The front page for everything in this folder.
This is a Map of Content — a wiki-style index that links out to every major area of research. Start here, then drill into a sub-MOC below.
Five sub-MOCs organize the whole folder: Timeline & History (MOC) · Key Arguments (MOC) · People, Groups & Places (MOC) · Sources, Books & Media (MOC) · Talking Points (MOC)
Start Here
The fastest way to get oriented.
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Historical fact-check — Benjamin Moser — Anti-Zionism — complete supplied transcript, 118 timestamped claims, primary documents, local book and full citation PDF; distinguishes confirmed errors, disputed explanations and host overstatements.
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🗺️ Timeline — 3000BCE-1800 → 1800-1899 → 1900-1948 → 1949-1967 → 1968-2023 → 2023-2024 October 7th Massacre + War
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🧠 Big-picture overview — History of Israel and Jewish People by Haviv Gur
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🎤 My talking points — Talking Points (MOC) (indexes the full script)
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💭 My own thoughts — 60.1.7 Thoughts
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🧩 Visual maps — History Mindmap · Israel Palestine Visual Timeline Canvas · Maps
The Five Sub-MOCs
The full chronology, the history of the Jewish people, Zionism, the Nakba, land purchases, and the peace-process record.
Jump directly to a section or note:
- Master Timeline
- Visual Timelines & Maps
- History of the Jewish People & Zionism
- History of the Jewish People
- History of Israel and Jewish People by Haviv Gur
- History of American Jews
- Jews Connection to Israel
- Zionism
- History of the Aliyahs
- Situation in the Beginning of British Mandate 19th-Early 20th Century
- Early Arab Responses to Zionism (1882–1914)
- Ottoman Restrictions on Jewish Immigration and Settlement
- Arab-Zionist Entente and CUP Politics (1908–1914)
- The Jewish State (Herzl, 1896)
- Land, Immigration & Early Settlement
- Social Order & Institutions
- Anti-Jewish Violence Before 1948
- The Nakba & 1948
- Regional Fronts
- Peace Process & Agreements
Every contested claim and its rebuttal — genocide, apartheid, occupation, colonialism, ethnic cleansing, “the blockade,” disinformation, and more.
Jump directly to a section or note:
- The "Big Five" Accusations
- Legal Framework & Endgame
- Related Charges
- Oppressors
- Population Transfer
- Blockade in Gaza
- Water & Infrastructure
- Pinkwashing & Queers for Palestine
- Israel is Racist
- Israel Conspiracies
- Jewish Conspiracy Theories
- Massacres & War Crimes
- Kristof Dog-Rape Column - HonestReporting Sourcing Thread
- Gaza Casualty Figures
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- BDS
- Antisemitism & Legitimacy
- History & Origins
- Radicalization & Incitement
- Disinformation & Antisemitism Networks
- Rhetoric, Framing & Debate Tools
- Nick Matau vs LightBulb Chats - Palestinian Statehood and Security Debate
- LonerBox with Jay Shapiro - Pro-Israel Case and Anti-Zionist Challenges
- Israel Never Truly Wanted Peace with Palestine - Einat Wilf (Opposition Speech)
- LonerBox - Antisemitism, Hamas, US Leverage and Gaza Debate Panel
- Emotionally Charged Phrases
- Rohingya Parallel - Selective Attention and the Nakba Analogy
- Indigenous
- Military Tactics
- Protesters
- Arguments notes
- Evidence Base
Talking points & argument cards
- Talking Points — script index
- PFLP and Hamas as armed peace-process spoilers
- Pinker on Islam, violence, and Israel-Palestine
- Haidt on moral foundations and Israel-Palestine
- Henrich on kinship, punishment, and Israel-Palestine
- Haidt on groupishness and Israel-Palestine
- Haidt on the hive switch and Israel-Palestine
- Haidt on religion, parochialism, and Israel-Palestine
- Haidt on moral matrices, sacredness, and constructive disagreement
- Haidt's Conclusion: plural values without moral equivalence
- Pinker on competing histories, revenge, and reconciliation
- Comparative Standards — Rohingya, the Nakba, and UN Attention
- Israel ended a surviving servile order after 1948
- Homeland double standard — Mandate Palestine and U.S. immigration
- Misc
- Video Evidence of Stuff
- Questions
The key figures, organizations (Hamas, UNRWA, AIPAC), and the territories — Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, settlements.
