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Jan Keulen Collection

Period (1972-) 1980-1987 (1996)
Total size 3.5 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in Assen, the Netherlands 1950; journalist, author and lecturer; worked for the Dutch daily newspaper De Volkskrant and Dutch broadcasting stations; foreign correspondent in Madrid, Beirout, Cairo, Mexico-City and Amman 1977-1992 and 1995-1998; during the intermediate years he worked in the Middle East as an itinerant journalist; in 1984 he received the Prijs van de Nederlandse Dagbladpers for his reporting on the civil war in Lebanon; with the help of Ramona al-Karah he built up a documentation collection on Lebanon, which mainly covers the period 1980-1986; from 1998 lecturer at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands; author of `Standplaats Beiroet' 1984, `Weg van God, Iran twintig jaar na de revolutie' 1999 and other books.

Content

Collection of documentation on the civil war in Lebanon consisting of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, bulletins, leaflets and some other printed documents on the Amal movement, the Forces Libanaises, the Israeli actions, the position of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and other Palestinian organizations, the atrocities in the Sabra and Chatila camps, the resistance in the south of Lebanon against Israel, the position of the United Nations peace keeping force UNIFIL, hijacking, terrorism, Arab summits and other subjects (1972-) 1980-1987 (-1996).

Arrangement

With the help of Ramona al-Karah Jan Keulen built a documentation collection on Lebanon for his work as a journalist, mainly covering the period 1980-1986. This collection consists mainly of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, bulletins, leaflets and some other printed documents on different subjects relating to the civil war in Lebanon. They have been arranged by subject.

Processing information

Inventory made by Roel Meijer in 2000

INVENTORY

LEBANON

INTERNAL POLITICS AND CIVIL WAR

Lebanon in general

1-12

Newspaper clippings concerning Lebanon in general. 1980-1986. 10 folders and 2 covers.

1: April 1980

2: July-December 1980

3: June 1981

4: July 1981

5: August 1981

6: September 1981

7: October-December 1981

8: March-April 1982

9: October 1982-January1983. (cover)

10: 1983-1985

11: 1986. (cover)

12: 1986.

Lebanese minorities

13-17

Newspaper clippings concerning Lebanese minorities. 1984 -1986. 4 folders and 1 cover.

13: Lebanese Christians. 1986

14: Conservative Sunni Muslims. 1984-1985

15-16: Druze. 1981-1985

17: Armenians. 1984.

Lebanese political movements

NB. See also inv. nos. 76-77

18-30

Newspaper clippings concerning Lebanese political movements. 1980-1987. 10 folders and 3 covers.

18: Left-wing Muslim parties, including pamphlets of the Parti Socialiste Progressiste (PSP), copies of Liban en Lutte and the pamphlet of the Lebanesec Communist Party ‘Le parti communiste Libanais dans la gierre des quatre-vingt-dix jours'. 1980

19: Lebanese pro-Syrian Ba‘th. 1985. (cover)

20: Hizbollah, including three leaflets of the Hizballah, al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, with French translations. 1985. (cover)

21: Hizbollah. 1987. (cover)

22: Amal movement.1981-1984

23: Amal movement.1984.

24: Parti Syrien National Social, including a transcript of an interview in Sabakh al-Kheir. 1982.

25: Forces Libanaises, including the text of a speech by Bashir Gemayel of 24 February 1982. 1981-1984

26-27: Forces Libanaises. 1984-1985

28: Sa‘d Hadad, including pamphlets of Lebanon Aid and Tear Fund Holland.1981-1985

29: Palestinians in Lebanon. 1982-1985

30: Palestinian-Lebanese relations. 1987.

Lebanese politicians

31-33

Newspaper clippings concerning Lebanese politicians. 1981-1985. 1 folder and 2 covers.

31: Prime minister Wazzan and government policy. 1980-1981. (folder)

32: Raymond Eddé. 1981-1985

33: Suleiman Frangieh. 1981-1985.

