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BOOKS
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The Military Rule 1948-1966: annotated document collection
The Military Rule Book, published by Akevot Institute, is an illuminating curated collection of some 100 carefully selected, declassified documents of the 1948-1966 Military Rule. The documents include internal correspondences, meeting minutes, testimonies, maps, photos, and reports all organized and annotated to provide the reader with unprecedented insight into this silenced period of recent history.
The book is only available in Hebrew at this time. For further details and purchase
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Loot
Loot, a book by Akevot researcher Adam Raz, on the political implications of widespread looting of Palestinian property during and following the 1948 war. The book was released internationally by Verso Publishing House. The book was written as part of our research at Akevot and originally published in Hebrew by Carmel Publishing House. The book is based on a trove of archival materials kept in various Israeli archives.
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REPORTS
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These Matters are Unpleasant
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Silencing
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Point of Access
Alongside preserving the records stored in it, the archive’s primary role is to provide the public with access to them. Akevot’s report Point of Access summarizes the findings of extensive research regarding the various barriers to access to Israel’s government archives. The report surveys the findings and presents recommendations for improving access and having the Government Archives fulfill their legal obligations.
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1.29%: Access to Israeli government archives
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IN THE PRESS
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Living in Denial as a Strategy
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It wasn’t the disengagement
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What is it about Ttat flag?
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Border? What border?
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Where the Bodies Are Buried
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A Buried War Crime is Unearthed
Published in Haaretz, January 21, 2022
More than seven decades later, in a new documentary film, the veterans of the 1948 battle at Tantura village finally come clean about the mass killing of Arabs that took place after the village’s surrender
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Classified Docs Reveal Massacres of Palestinians in '48 – and What Israeli Leaders Knew
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‘Were You Ordered to Shoot Prisoners?’
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War Crimes and ‘Unpleasantness’: Israel’s censorship List
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"Half educated Arabs are Not a Cause for Worry"
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History in Shreds
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The Best-Laid Plans
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When Israel Censored Poets for Being 'Tools of Expression of Arab Nationalism'
Published in Haaretz, May 21, 2021
Some 50 years ago, Druze poet Samih al-Qasim was indicted for not complying with state censorship rules before publishing a book of poems. Not all members of the Hebrew Writers Association agreed to act on his behalf. Finally, with Prime Minister Golda Meir’s intervention, his trial was canceled.
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‘I Saw Every Arab as an Enemy’
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The Cleansing of the Golan Heights
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Arab Citizens Behind Barbed Wire
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ARTICLES AND RESEARCH
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Appropriate tools: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Amnesty’s Israel Section, 1969-1977
A series of documents reveals an important, and, until now, unknown aspect of the efforts the Israeli government made to deflect criticism over human rights violations which were part of the occupation since the very beginning. The documents describe events that took place during the first decade of the occupation, but they echo a practice that is still in existence today – manipulative efforts to undermine the work of human rights organizations. -
Insurance against political risk: Settlements and the Yanai governmental insurance corporation
Archival records, declassified at Akevot’s request, tell the story of the financial safety net Israeli government provided for settlers and investors in the occupied territories – referred to as a “political guarantee” or “political insurance”. As use of the government guarantees gradually expanded, a government insurance corporation was created. This is the story of the political guarantee in the occupied territories and the Yanai insurance corporation. -
File GL-17005/6: the reordering of control over Palestinian citizens of Israel at the late stages of the Military Government
Israel State Archives File GL-17005/6 from the Office of the Arab Affairs Advisor at the Prime Minister’s Office contains hundreds of pages that document some of the final chapter of the Military Government over Palestinian citizens of Israel, before it was formally replaced with civilian oversight mechanisms in December 1966. Akevot’s access to the 446-page file at the archives was delayed for two years.
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