Jump directly to a section or note:
- Places & Territories
- Zionist & Israeli Figures
- Founders — Theodor Herzl · The Jewish State (Herzl, 1896) · Auto-Emancipation (Pinsker, 1882) · Chaim Weizmann · Ze'ev Jabotinsky · David Ben-Gurion
- Leaders / PMs — Golda Meir · Menachem Begin · Yitzhak Rabin · Ehud Barak · Ariel Sharon · Benjamin Netanyahu
- Palestinian & Arab Figures
- Historical — Muhammad Amin al Husseini · Ahmad Shuqeiri · As’ad Shuqeiri · King Abdullah
- Egyptian peacemaker — Anwar Sadat
- Palestinian leaders — Yasser Arafat · Mahmoud Abbas
- Hamas — Sinwar · Ismail Haniyeh
- Iran & Proxies
- Commentators, Critics & Intellectuals
- Organizations & Actors
- Geopolitics
Books, podcasts & interviews (grouped by voice), fact-checking, debate prep (Destiny / LonerBox), and reference material.
Jump directly to a section or note:
- Book Notes
- On Democracies and Death Cults
- What Justice Demands
- The War of Return
- We Should All be Zionists - Einat Wilf
- The Genius of Israel
- Prophets without Honor
- One State, Two States
- Son of Hamas
- Striking Back - The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- Rise and Kill First - The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
- The Jackal - Joby Warrick
- Six Days of War
- The Lion's Gate
- The Iron Wall - Israel and the Arab World
- Treacherous Alliance
- Podcasts & Interviews — by voice
- Haviv Rettig Gur — open group
- What is Zionism? A Conversation with Haviv Rettig Gur
- Israelis The Jews Who Lived Through History - Haviv Rettig Gur
- The Great Misinterpretation How Palestinians View Israel - Haviv Rettig Gur
- Haviv Rettig Gur on Breaking Points
- Coleman Hughes & Haviv Rettig Gur on the New Antisemitism
- Prof. Alexander Yakobson on what it means to "decolonize Palestine" - Ask Haviv Anything
- Einat Wilf & Benny Morris — open group
- Meaning of "The Jewish State" - Einat Wilf
- Israel Never Truly Wanted Peace with Palestine - Einat Wilf (Opposition Speech)
- Benny Morris- Israel-Palestine, Genocide, Apartheid, Hamas, Muscular Judaism, and the Nakba
- Debating the critics — open group
- "An Agenda Dressed Up in Violins?" - Debating Peter Beinart on the Right of Return and Other Matters
- A Response to Norman Finkelstein's Moral Arguments - Coleman Hughes, Michael Moynihan
- Aaron Mate Contrasting Rationales for Judging Ukraine and Israel Gaza - Comedy Cellar USA Podcast
- War, aid & the settlements question — open group
- Almost Everything We're Told About Gaza is Wrong - Urban Warfare Expert John Spencer
- NAZA Documentary - IDF Targeting Allegations and Natasha Hausdorff Response
- Natasha Hausdorff controverts allegations regarding Israeli settlements
- UN admits Hamas is stealing aid in Gaza; Natasha Hausdorff considers implications
- Was There a Famine in Gaza - Alex de Waal Interview Fact-Check
- Hamas in its own words — open group
- Hamas in Its Own Words
- Hamas in Politics - Democracy Religion and Violence
- Other commentary — open group
- Nick Matau vs LightBulb Chats - Palestinian Statehood and Security Debate
- Let's Talk HASAN PIKER - Luke Thomas Gets Political
- Sam Harris Podcast - 362
- A Dangerous Moment, with Douglas Murray - Uncommon Knowledge
- Bassem Youssef on Triggernometry
- MarhyrMade Podcast Notes
- Essays & Primary Texts
- Critiquing Palestinian Historiography (Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem Martyr Made Response)
- The Iron Wall (Jabotinsky, 1923)
- A Clean Break - A New Strategy for Securing the Realm
- Modern Middle East Colonizers
- Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)
- Reports & Institutional Studies
- Media Coverage Studies
- Fact-Checking
- Lied about Cast Lead Casualty Numbers
- Fact-Check MOC — How to Sell a Genocide
- 05 - Findings Register
- 06 - Open Questions
- 04 - Results Stage 1
- Finkelstein — *Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom — open source group
- Norman Finkelstein - Gaza An Inquest into Its Martyrdom Book Annotator
- Gaza inquest into its martyrdom
- Chapter One Self-Defense
- Reddit Post
- LonerBox — Deep Dives
- LonerBox Notes
- LonerBox - Antisemitism, Hamas, US Leverage and Gaza Debate Panel
- The Jewish State (Herzl, 1896)
- Iran - Regime, Society and Historical Timeline
- 1948 papers
- Goldstone Report
- Great March of Return
- NYT vs The Intercept
- Sde Teiman sexual abuse
- The Aesthetics of Academic Credibility with Javad Hashmi
- The Cookie Files
- Destiny — Debate Prep
- Reference & Collections
A navigable index into your master script — framing, offense, defense, and the moral close — with jump-links to each section and its deeper note.
