Middle East Mediation
INT 301 Senior Seminar

Sources on social, economic, and health conditions of Palestinians in the state of Israel, Occupied Terriories , Palestine Authority and Refugee Camps

A. Background sources

Bennett, A. LeRoy. Historical Dictionary of the United Nations. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1995.
R. 341.23 B471h1995

Yearbook of the United Nations 1996. Vol.50. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1999.
R. 341.13058 U58 c.2.

Gubser, Peter. Historical Dictionary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
R. 956.95043 G921h1991.

The Middle East and North Africa. 44^th Ed. London: Europa Publications, 1998.
R. 956.95043 G921h1991.

Nazzal, Nafez Y. and Laila A. Nazzal. Historical Dictionary of Palestine. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997.
R. 956.94003 N337h1997.

Osmanczyk, Edmund Jan. The Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis, 1985.
R.341.23 O83e.

Reich, Bernard. Historical Dictionary of Israel. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1992.
R. 956.94001 R347h1992.

Simon, Reeva S., et al., eds. Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East. New York: Macmillan Reference, 1996.
R. 956.003 E56s1996.

Ziring, Lawrence. The Middle East: A Political Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO,1992.
R.956.003 Z81m1992.

B. Books from DePaul and Illinet libraries

Some sample Subject headings to use in Illinet Online:

Gaza Strip
Israel-Arab War, 1967 -- Occupied territories
Palestinian Arabs (and subheadings)
Refugees, Arab
West Bank

Use Keyword Subject for best coverage. Change location to ' ALL ' libraries for resources throughout Illinois.

 

C. Websites:

Middle East

• Eye on Palestine
  Site is maintained by the Applied Research Institute Jerusalem and the Map Department of the Arab Studies Institute, Jerusalem. Its purpose is to provide information on Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
  http://www.arij.org/paleye/
  
• Palestinian National Authority
  Site has information on Education, social conditions, health etc. in West Bank and Gaza.http://www.pna.org/

• Palestine Economic Forum
  Includes a long report on the Palestinian economy in transition as well as information on fuure planning for econnomic and social development, including health care. http://www.palecon.org//

• Shaml: The Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Centre
  Shaml is an independent non-governmental association, dedicated to Palestinian refugees and the Diaspora. http://www.shaml.org/

UN Links

• Question of Palestine
  A variety of relevant UN links from the main UN page. http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/

• United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine
  Full-text documents of the United Nations system relevant to the question of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East since 1946. http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF?OpenDatabase

• Unesco: Programme of Action in Favour of the Palestinian People (PAPP)
  This priority programme of UNESCO was launched following the Washington accord of 13 September 1993 and seeks to integrate regular and extrabudgetary activities and step up co-operation with the United Nations system, the World Bank, the Arab League, the Islamic Conference and the NGOs. http://www.unesco.org/drg/papp/

• Palestinian Children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
  Extensive report available electronically. http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/dpr/DPR_children.htm

• OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL COORDINATOR IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
  The mandate of the Special Coordinator is to provide guidance to and facilitate coordination among UN programmes; represent the United Nations at donor coordination meetings, and assist the Palestinian Authority. http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/unsco/unfront.html

Other Academic/Organization sites

• Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Palestine
  University of Texas site with many links. http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/countries/palestine.html

• Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet
  A non-partisan project devoted to the dissemination of ideas and scholarly information on the Palestinian refugee problem
  http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/PRRN/prfront.html

• Refugee Working Group of FAFO
  FAFO , Institute of applied Social Science, an institute for commissioned research in Norway has established a working group to deal with the sensitive question of Palestinian refugees. Projects include the Survey of Living Conditions among Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank and Arab Jerusalem. Fafo has also carried out studies of Palestinian refugees' coping strategies and of the potential of administrative data gathered by the UN organisation for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, for research on the situation of the refugees. Electronic versions of some reports available. http://www.fafo.no/engelsk/

• Human Rights Watch
  Dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Use search feature to find information on Palestinians. http://www.hrw.org/

• Amnesty International
  Good information in the 'Library" of Country Reports under. Israel (the State of) and the Occupied Territories, and Palestinian Authority. http://www.amnesty.org/

D. Databases for identifying articles and books. On Library Web Page under Databases