Lebanese government

34-37

Newspaper clippings concerning the government of Lebanon, the country's reconstruction and the army. 1982-1984. 4 folders.

34: October 1982- January 1983

35-36: Lebanese government, the army, reconstruction, including notes written by Jan Keulen. January 1984

37: 1985.

Palestinian-Israeli conflict

38-39

Newspaper clippings and some press releases on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in Lebanon. 1981-1987. 2 folders.

38: Palestinian-Israeli War. July 1981.

39: Palestinian-Israeli relations. 1986-1987.

Sabra and Chatila Camp

40-43

Newspaper clippings concerning Sabra and Chatila and the War of the camps. 1982-1985. 4 folders.

40: 1982-1983.

41: 1983-1984.

42: 1985.

43: 1985.

Local Lebanese clashes

NB. See also inv. nos. 87-88

44-47

Newspaper clippings on local Lebanese clashes. 1982-1985. 4 folders.

44: Tripoli, Bekaa and the Chouf. 1982

45: Beirut, Bekaa, Tripoli and the Chouf. 1983

46: Beirut and the Bekaa. 1984-1985

47: Tripoli. 1985.

South Lebanese Resistance

48-72

Newspaper clippings concerning South Lebanese resistance against Israel. 1981- 1985. 23 folders and 2 covers..

48: 1981.

49: 1980-1981.

50: January-May 1983

51: June 1983.

52: September-October 1983

53: November 1983

54: December 1983

55: January 1984. (cover)

56: February 1984

57: March 1984.

58: December 1984. (cover)

59: May 1984

60: June 1984

61: July 1984

62: August 1984

63: September 1984

64: October 1984

65: November 1984.

66: December 1984

67: January 1985

68: February 1985.

69: March 1985

70: April 1985.

71: May1985

72: June- July 1985.

Economic and medical aid

83-85

Newspaper clippings concerning economic and medical aid. 1984-1985. 3 folders.

83: Economic aid. 1984

84: Economic aid. 1985

85: Medical aid. 1984-1985.

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Lebanese foreign policy in general

86-94

Newspaper clippings concerning Lebanese foreign policy. 1982-1985. 7 folders and 2 covers.

86: Lebanese-Syrian-Israeli crisis. May 1981

87: Cease Fire of July 1981. July 1981. 1 cover.

88: Siege of Zahle. December 1980. 1 cover.

89-90: Lebanese-American relations. 1981, 1984-1985

91: Lebanese-European relations. 1984-1985

92: Lebanese-Arab relations. 1982-1984

93: Lebanese foreign policy general. 1982-1984.

94: Lebanese-Syrian relations. 1982-1984.

Lebanese-Israeli relations

95-98

Newspaper clippings concerning Israeli-Lebanese relations. 1982-1986. 4 folders.

95: 1982-1984.

96: 1984.

97: 1985.

98: 1986.

Israeli withdrawal

99-106

Newspaper clippings concerning Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. 1983-1985. 8 folders.

99: 1982-1983.

100: 1983

101: 1983. Concerns the 17 May 1983 Agreement and the Israeli withdrawal

102: 1984

103: 1984-1985

104: 1985. Phase I. February.

105: 1985. Phase II

106: 1985. Phase III.

UNIFIL

107-110

Newspaper clippings, some copies of periodicals and some other printed documents concerning Unifil and the multinational forces in Lebanon. 1981-1985. 4 folders.

107: Unifil in South Lebanon and the Dutch battalion. 1981-1984.

108: Dutch Battalion in Lebanon. 1982.

109: Multinational Forces. 1982-1985

110: Unifil. 1985.

PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO)

General

111-119

Pamphlets, bulletins, newspaper clippings and other documents concerning the PLO in general. 1980-1986, 1992. 1 box, 8 folders and 1 cover.

