East: The Socialist View (New York: Pathfinder Press, 1973), by Dave Frankel, Dick Roberts, and Tony Thomas (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Six Hundred Days: A Reappraisal of the Arab-Israeli Confrontation Since June, 1967 (New York: Arab Information Center, 1969), by Howard Koch (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Quest for Peace: Principal United States Public Statements and Related Documents on the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, 1967-1983 (Washington: U.S. Dept. of State, 1984), ed. by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Case for Israel (republished from, and apparently by, Hearst Newspapers; 1969), by William Randolph Hearst (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Search for Peace in the Middle East: Documents and Statements, 1967-79: Report Prepared for the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives (Washington: GPO, 1979), ed. by Library of Congress Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• "Never have Freedom and International Morality Been So Righteously Protected": Text of the Address by Israel's Foreign Minister, Mr. Abba Eban, in the General Assembly of the United Nations on 19 June, 1967 (New York: Israel Information Services, 1967), by Abba Solomon Eban (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Not Backward to Belligerency, but Forward to Peace: Text of the Address by Israel's Foreign Minister, Mr. Abba Eban, in the United Nations Security Council on 6 June 1967 (New York: Israel Information Services, 1967), by Abba Solomon Eban (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Case of Palestine Before the 23rd Session of the United Nations, October-December, 1968 (New York: Arab Information Center, ca. 1968), ed. by Sami Hadawi (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Six Hundred Days: A Reappraisal of the Arab-Israeli Confrontation Since June, 1967 (New York: Arab Information Center, 1969), by Howard Koch (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Our Sisters' Promised Land: Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence (paperback edition, with new preface; Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003), by Ayala H. Emmett (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Jaffee Center Report on the Middle East Peace Process: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, August 2, 1989 (Washington: GPO, 1990), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Quest for Peace: Principal United States Public Statements and Related Documents on the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, 1967-1983 (Washington: U.S. Dept. of State, 1984), ed. by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)
• Israeli Censorship of Arab Publications: A Survey (New York: Fund for Free Expression, c1983), by Meron Benvenisti (PDF at hrw.org)
• Developments in the West Bank and Gaza, May 1990: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East and on Human Rights and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, May 9, 1990 (Washington: GPO, 1990), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, by Ian S. Lustick (HTML here at Penn)

• The Arab Minority in Israel: An Analysis of the "Future Visions" Documents (New York: American Jewish Committee, 2008), by Elie Rekhess (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Airpower Versus Terrorism: Three Case Studies (2003), by Todd R. Phinney (PDF at dtic.mil)

• Europe on Israel, 2000-2001: A Sampling of Words and Images (New York: American Jewish Committee, 2001), by David A. Harris (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Israel, Anti-Semitism, and Free Speech (New York: American Jewish Committee, 2007), by Bernard Harrison (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Rhetorics of Belonging: Nation, Narration, and Israel/Palestine (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, c2013), by Anna Bernard
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images and PDF at HathiTrust

• Gaza on Screen (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 2023), ed. by Nadia G. Yaqub (PDF at OAPEN)

• Israel, the Conflict, and Peace: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (2003), by Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (illustrated HTML in Israel)
• Israel, the Conflict, and Peace: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (current electronic edition, 2009 or later), by Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (illustrated HTML in Israel)

• The Quest for Peace: Principal United States Public Statements and Related Documents on the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, 1967-1983 (Washington: U.S. Dept. of State, 1984), ed. by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)

• Israeli Expansionism (ca. 1967), by Arab Information Center (U.S.) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Tension and Peace in the Middle East: An Account of the Tragedy of the Holyland (second edition; New York: Palestine Arab Refugee Office, 1957), by ʻIzzat Ṭannūs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tension and Peace in the Middle East: Facts That Every American Should Know About the Tragedy of the Holy Land (New York: Palestine Arab Refugee Office, ca. 1956), contrib. by ʻIzzat Ṭannūs (multiple formats at archive.org)

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