Books & Documents
Khirbet Kizeh
Like any political and multi-generational conflict, the decades-long struggle between Israel and Palestine is complex. We hope these books provide insight into both the conflict and the very human toll it inflicts upon all peoples involved. Discover the many books and documents which tell the story of the Israeli and Palestinian people.

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Khirbet Khizeh is a brief, fictional, 1949 novella by Israeli writer S. Yizhar about the violent expulsion of Palestinian villagers by the Israeli army. Considered a high point in Hebrew literature, it was published just months the author fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The book provides a window into on the perspective of a Jewish soldier whose unit is tasked with expelling peaceful Palestinian families from their homes.

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Sykes-Picot Proposal

Sykes-Picot Proposal

In May 1916, British diplomat Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Georges-Picot concluded a secret agreement partitioning much of the Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire into British and French spheres of influence pending an allied victory in World War I. When the...

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Balfour Declaration

Balfour Declaration

The British Government issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 — a public statement expressing support for a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. This marked a watershed moment in the history of Zionism, British politics, and Arab independence,...

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