Judgment in Jerusalem: Chief Justice Simon Agranat and the Zionist Century — 1997. Pnina Lahav, Judgment in Jerusalem: Chief Justice Simon Agranat and the Zionist Century (University of California Press, 1997): an intellectual biography of the Chicago-born Supreme Court justice as the story of Israeli constitutionalism — Progressivism and sociological jurisprudence against mamlakhtiyut, the founding of the judiciary, and the building of a judicial bill of rights in Kol ha-Am and Mandelbrot.
The Funambulist Pamphlets, Volume 06: Palestine — Léopold Lambert (ed.), The Funambulist Pamphlets, Volume 06: Palestine (punctum books, 2013): 23 essays on architecture as a colonial weapon — the Palestinian archipelago, ordinary violence, law, return and disobedient architecture. Read in full, PDF p.1-110 of 110.
Mandate for Palestine (1922) — 1922-07-24. The League of Nations Mandate for Palestine (C. 529. M. 314. 1922. VI), in French and English: the Balfour Declaration in the preamble and 28 articles — Jewish agency, immigration and close settlement, nationality, Holy Places, languages, and Article 25 on the territory east of the Jordan.
Lebanese-Israeli General Armistice Agreement — 1949-03-23. Lebanon and Israel, Lebanese-Israeli General Armistice Agreement (S/1296/Rev.1): general armistice, Demarcation Line following the Lebanon-Palestine international boundary, defensive forces only capped at 1,500 per Party in the reproduced Annex, withdrawal and demining within ten days, prisoners exchanged at Ras En Naqoura within twenty-four hours, five-member Mixed Armistice Commission at Metulla and En Naqoura.
Development Corporation for Israel records, 1950-2001 — Online Archive of California / Bancroft Library, Development Corporation for Israel records, 1950-2001 (finding aid encoded Oct 5, 2022): archival guide to 26 linear feet of the Israel Bonds San Francisco office’s records, with the corporation’s founding in 1951, sole-underwriter designation on May 16, 1955, Ben-Gurion’s 52.6Mlaunchtourand7B sold through 1985. Read in full, lines 1-215 of 215.
Settler Colonialism and the State of Exception: The Example of Palestine/Israel — David Lloyd, Settler Colonialism and the State of Exception: The Example of Palestine/Israel (2012): the Settler Colonial Studies 2, 1 essay arguing that Israel’s oscillation between normality and exceptionality is explained by its exemplary settler colonialism, and that its permanent state of exception, governed by hyperlegality, models the emerging global norm. Read in full, PDF p.1-22 of 22 (printed p.59-80).
Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948 — Zachary Lockman, Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948 (1996): a relational history of Arab and Jewish workers, unions and labour movements in mandate Palestine, against the dual society paradigm. Read in full, lines 1-4538 of 4538.
Land, Labor and the Logic of Zionism: A Critical Engagement with Gershon Shafir — Zachary Lockman, Land, Labor and the Logic of Zionism: A Critical Engagement with Gershon Shafir (2012): the Settler Colonial Studies 2, 1 critique arguing, through Arlosoroff’s 1927 South Africa comparison, that labour Zionism’s separatist strategy could succeed only through coercion, state violence and external patronage. Read in full, PDF p.1-30 of 30 (printed p.9-38).
For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel — 1988. Ian S. Lustick, For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel (Council on Foreign Relations, 1988; Preface to the 1994 Edition): a study of Jewish fundamentalism as uncompromisable transcendental imperatives driving political action, and of Gush Emunim, the Kook doctrines and the Likud symbiosis that made it the greatest obstacle to a comprehensive peace settlement. Read in full: lines 1-10292 of 10292 in parts 1-5 of 5 (front matter, 1994 Preface, Chapters 1-7 in full, and Appendixes 1-5).
Palestinian Chicago — Identity in Exile — Loren D. Lybarger, Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile (2020): the UC Press Luminos ethnographic history of the largest Palestinian community in North America, arguing a religious turn since the 1990s interacted with secular nationalism to produce hybrid identities. Read in full, PDF p.1-286 of 286 (parts 1-7 of 7).