Middle East Resources

Databases

• Facts On File News Services 
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• eLibrary
• ABC-CLIO World Geography
• Opposing Viewpoints
• CQ Researcher
• General Reference Center Gold
• Student Resource Center Gold
• SIRS Knowledge Source

• Biography Resource Center

• Biography Reference Bank  in ACCESS PA POWER Library

General

• Israeli - Palestinian Conflict http://www.plsinfo.org/getanswers/webliographies/israelpalestine.htm
• Middle East Activist http://www.meactivist.org/pages/Learn/Root.htm
• Ariga: Peace Watch http://www.ariga.com/peace.htm
• Yahoo: Full Coverage: Israel http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Israel;_ylt=AkCf5Ctjv_NYAAyFgeWT7MR2y14A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
• Adalah: History of the Palestinians in Israel http://www.adalah.org/eng/backgroundhistory.php
• Yahoo: Full Coverage--Middle East Peace http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=mideast_conflict
• Amnesty International: Israel and the Occupied Territories http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-isr/index
• Amnesty International: Palestinian National Authority http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-pse/index
• BBC Israel and the Palestinians http://newsimg.bbc.net.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/default.stm
• BBC Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/country_profiles/newsid_803000/803257.stm
• B'Tselem (Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) http://www.btselem.org/English/index.asp
• CNN: Holy Lands: The State of Israel is a Holy Land for Many Faiths http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/israel/holy.land/
• CNN Mid East Struggle for Peace (includes profiles of the key players) http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/mideast/
• Columbia University Middle East Links http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Palestine.html
• Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) http://www.camera.org/
• *BBC NEWS: Middle East http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/default.stm
• Should Hamas recognize Israel http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4686844.stm
• Faces of Youth in the Middle East http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/02/05/soldier.thrower/index.html
• Foundation for Middle East Peace http://www.fmep.org/about/overview.html
• Frontline: Hunting Bin Laden http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/
• Guardian Unlimited: Israel http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/0,2759,377264,00.html
• History in the News: the Middle East http://www.albany.edu/history/middle-east/
• Human Rights Watch: Israel http://hrw.org/campaigns/israel
• Israel Country Study (Library of Congress) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iltoc.html
• Israel Defense Forces (Official Site) http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/homepage.asp?clr=1&sl=EN&id=-8888&force=1
• Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information http://www.ipcri.org/
• Islamic Studies http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/
• Jerusalem: An Introduction http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Peace/Jerusalem.html
• Knesset (Israel's Parliament) http://www.knesset.gov.il/main/eng/home.asp
• MidEast Web http://www.mideastweb.org/
• Middle East Conflict: Why? http://www.awesomelibrary.org/MiddleEastConflict.html
• Middle East Information Network http://www.mideastinfo.com/
• Middle East and Jewish Studies http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/
• Middle East Peace Process http://story.news.yahoo.com/news
• Middle East Research and Information Project http://www.merip.org/
• Middle East Studies Resources http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/index.html
• Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict--A Primer http://www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/toc-pal-isr-primer.html
• Palestine: Google Directory http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Middle_East/Palestinian_Territory/
• Palestine Net: Culture http://www.palestine-net.com/culture/
• Palestine UN.org http://www.palestine-un.org/news/may97_jer.html
• Palestine: Whose Land is it Anyway? (Islamic point of view) http://www.iap.org/palestinewho1.htm
• Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) http://www.pcpsr.org/
• PLO Negotiations Affairs http://www.nad-plo.org/
• Palestinian Refugee Research Net http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/PRRN/prfront.html
• Palestinian Terrorist Groups http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Terrorism/paltertoc.html
• Primer on Palestine Uprising http://www.merip.org/new_uprising_primer/primer_all_text.html
• Question of Palestine http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/
• Seeds of Peace Middle East Youth Summit http://www.seedsofpeace.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homepage
• Suicide Bombers http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/suicide/
• Terrorist Group Profiles http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research/SubjectGuides/
• US Department of State: Middle East Peace http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rt/c2829.htm
• Voices from the Conflict http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/middle_east/2002/voices/default.stm
• War on Terrorism: Post-Saddam Iraq http://www.lib.ecu.edu/govdoc/iraq.html
• Washington Post Israel http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/worldref/country/israel.htm
• Washington Report on Middle East Affairs http://www.wrmea.com/
• Welcome to Palestine http://www.palestine-net.com
• Yahoo: Full Coverage Middle East Conflict http://news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Mideast_Conflict
• Yahoo Full Coverage: Israel http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/israel/
• Yahoo Full Coverage: Bin Laden http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/osama_bin_laden/