Jump directly to a section or note:
- Offense — Making the Case
- Defense — Rebutting the Charges
- Moral Core & Closer
- Supporting Material
- Israel Never Truly Wanted Peace with Palestine - Einat Wilf (Opposition Speech)
- LonerBox - Antisemitism, Hamas, US Leverage and Gaza Debate Panel
- Let's Talk HASAN PIKER - Luke Thomas Gets Political
- Polls
- Emotionally Charged Phrases
- Quotes (Israel-Palestine)
- History of Civilian Deaths in War
- Israel - United States Relations
- International law
- Attacks of Jews since October 7th 2023
- "Mouth pieces"
Master script — exact sections
- START WITH Ernest Bevin Quote
- Oct 7th Reaction (Explores P. Values and Islamist beliefs)
- Israel
- Blood Libels
- How to End it all:
- Maybe
- Polls — standalone topic note (script heading uses a wikilink)
- Palestinians
- Fundamental Values & Thoughts
- Moral Argument
- Protesters — standalone topic note (script heading uses a wikilink)
- Oct 7th War
- Genocide — standalone topic note (script heading uses a wikilink)
- Defund Israel (BDS)
- Quotes
- Colonizers
- Occupation
- Apartheid
- Mouth Pieces
- Historians
- Argument & Media Strategies
- History
- International Law
- United States Funding Israel
- Right of Return
- Settlers
- Israel is Expansionist (Greater Israel)
Core Overviews
The essential “what is this place / actor” notes.
| Places | Actors & Ideas |
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| Israel · Palestine | Hamas · Hamas Leadership |
| Gaza · West Bank | Zionism · UNRWA |
| Settlements · Maps | Jews Connection to Israel |
Quick Access — Most-Used Arguments
🎤 Active debate prep → Genocide Debate - Master (Gaza genocide, C1–C7 script + REF library)
🥊 Zionism cross-examination prep → Zionism Debate - Anti-Zionist Arguments & Zionist Responses (27 steelmanned arguments + founder-quote dossiers)
🔍 Active fact-check → How to Sell a Genocide (Fact-Check) (Adam Johnson’s media-bias data, audited against GDELT + the source repos)
- Genocide · Apartheid · Occupation · Colonizers · Ethnic Cleansing
- The Iron Wall (Jabotinsky, 1923) — primary essay, strongest defense and critique, and the dispute over Avi Shlaim’s historical application
- Right of Return · Blockade in Gaza · Population Transfer · Radicalization
- Massacres & War Crimes · Israel is Racist · Israel an Ethno-State?
- Human Shields - UN and Human Rights Findings · Laws of War (IHL)
- Rohingya Parallel - Selective Attention and the Nakba Analogy · Myanmar and Malaysia - Rohingya Persecution and Refugee Treatment
- Slavery in Palestine Before 1948 — Ottoman slaveholding, Mandate-era servitude, and the defensible claim that the post-1948 Israeli order ended the surviving institution
- Jewish Conspiracy Theories · United States Supporting Israel
- Pro-Israel Points & Supporters · Pro-Palestinian Points & Supporters
- Emotionally Charged Phrases · Polls · Arguments notes
Topics
- Peace Offers
- Lebanon, Israel & Hezbollah - A Century of Conflict (1920-2026) — the northern front: Lebanon’s history with Israel and Hezbollah’s rise, 1920-2026
- History of Civilian Deaths in War
- Military Tactics
- Culture
- Palestinian Education System
- Indigenous
- Muhammad Amin al Husseini
Islamist Networks & Influence
Reference Shelf
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The Complete List of the 1030 Jewish Expulsions in Human History.pdf (file not included in this release)
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IP.base (file not included in this release)
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IP Talking Points.canvas (file not included in this release)
PDF Library
Full book & document PDF shelf (moved here from the legacy MOC)
- The War of Return — Adi Schwartz & Einat Wilf
- Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine — Alan Dowty
- The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited — Benny Morris
- The Palestinian People: A History — Kimmerling & Migdal
- Islamic Imperialism: A History — Efraim Karsh
- The Fall of the Ottomans — Eugene Rogan (file not included in this release)
- Peace Movements in Islam — Juan Cole (ed.) (file not included in this release)
- From Time Immemorial — Joan Peters
- Modernizing Islam — Esposito Burgat (file not included in this release)
- The Invention and Decline of Israeliness — Baruch Kimmerling
- Values and Perceptions of the Islamic and Middle Eastern Publics — Mansoor Moaddel
- Contemporary Debates in Islam — Moaddel & Talattof
- Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam — Moaddel & Talattof
- Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict — Mitchell Bard
- Religious Fundamentalism in the Middle East — Moaddel & Karabenick
- Islam and Modernity: Key Issues and Debates — Masud et al.
