Offline Resources - Ethnologist

Film:

Promises Documentary

Academy Award-nominated documentary "Promises," looks at the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the eyes of seven children living in or near Jerusalem. Although they live only 20 minutes apart, the Israeli and Palestinian children exist in very different worlds. Conversations between children from each culture are rare. The filmmakers explore the historic and current reasons for the conflict and try to overcome the obstacles that separate the children. The documentary is the result of 170 hours of filming between 1997 and the summer of 2000. It's a collaboration involving Justine Shapiro, host and co-writer of the travel series "Lonely Planet" who served as director and producer; director-producer B. Z. Goldberg, a former TV journalist who grew up in Jerusalem and speaks Hebrew and Arabic; and Carlos Bolado, whose knowledge of soccer forged a bond with the children during the shooting.

Books:

Aronson, Geoffrey. Creating Facts: Israel, Palestinians & the West Bank. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1987. Good nuts and bolts coverage of the Occupation. Unfortunately, the statistics and maps only go up to the mid-eighties. Aronson quotes extensively from the liberal Israeli press, demonstrating that it is considerably less biased that the U.S. press in regards to the settlement program.

Cohn-Sherbok, Dan & El-Alami, Dauwaud. The Palestine-Israeli Conflict -- A Beginner's Guide, Publisher: One World, 2001:reprinted 2002 A beginner's guide whose first section is written from an Israeli perspective by a scholar of Judaism and a professor at the University of Wales, and whose second section is written from a Palestinian perspective by a lawyer and lecturer in Islamic Studies, also at the University of Wales.

Speeches:

Pro-Israeli speeches (1996-1999) by then Netanyahu's Minister of Communications.

Limor Livnat, Straight to the Point -- The Leading Woman in Israeli Politics Speaks Her Mind Publisher: Gefen Publishing House, 1999 .

Essays:

Translated essays originally written for an Arab audience: Edward Said, Peace and its Discontents, Publisher: Vintage Books, 1996