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| Document Type: | Book |
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Mazin B Qumsiyeh |
| ISBN: | 9780745330693 074533069X 9780745330709 0745330703 |
| OCLC Number: | 650212459 |
| Description: | ix, 290 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | What we want : plurality, justice, human rights -- The logic of popular resistance -- The local context of popular resistance -- Popular resistance during Ottoman rule -- Balfour, Al-Buraq and the Zionist build-up, 1917-35 -- The Great Revolt of 1936-39 -- Devastation to Nakba, 1939-48 -- From Nakba to Naksa, 1948-67 -- One state of oppression, 1967-86 -- Intifadet Al-Hijara, 1987-91 -- Madrid, Oslo and the Al-Aqsa Intifada -- Boycotts, divestments and sanctions -- Conclusions and outlook for the future -- Appendix: Local civil resistance nonviolent struggle groups. |
| Responsibility: | Mazin B. Qumsiyeh. |
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Written with conviction and supported by extensive notes, this book should be required reading for the politicians who deal with peace in Palestine and the citizens who vote for them. Summing up: Essential for all readership levels. -- CHOICE This is a timely and remarkable book written by the most important chronicler of contemporary popular resistance in Palestine. Mazin Qumsiyeh brilliantly evokes the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, Edward Said, Rachel Corrie and many others, to tell the unvarnished truth about Palestine and Zionist settler colonialism. With its focus on 'history and activism from below', this is a work of enormous significance. Developing further his original ideas on human rights in Palestine, media activism, public policies and popular, non-violent resistance, Mazin Qumsiyeh's book is a must read for anyone interested in justice and how to produce the necessary breakthrough in the Israel-Palestine conflict. -- Nur Masalha Qumsiyeh's inspiring accounts of both the everyday and the most extraordinary acts of Palestinian indigenous resistance to colonialism expose the misguided claims that Palestinians have never tried nonviolence; in fact, they are among the experts, whose courage, creativity, and resilience are an inspiration to people of conscience everywhere. Even with the arms of a military superpower, the Israeli government's failure to quell the Palestinians' spirit and insistence on human rights reminds us that the greatest strength of all belongs to those with justice on their side, who will ultimately triumph. -- Anna Baltzer, author of Witness in Palestine Mazin Qumsiyeh's insider's chronicle of Palestinian civil resistance and its quest for self-reliance, independence, political rights, and self-liberation clearly shows that collective nonviolent action by Palestinians has been neither episodic nor an aberration, but remarkably consistent and for nearly a century. His sweeping account belongs on the bookshelves of Israelis who are fearful, Palestinians who are unsure of next steps, and a global community that has yet to take a meaningful stand for peace with justice. Anyone concerned about the future for all the peoples of the Middle East will take encouragement from his invigorating analysis. -- Mary Elizabeth King, professor of peace and conflict studies, University for Peace, and author, A Quiet Revolution: The First Palestinian Intifada and Nonviolent Resistance Read more...
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