- Wahhabi Islam — Natana DeLong-Bas
- The Holocaust Industry — Norman Finkelstein
- The Failure of Political Islam — Olivier Roy
- One Palestine, Complete — Tom Segev (file not included in this release)
- Philistines — World History Encyclopedia
- Contesting the Iranian Revolution — Pouya Alimagham
- Principles of International Law — Stephen Hall (5th ed.) (file not included in this release)
- Principles of the Institutional Law of International Organizations — C. F. Amerasinghe (file not included in this release)
- Time’s Monster — Priya Satia (file not included in this release)
- Freedom of Expression in Islam — Mohammad Hashim Kamali
- Prophets without Honor - Shlomo Ben-Ami.pdf (file not included in this release)
- Sowing Crisis — Rashid Khalidi
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race — Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World — Martin et al.
- Righteous Victims — Benny Morris
- Britain and the Arab Middle East — Robert Lieshout
- Less Than Nothing — Slavoj Zizek (file not included in this release)
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Palestine War 1948 — Efraim Karsh
- The Balfour Declaration — Jonathan Schneer (file not included in this release)
- The Iron Wall — Avi Shlaim (file not included in this release)
- The Missing Peace — Dennis Ross (file not included in this release)
- War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity — Christine Byron (file not included in this release)
Legacy Index Pages
Older index notes, kept for their extra links & embeds:
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60.1.2 Misc
- "An Agenda Dressed Up in Violins?" - Debating Peter Beinart on the Right of Return and Other Matters
- 1978 Camp David Accords
- 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty
- 2000 Camp David, Clinton's Parameters and Taba Talks
- A Clean Break - A New Strategy for Securing the Realm
- A Dangerous Moment, with Douglas Murray - Uncommon Knowledge
- A Response to Norman Finkelstein's Moral Arguments - Coleman Hughes, Michael Moynihan
- Aaron Mate Contrasting Rationales for Judging Ukraine and Israel Gaza - Comedy Cellar USA Podcast
- Abraham Accords
- AIPAC
- Almost Everything We're Told About Gaza is Wrong - Urban Warfare Expert John Spencer
- Appeasing Antisemitism
- Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)
- Benny Morris- Israel-Palestine, Genocide, Apartheid, Hamas, Muscular Judaism, and the Nakba
- Coleman Hughes & Haviv Rettig Gur on the New Antisemitism
- Critiquing Palestinian Historiography (Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem Martyr Made Response)
- Emotionally Charged Phrases
- Hamas in Its Own Words
- Hamas in Politics - Democracy Religion and Violence
- Haviv Rettig Gur on Breaking Points
- History of Civilian Deaths in War
- History of the Aliyahs
- Indigenous
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Israel is Racist
- Israel Land Acquisition and Malaria
- Israelis The Jews Who Lived Through History - Haviv Rettig Gur
- The Iron Wall (Jabotinsky, 1923)
- Jewish Genetic and Historical Connections to The Levant
- Lied about Cast Lead Casualty Numbers
- MarhyrMade Podcast Notes
- Meaning of "The Jewish State" - Einat Wilf
- Media
- Military Tactics
- Modern Middle East Colonizers
- Natasha Hausdorff controverts allegations regarding Israeli settlements
- Natasha Hausdorff Exposes Lies about Israel in International Tribunals
- NOTES
- Occupation
- Old Newspaper Articles
- Operation SIG
- Palestinian Education System
- People of IP
- Peter_Beinart_Argument_Map_Obsidian
- Pro-Israel Points & Supporters
- Pro-Palestinian Points & Supporters
- Prof. Alexander Yakobson on what it means to "decolonize Palestine" - Ask Haviv Anything
- Sam Harris Podcast - 362
- Sinwar
- Situation in the Beginning of British Mandate 19th-Early 20th Century
- The Great Misinterpretation How Palestinians View Israel - Haviv Rettig Gur
- UN admits Hamas is stealing aid in Gaza; Natasha Hausdorff considers implications
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60.1.3 Fact Checking
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Finkledick
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How to Sell a Genocide
