One can assume there were Palestinian libraries (and there were...) in the 1970 or the 1980 in the West Bank and Gaza, but they WERE NOT "looted" by Israelis or by anyone else. In 1948 when Israel fought for its independence and against armies of 7 Arab states, there was much devastation of homes in the Arab/Jordanian part of Jerusalem. Depending on whom you listen to, either many books belonging to the Arab residents were saved from toppling houses and brought to the Hebrew University Library that eventually joined with the Israel National Library for safekeeping (Israeli version), or were callously stolen by the Israelis to "erase Arab culture" (Palestinian version) Your researcher would be wise to go to the sources that describe the collections and the provenance that reside in the National Library of Israel, as well as catch up on regional history Dr. Yaffa Weisman
________________________________ From: Hasafran [[email protected]] on behalf of Patricia Givens [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ha-Safran] more info about palestine library query Here is more information about my earlier Palestine Library query: “I’m researching info about Libraries in Israel. I believe there is/was a Palestinian library in Israel at one time that was looted by Israelis. For my book I want to know if there might have been such a Palestinian Library in the 1970s or 1980s.” Thanks! Pat Givens (541) 504-1160 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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