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Intifada : the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation

Compiled by the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP), this book aims to explain how and why the Palestinian uprising of December 1987 took place.
Print Book, English, ©1989
I.B. Tauris, London, ©1989
vi, 423 pages
9780896083653, 9780896083639, 9781850432470, 0896083659, 0896083632, 1850432473
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Part 1 Introduction: "Intifada"; Intifada and independence. Part 2 Eyewitness to the uprising: "those who pass between fleeting words"; the West Bank rises up; uprising in Gaza; Gaza diary; the significance of stones - notes from the seventh month; Beita. Part 3 Prelude to the uprising: "children bearing rocks"; Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict for beginners; the Palestine people - 22 years after 1967; what the uprising means. Part 4 Transforming Palestinian society and politics: "A Song for Childhood"; family and politics in Salfit; Palestinian women - building barricades and breaking barriers; the Islamic resistance movement in the Palestinian uprising. Part 5 Israel and the Intifada: "in my shoes"; original sin; from land day to peace day and beyond; the uprising's impact on Israel; the protest movement in Israel. Part 6 The United States and the Intifada: "a bullet, a lie"; Israel's role in US foreign policy; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the US peace movement. Part 7 Beyond the Intifada: "O Negev"; the road ahead.