  
The Givat Haviva
Institute has promoted equality between Jews and Arabs in Israel since
1949 and provides tools to this end. Among these tools is a unique and
endangered collection of Palestinian newspapers consisting of rare and fragile
newspapers from the early 20th century - among the largest archive of its kind
in the world. Due to its rarity, the collection is under heavy demand. Givat
Haviva is committed to the preservation of this collection and to the
implementation of digitization of the collection in order to guarantee future
access. Inspired by the
spirit and legacy of Givat Haviva, this endeavor deals not only with the preservation
of the Palestinian heritage, but bears with it as well invaluable assets for the future
study and research of the evolution of the State of Israel, and Israeli Arab society
in particular. The digitization
project's two main goals are: Preserve this unique
and endangered collection Provide access to a
national and world heritage collection Our long term vision
is to see this digital collection become a tool for a series of educational,
cultural and academic programs, a searchable resource of world heritage
available beyond physical and political hindrances to all. The proposed project
has gained the moral support of several organizations and institutions from Israel,
the Palestinian Authority areas, and around the world (such as UNESCO and
IFLA). However, insufficient funds have prevented its full implementation so
far, despite the availability of the technology and a professional work-plan. This online display
of a well-defined selection from the collection has been enabled by the support
of UNESCO and the assistance of the Israel National Commission for
UNESCO. The work on the 'Falastin' issues was done thanks to the
support of George S. Blumenthal and the skilled
artisanship of Ardon Barhama. The project's
dedicated team includes professional consultant Dr. Merav Mack from
Cambridge Research Technologies Ltd., Peace Library director and project
co-director Samira Mahammid, HaShomer HaTzair Archives
director and project co-directorDavid Amitai, and Givat
Haviva's computing system administrator Mohammad Shalabne. The online collection
is available at www.pastnet.org . Please click on the
Peace Library box to view and search it. We welcome any additional
support towards the full actualization of this project and urge all interested
parties to contact us towards this end. The Peace Library has
made every reasonable effort to locate, contact and acknowledge copyright
owners and wishes to be informed by any copyright owners who are not properly
identified and acknowledged on this website so that we may make any necessary
corrections.
Additional details,
including partial bibliography of the collection (in Arabic), are available
online from the Peace Library web site at:http://www.givathaviva.org.il/english/library/about.htm Samira Mahammid David Amitai The Peace Library,
Givat Haviva
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