The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is the only institute in the world exclusively devoted to research, analysis, and publication on Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict. IPS was established in Beirut in 1963 and also has offices in Washington D.C., an affiliate in Ramallah, and a small office in Paris.
Remembering Mahmud Darwish
To commemorate the passing of the renowned Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish on 9 August 2008, two important pieces from the Journal of Palestine Studies are available online for a limited time. The first is an interview with Darwish after he won the prestigious US-based Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom in 2001, in recognition of his courage in speaking out against oppression and eloquence in advocating "peaceful and equitable coexistence." (Read here.) The second feature is Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon's 2002 analysis of Darwish's allegorical critique of Oslo (Read here.) Arabic speakers can watch a short video of Darwish here filmed during a widely attended poetry reading in Beirut in 2003 to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Institute for Palestine Studies. Mahmoud Darwish served as a member of the Institute's Board of Trustees.
In the new issue of JPS:
Defense lawyers in the longest-running terrorism case in U.S. history tell their client’s full story for the first time in Part I of a special two-part series. Click here to read Michael E. Deutch and Erica Thompson's exclusive analysis "Secrets and Lies: The Persecution of Muhammad Salah (Part I)". Also: part II of JPS’s exclusive interview with Hamas leader Khalid Mishal; an inside look at weddings in the Palestinian diaspora; and an insightful analysis of the paradoxical development of Ramallah and al-Bireh. For the full JPS table of contents click here.
Issue 32 of the Jerusalem Quarterly highlights 100 years since Jerusalem's first press, al-Quds, was founded by Jurji Hanania. It explores Jerusalem's history as a site for ancient astral worship. JQ also examines18th century Jerusalem elite and intercommunal relations in the city under Egyptian control (1834-1841). To see the full table of contents click here.
New! Special Web Feature Commemorating the Nakba
The Institute for Palestine Studies has created a special on-line resource to commemorate the Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948. Click here to access incisive articles, analyses and memoirs, drawing on the Institute’s rich and unique archives as well as its flagship quarterly publication, The Journal of Palestine Studies. The page also provides detailed maps and chronologies to illuminate the events leading up to and culminating in the establishment of the state of Israel and the beginning of the Palestinian tragedy.
Readers can download PDF versions of landmark articles, such as Walid Khalidi’s 1961 documentation of “Plan Dalet: the Master Plan for the Conquest of Palestine,” and rare excerpts from the memoirs of Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser focusing on the cataclysmic events of 1948. Scholars, journalists, policy makers and educators will find this on-line resource timely and useful.
Understanding Gaza
The crisis in Gaza predates the election of Hamas as well as its take-over of the Strip as shown by these selected pieces from the Institute’s publications.
From the Journal of Palestine Studies Jennifer Loewenstein’s “Notes from the Field: Return to the Ruin that is Gaza” (JPS 143); Sara Roy’s “Praying with their Eyes Closed: Reflections on the Disengagement from Gaza” (JPS 136); Sara Roy's "The Gaza Strip: A Case of Economic De-Development" (JPS 65); Lamis Andoni’s "Searching for Answers: Gaza's Suicide Bombers" (JPS 104); Darryl Li’s “The Gaza Strip as Laboratory” (JPS 138); Khaled Hroub’s “A ‘New Hamas’ through Its New Documents” (JPS 140) and Geoffrey Aronson’s “Issues Arising from the Implementation of Israel’s Disengagement from the Gaza Strip” (JPS 136). Click here to go to the JPS Subject Index to find more on Gaza . Browse our bookstore for works on Gaza.
Recent Publications
Dennis Ross and the Peace Process: Subordinating Palestinian Rights to Israeli "Needs"
by: Norman G. Finkelstein
In this monograph, Finkelstein sets about the meticulous task of deconstructing Dennis Ross’ The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for the Middle East, which was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2004. His aim: to challenge the book’s reception as the “definitive account” of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. He does so by cleverly drawing a distinction between the 1993 – 20... Read more
