The document collection includes six chapters that provide a window into different periods in the history of Israeli policy toward Gaza. The first section, The Gaza Strip after 1948, contains documentation on the expulsion of Arabs to Gaza in the years after the war, border crossings from Gaza to Israel, referred to in Israel as “infiltration,” the emergence of the “refugee problem” and how Israel approached it. The second section, 1956 – The First Occupation, sheds light on various aspects of the policies Israel applied to occupied Gaza and the establishment of a military rule in the territory. The third section, 1967 – The Second Occupation, highlights various aspects of the occupation’s history, particularly aspects of Israeli control and monitoring of the Gaza Strip and its residents. The fourth section, Israeli Settlement in Gaza, as the title suggests, presents some of the proposals, ideas and methods of implementation related to the establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza, which began shortly after its capture during the war. The fifth chapter, The Roaring Eighties – up to the Intifada, focuses on the routine of Israeli occupation and control in the Gaza Strip during the 1980s, in the days leading up to the First Intifada, which broke out in December 1987. The sixth and final section, General Documents About Gaza, is a collection of several general reports about the Gaza Strip produced by various state bodies over the years.

The Akevot Institute Document Collections website: https://www.collections.akevot.org.il/collections/home/eng