Regional News Sources

• Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/736515E4-37CE-4242-8A5F-854381D9DFEE.htm
• Google News: Middle East http://www.google.com/Top/Regional/Middle_East/News_and_Media/
• Yahoo!: News and Media: Middle East http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/By_Region/Regions/Middle_East/
• Arab World News http://www.arabworldnews.com/
• ArabNet http://www.arab.net/
• *Bitter Lemons (perspectives, both Israeli and Palestinian) http://www.bitterlemons.org/
• HeadlineSpot: Middle East (lists major regional news sources) http://headlinespot.com/international/middleeast/
• Haaretz Daily (liberal newspaper) http://www.haaretz.com/
• Israel Daily.com http://www.israeldaily.com/
• Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/
• Jordan Times http://www.jordantimes.com
• Middle East Daily http://www.middleeastdaily.com/
• Middle East Times (Egypt) http://metimes.com/
• NPR's Mideast Coverage http://www.npr.org/news/specials/mideast
• Palestine Daily.com http://www.palestinedaily.com/
• Palestine Times http://www.ptimes.com/
• Palestinian Information Center http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/

Access to World News Sources

• BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/default.stm
• *Yahoo! Newspapers by Country http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/Countries/
• Yahoo! Newspapers by Region http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/Regions/
• *HeadlineSpot: International Newspapers http://headlinespot.com/international/
• *The Paperboy (newspapers from each country) http://thepaperboy.com
• * Internet Public Library Online Newspapers http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
• Watching America (Discover what the world thinks about the U.S. Translated foreign news)
• Online Newspapers.com http://onlinenewspapers.com/
• Online Newspapers http://nw3.nai.net/~virtual/sot/papers.html
• World Press Review http://worldpress.org/
• WorldNews.com http://worldnews.com
• World Press http://www.theworldpress.com/
• World News Network http://www.wnnetwork.com/
• Newslink http://newslink.org/
• OneWorld http://www.oneworld.net/
• Newseum: Today's Front Pages http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
• Foreign Newspapers http://www.lengua.com/zeitung.htm
• All You Can Read l http://allyoucanread.com/
• Press Display http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
• Online Magazines http://www.lengua.com/zeitung.htm
• Department of State offers Foreign Media Reaction http://usinfo.state.gov/products/medreac.htm
• Yahoo! Newspapers by Region http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/Regions/
• News and Newspapers Online http://library.uncg.edu/news/
• BRS Radio Directory (International) http://www.radio-directory.com/in_list.cfm
• Radio Locator http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/home
• World Tribune.com http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/
• World Newspapers (and magazines) http://www.world-newspapers.com/

Documents

• UN Information System: Question of Palestine http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf
• Roadmap to Peace http://www.un.org/media/main/roadmap122002.html
• UN: Question of Palestine http://www.un.org/depts/dpa/qpal/
• Peace Process Reference Documents http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00pq0
• US Department of State: Middle East Peace (Includes key documents) http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rt/c2829.htm
• Documents in the News (Check out the Archives) http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html
• Bitter Lemons (perspectives, both Israeli and Palestinian) http://www.bitterlemons.org/
• Middle East Peace Process Documents http://www.mideastweb.org/history.htm
• US Department of State: Middle East http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/
• Palestinian National Charter http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/plocov.htm
• President George W. Bush (News, documents, press releases) http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011228-1.html
• Question of Palestine http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpal/
• US Institute of Peace: Peace Agreements: Digital Collection http://www.usip.org/library/pa/index/pa_israel_plo.html
• Washington Post : Accords and Negotiations http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/me_peace/agreements.htm
• Documents on the Refugee Issue http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/PRRN/prdocs.html
• White House (for the President's speeches) http://www.whitehouse.gov/
• America's War Against Terrorism: U. Michigan Documents Library http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html
• Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel http://www.trumanlibrary.org/israel/declare.htm

Maps

• About.com World Atlas http://geography.about.com/science/geography/library/maps/blindex.htm
• Maps in the News http://utopia.utexas.edu/maps/
• Maps in the News http://www.mapsofworld.com/mapinnews/maps-news/
• MidEast Web: Maps http://www.mideastweb.org/maps.htm
• Middle East in Maps http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dtc0
• Encyclopedia of the Orient http://i-cias.com/e.o/
• Map of Israel http://www.science.co.il/Israel-map-Carta.asp
• Embassy World: Maps of Israel http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/Maps_Of_Israel.html
• Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00jb0
• Palestine Facts: Maps http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_maps.php

Biography

• Facts.com http://www.2facts.com/stories/digest-menu-biographies.asp
• Galenet (Biography Resource Center) http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC?locID=erde79591
• CNN Mid East Struggle for Peace (includes profiles of the key players) http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/mideast/index.html
• Biography Reference Bank (in ACCESS PA) http://www.powerlibrary.org/Interface/POWER.asp?ID=PL2870

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