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Supporting Michigan Libraries - December 7, 2023

Current Events in Focus:? Hamas, Gaza Strip, Israel, Palestine

On October 7, Hamas-led militants launched an assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip. Like many world affairs, this has opened discussions, disagreements, and a wide range of emotions here in the United States. It has also, undoubtedly, raised many questions both in our personal lives and those we share with middle and high school students. Like other current events that have a long history of conflict, the Michigan eLibrary [ [link removed] ] (MeL) offers several eResources [ [link removed] ] to help learners better understand and further consider the actions that we?re witnessing today.

*Britannica School*

To gain summary information related to topics such as Gaza Strip [ [link removed] ], Hamas [ [link removed] ], Hezbollah [ [link removed] ], Israel [ [link removed] ], or Palestine [ [link removed] ], Britannica School [ [link removed] ] gives straight-forward, encyclopedic content. As students discover the details about the geographic region, culture, changes in leadership, political affiliations, and pivotal events, they can dig deeper with embedded, linked content to people and place names such as Benjamin Netanyahu [ [link removed] ], Kaled Meshaal [ [link removed] ] and Plain of Sharon [ [link removed] ]. Primary Source documents that correlate to the article, like the Hamas Covenant 1988 [ [link removed] ], can be found under the tab,* Related. *

*eBook Collections*

There are hundreds of eBooks in MeL that offer varying perspectives of historic events in this region. From the eBook High School Collection [ [link removed] ] and translated from the original Hebrew work, Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Villages of 1948 [ [link removed] ], offers an aftermath perspective of Arab-Israel War of 1948. Other books in this collection include On Palestine [ [link removed] ] and The Origins of Israel, 1882-1948: A Documentary History [ [link removed] ].

The eBook Academic Collection [ [link removed] ] provides several titles related to the United States involvement through the years. These include Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance [ [link removed] ], The Movement and the Middle East: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Divided the American Left [ [link removed] ], and Israel, the United States, and the War Against Hamas, July-August 2014: The Special Relationship under Scrutiny [ [link removed] ].

*Viewpoints and Jewish Studies Source*

Highlighted in the featured content, both Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints [ [link removed] ] and Points of View Reference Center [ [link removed] ] provide thousands of news stories on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in audio and video from sources such as BBC, NPR, The Washington Post Videos, and NYTimes.com Video Collection. Additionally, both resources have hundreds of point/counterpoint perspectives for students to consider.

Finally, Jewish Studies Source [ [link removed] ], which offers ?a multidisciplinary view of the study of the Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present,? includes publications such as Jerusalem Viewpoints [ [link removed] ] and Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies [ [link removed] ].

*If you have any MeL eResources questions or issues, contact **[email protected]* <[email protected]>* for help.*


Brought to you by Ann Kaskinen from the MeL Team

Supporting Michigan Libraries by Putting You First.

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