111: Proceedings of the Palestinian National Council in Algeria in 1983 and pamphlets, bulletins and other political publications issued by the PLO on Palestinian history and Israeli repression, with texts of speeches, and issues of al-Tha'ir al-Thawri. 1972-1981. (box)

112: PLO in general. 1980-1981

113: PLO. January 1981 - April 1982. (cover)

114: PLO in general, including PLO internal conflicts. 1983-1985. 1982-1985.

115: PLO in general external affairs. 1982-1985

116: Syrian-Palestinian fighting. 1983.

117: PLO in general after Tripoli. 1983-1985.

118: Palestinians in general. 1986

119: Palestinians. 1992.

Palestinian national councils

120: Newspaper clippings and other documents relating to the 17th session of the Palestinian National Council held in Amman. November 1984. 1 folder.

Other Palestinian organizations

121-122

Bulletins, pamphlets and copies of periodicals concerning other Palestinian organizations. 1980-1985. 1 folder and 1 box.

121: Democratic Front for the Liberation of (DFLP). 1980-1981. (folder)

122: Booklets, copies of magazines and other documents cocerning the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Dutch Rood Verzetsfront. 1978-1984. (box)

Foreign policy of the PLO

123-126

Newspaper clippings concerning external relations. 1984-1986. 4 folders.

123: Palestinian-Jordanian relations. 1982-1986

124: Relations between the PLO, Jordan and Israel. 1986.

125: Palestinians and the Arab world. 1982-1986.

126: Relations between the PLO-Israel-Arab countries. 1984-1985.

International support organizations

127: Reports of the Dutch Palestina Comité. 1987, 1989. 1 folder.

Peace process

128-131

Newspaper clippings concerning the peace process. 1985, 1992-1993, 1996. 4 folders.

128: Peace negotiations. 1985.

129: Israel and the peace process. 1992.

130: ‘Gaza First'. September 1993.

131: Peace process. 1996.

OTHER ARAB OR ISLAMIC COUNTRIES

Countries in general

132-136

Newspaper clippings concerning Middle Eastern countries. 1981-1987. 5 folders.

132: Arab countries in general. 1987

133: Polisario, including several issues of Sahara Libre. 1986-1987

134: Egypt

135: Syria. 1981-1987.

136: Iran. 1986-1987.

The Arab League

137: Newspaper clippings concerning the Arab League. 1981-1986. 1 folder.

Arab summits

138-143

Newspaper clippings concerning Arab summits. 1980-1985. 6 folders.

138: Fez Conference. September 1982

138: Fez Conference. September 1982

139: Arab Summit of Amman. 1980.

140: Fahd inititiave. 1981.

141: Fez conference. November 1981.

142: Arab conference on the Israeli attack on the Tamuz nuclear plant in Iraq. June 1981.

143: Casablanca. 1985.

International relations

144-152

Newspaper clippings concerning international relations of the Middle East. 1981-1986. 9 folders.

144: Relations between the Middle East andFrance. 1981-1986.

145: Middle East and the UN. 1982-1985

146: Middle East and the Netherlands. 1982-1985.

147: Middle East and the USSR. 1981-1986

148: Armenia. 1981-1984

149: Europe and the Middle East. 1981-1986.

150: USA and the Middle East. 1984-1986

151: Middle East and the US. 1981-1984

152: African-Middle Eastern relations. 1982-1985.

ISRAEL

Internal affairs

153-166

Newspaper clippings concerning internal affairs of Israel. 1981-1986. 14 folders.

153: Israel in general. 1981.

154: Israel in general. 1983.

155: Israel in general. 1983-1984.

156: Israel in general. 1984.

157: Israel in general. 1985.

158: Israel in general. 1986.

159: Israel in general. 1996.

160: Israel in general. 1996.

161: Jewish affairs. 1980-1986.

162: Falashas. 1984-1985.

163: Labor Party. 1980-1986.

164: Likud Party. 1986.