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data
- intercept-print-dataset
- nation-tv-dataset
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scripts
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60.1.4 Main
- 1800-1899
- 1900-1948
- 1949-1967
- 1968-2023
- 2023-2024 October 7th Massacre + War
- 3000BCE-1800
- Children indoctrination to Hate and Kill Jews
- Gaza
- Hamas (file not included in this release)
- Hamas
- History of American Jews
- History of Israel and Jewish People by Haviv Gur
- History of the Jewish People
- International Law & Aid Organizations
- Iran & the Axis of Resistance
- Israel - United States Relations
- Israel Conspiracies
- Israel Handwritten Notes
- Israel-Palestinian Library
- Israel
- Jerusalem & Holy Sites
- Jewish DNA & the Levant
- Jewish Land Purchases in Palestine (1880–1947)
- Jews Connection to Israel
- Mandate & Legal Basis (Balfour, San Remo, League of Nations)
- Maps
- Massacres & War Crimes
- Nakba
- Palestine
- Peace Offers
- Polls
- Quotes (Israel-Palestine)
- Right of Return
- Settlements
- Solutions (Two-State, One-State & Beyond)
- Soviet Anti-Zionism and Contemporary Left Antisemitism
- The KGB’s Middle East Files Palestinians in the service of Mother Russia
- The Soviet-Palestinian Lie
- UNRWA (file not included in this release)
- UNRWA
- West Bank
- Zionism
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60.1.5 Arguments
- anti_genocide_argument_map_israel_gaza
- Antisemitism
- Apartheid
- BDS
- Blockade in Gaza
- Colonizers
- Culture
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Gaza Casualty Figures
- Genocide
- Hamas Leadership
- I’m a War Scholar. There Is No Genocide in Gaza
- Jewish Conspiracy Theories
- Laws of War (IHL)
- Oct 7th Hostages
- Oppressors
- Pinkwashing & Queers for Palestine
- Population Transfer
- Protesters
- Radicalization
- Violence Against Jews Before 1948
- Water & Infrastructure
- Zionism Debate - Anti-Zionist Arguments & Zionist Responses
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60.1.6 People
- Ahmad Shuqeiri
- Anwar El-Sadat
- Anwar Sadat
- Ariel Sharon
- As’ad Shuqeiri
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Chaim Weizmann
- David Ben-Gurion
- Edward Said
- Ehud Barak
- Golda Meir
- Hassan Nasrallah
- Iran's Ayatollahs (Khomeini & Khamenei)
- Ismail Haniyeh
- King Abdullah
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Menachem Begin
- Muhammad Amin al Husseini
- Norman Finkelstein
- Rashid Khalidi
- Theodor Herzl
- Yasser Arafat
- Yitzhak Rabin
- Ze'ev Jabotinsky
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60.1.7 Books & Documents
- On Democracies and Death Cults
- One State, Two States
- Prophets without Honor
- Rise and Kill First - The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
- Six Days of War
- Son of Hamas
- Striking Back - The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- The Genius of Israel
- The Iron Wall - Israel and the Arab World
- The Lion's Gate
- The War of Return
- We Should All be Zionists - Einat Wilf
- What Justice Demands
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Destiny Notes
- Debate Prep
- Andrew Wilson on J6 Insurrection
- Finkelstein and Rabbani
- Omar Baddar Debate Strategy
- Owen Shroyer
- Debate Prep
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LonerBox Notes
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IP (file not included in this release)
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IP (file not included in this release)
Handwritten Notebook Pages
Source
- Open Israel–Palestine notebook pages — start at notebook p. 51 (file not included in this release)
- Open Israel-Palestine notebook pages — start at notebook p. 68 (file not included in this release)
- Open Israel-Palestine notebook pages — start at notebook p. 86 (file not included in this release)
- Open Israel-Palestine notebook pages — start at notebook p. 112 (file not included in this release)
- Open Israel-Palestine notebook pages — start at notebook p. 128 (file not included in this release)
- Open Israel-Palestine notebook pages — start at notebook p. 208 (file not included in this release)