Israel-Palestine Conflict: Resources

The Avalon Project is committed to digitizing important documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government that have influenced American history and political thought.

JIMENA Experience Oral History Program was created in 2010 to record and preserve the testimonies and narratives of Jews displaced from the Middle East and North Africa. This project enables former Mizrahi and Sephardic refugees an opportunity to assert their history and document their stories of human rights abuse, denationalization, displacement, fractured identities, material losses, resettlement and integration in new societies. The Mizrahi and Sephardic Oral History project also provides an opportunity for participants to preserve their positive memories and document their rich traditions as practiced in the countries their ancestors lived for over 2,500 years.

The Nakba Archive is a grassroots oral history collective founded in 2002 to record and commemorate the experiences of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who lived through the 1948 Nakba, ‘catastrophe.’ Over the course of 1947-48, during the creation of the Israeli state, close to one million Palestinians were forcibly expelled and dispossessed of their homes and lands by European Jewish settlers, and around 530 Palestinian villages were destroyed. This collection of over 500 video interviews, with first-generation Palestinian refugees from more than 150 Palestinian villages and towns, documents this violent history of mass displacement in vivid detail.

The Center for Middle East Policy (CMEP) is dedicated to the formulation of more effective and sustainable U.S. policy toward the Middle East. It conducts research to illuminate the issues that shape, or should shape, U.S. policy toward the region and the major trends affecting the lives of the people who live there. Established in 2002, CMEP furthers its mission through research, convening, publications, and private exchanges. Its scholars reflect varying points of view and work to foster a productive, nuanced, and informed debate.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan think tank focusing on policy studies and analysis of political, economic, and security issues throughout the world.

The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international relations.

The International Crisis Group is a think tank focused on conducting research on global crises.

From their website: "When it comes to conflict reporting, the media can easily aggravate an already precarious situation. Here, it is paramount that the media face nearly no restrictions, but act responsibly and professionally at the same time. Journalists should understand and choose their words in a way that is sensitive to the cultural and political realities of this long conflict, and we hope that this pocket-sized reference will help them to do so."

This research institute regularly publishes opinion poll data from Israelis.

MERIP provides critical, alternative reporting and analysis, focusing on state power, political economy and social hierarchies as well as popular struggles and the role of US policy in the region. MERIP seeks to reach academics, journalists, non-governmental and governmental organizations and informed citizens who want knowledgeable analysis and critical resources about contemporary political developments. Informed by scholarship and research, MERIP is a curated platform for critical analysis and discussion that brings informed perspectives to a broader audience. The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) was established in 1971 to educate and inform the public about contemporary Middle East affairs.

Founded in 1946, the Middle East Institute is the oldest Washington-based institution dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East. It is a non-partisan think tank providing expert policy analysis, educational and professional development services, and a hub for engaging with the region's arts and culture.

This research center publishes opinion poll data from Palestinians.

Sponsored by the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, Progress is Possible is dedicated to achieving a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The practical and moral failures of U.S. efforts to unilaterally shape the destiny of other nations by force requires a fundamental rethinking of U.S. foreign policy assumptions. So does the emergence of a multi-polar world in the 21st century where economic power is more evenly shared across nations. Yet the influence of the “military industrial complex” that President Eisenhower warned of has led to a situation where the foreign policy debate within Washington is intentionally constrained and fails to incorporate the diversity of views needed for that rethinking.The Quincy Institute aims to lead this reconceptualization, and to do so in a way that serves both vital American interests and the broader shared interest in creating a more just and peaceful world.

The Washington Institute seeks to advance a balanced and realistic understanding of American interests in the Middle East and to promote the policies that secure them.