Destroyed Palestinian Villages
The story of the hundreds of Arab communities that vanished between 1947 and 1949 is the dark secret of Israel's War for Independence. Here are the stories of eleven Palestinian villages that were destroyed--their inhabitants expelled--in the conflict which led to Israel's founding.

Articles & Other Publications

• The Race for Historical Truth, by Shira Katz (Challenge, Feb. 1995)
  An independent review of the Center for Research & Documentation of Palestinian Society's mission, activities and difficulties.

• Collaborators in The Occupied Territories, by Dr. Saleh Abdel Jawad & Yizhar Be'er (B'TSELEM, Feb. 1995)
  The phenomenon of Palestinian collaboration with Israeli "created an an air of ubiquitous fear and Orwellian intimidation," and led to the deaths of over nine hundred Palestinians--collaborators and others--at the hands of fellow Palestinians during the Intifada. This study is one of the most comprehensive studies of this complex and multifaceted issue.
  • Introduction to Collaborators in the Occupied Territories.
  • Interview with the author, Dr. Saleh Abdul Jawad, concerning Collaborators in the Occupied Territories.
  • Collaborators in the Occupied Territories (209 Pages, 362K)
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• Israeli New Historicism, by Dr. Saleh Abdel Jawad (Mar. 1996)
  Israeli historians are shedding the tendency towards propaganda that has characterized their work in the past, but these new historians are still neglecting some sources and have made little impact outside academic circles.

• Transformation of Palestine 1882-1982, by Abdel Jawad Saleh (Mar. 1996)
  A general history of imperialism in Palestine, and a detailed picture of the seizure of Palestinian lands & the marginalization of the Palestinian people from the beginning of the 20th century until the present.
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