Intifada the Palestinian Uprising Against Israel Occupation

by Lockman, Zachary; Benin, Joel

• ISBN13: 9780896083639
• ISBN10: 0896083632
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-05-01
• Publisher: South End Pr

Summary

This collection of critical essays includes eyewitness accounts from the West Bank and Gaza, discussions of Palenstinian society and politics, and analyses of the role of the United States in the Middle East and Palestine.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
Intifada	p. 4
Intifada and Independence	p. 5
Eyewitness to the Uprising	p. 23
Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words	p. 26
The West Bank Rises Up	p. 29
Uprising in Gaza	p. 43
Gaza Diary	p. 57
The Significance of Stones: Notes from the Seventh Month	p. 67
Beita	p. 81
Prelude to the Uprising	p. 97
Children Beating Rocks	p. 100
Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict for Beginners	p. 101
The Palestinian People: Twenty-Two Years After 1967	p. 113
What the Uprising Means	p. 127
Transforming Palestinian Society and Politics	p. 139
A Song for Childhood	p. 142
Family and Politics in Salfit	p. 143
Palestinian Women: Building Barricades and Breaking Barriers	p. 155
The Islamic Resistance Movement in the Palestinian Uprising	p. 171
Israel and the Intifada	p. 179
In My Shoes	p. 182
Original Sin	p. 185
From Land Day to Peace Day... and Beyond	p. 205
The Uprising's Impact on Israel	p. 217
The Protest Movement in Israel	p. 231
The United States and the Intifada	p. 247
A Bultet, a Lie (to Sami and His Family)	p. 250
Israel's Role in Us Foreign Policy	p. 253
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Us Peace Movement	p. 275
Beyond the Intifada	p. 301
O Negev (ansar III Prison Song)	p. 304
The Road Ahead	p. 307
Appendices	p. 313
Demonstration	p. 316
The Martyrs of the First Year	p. 317
Communiques from the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising	p. 327
Proclamation of the Independent Palestinian State	p. 395
Palestine National Council "Political Counxunique"	p. 401
Notes	p. 411
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