165: Peace Now Movement and other Oppositional Groups. 1986.

166: Peace process. 1992.

Foreign relations

167-169

Newspaper clippings concerning Israeli foreign relations. 1981-1986. 3 folders.

167: Begin's trip to the USA. August 1981.

168: External relations of Israel in general. 1985-1986.

169: Israeli economy and USAID. 1985-1986.

Israeli-Palestinian relations

170-173

Newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other documents concerning Israeli-Palestinian relations. 1981-1986. 4 folders.

170: Palestinian-Israeli relations. 1981.

171: Arabs in Israel. 1986

172: Israel in general, including maps, pamphlets against the PLO. October 1981-December 1982.

173: Ansar prison camp. 1984-1985.

Occupied territories

174-180

Newspaper clippings and other documents concerning the Occupied Territories. 1972-1985. 7 folders.

174: Documents, publications of the UN, EU and the Israeli government concerning the Occupies Territories and Jewish settlements. 1972-1993.

175: Palestinian revolt in the Occupied Territories. 1982-1983.

176: West Bank, Jeruzalem and the Occupied Territories. 1986.

177: Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights. 1981-1985.

178: Negotiations on autonomy. 1981-1982.

179: Occupied Territories. 1982.

180: Occupied Territories. 1985.

SPECIFIC TOPICS

Terrorism

181-182

Newspaper clippings concerning terrorism. 1982-1984, 1992. 2 folders.

181: Israel and Hamas, including publication on Hamas by the IDF. 1992

182: Terrorism in general. 1982-1984

Islamic summits

183: Newspaper clippings concerning the Islamic Conference in Ta'if. January 1981. 1 folder.

United Nations Works and Relief Agency (UNWRA)

184: Documents concerning the UNWRA. 1 box.

Lebanon in the 1990s

183: Newspaper clippings concerning Lebanon in the 1990s. 1 box.

Supplement 2006

191-193: Correspondence, bulletins and newspaper clippings on the situation in Lebanon. 1981-1982. 3 folders.

Periodicals transferred to the library of the IISH

Palestine. OLP bulletin d'information
1976, nos 7-8; 1977, no, 9; 1978, nos. 1-6; 1979, nos. 1,2, 16; 1980, nos. 4-6, 8 10-12, 21; 1981, nos. 4-5, 9, 12, 16; 1982, nos. 2,3, 9,10.

Nieuwsbrief. Palestina Komitee
1972-1980.

Middle East Reporter. A Daily Survey of the Middle East Political and Econoimic Developments
1982-1986. 6 boxes.

PFLP Bulletin
1975, no. 17; 1977, no. 24, 1979, no. 33; 1980, nos. 42-45; 1981, nos. 46,47,49, 56, 57; 1982, nos. 58-61.

DFLP Bulletin
1983, nos. 4, 8, 9.

Palestine News Agency, WAFA
1981-1982. 3 boxes.

The Middle East Magazine
1978, nos, 47-49; 1979, nos. 51-56; 1980, nos. 67-68, 70, 72-74; 1981, nos. 75-86; 1982, nos. 87-92, 96-98; 1983, nos. 99-118; 1984, nos, 111-115, 119, 121-122; 1985, nos. 123-134; 1986, nos. 136-139, 141-144.

Dubbel Vier. Weekblad van het Nederlandse VN Detachement in Lebanon
1981-1982.

Monday Morning
1981-1985

Le Revue du Liban
1980 nos, 1075, 1087; 1981 nos. 1180; 1982 nos. 1188-89, 1200; 1986, no. 1377.

The Mashrek. International Magazine. Voice of the Christian People of the Near East
1984, nos. 8, 0; 1985, nos. 10, 11.

Arab Press Review
1986

Palestine New Agency, WAFA
1981-1982. 3 boxes.

L'Orient Le Jour
1980, June-July; 1982, May-September, 1983 July-September.