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Popular resistance in Palestine : a history of hope and empowerment
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Popular resistance in Palestine : a history of hope and empowerment

Author: Mazin B Qumsiyeh
Publisher: London ; New York : Pluto Press : Distributed in the United States of America by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The Western media paint Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation as exclusively violent: armed resistance, suicide bombings, and rocket attacks. In reality these methods are the exception to what is a peaceful and creative resistance movement. In this fascinating book, Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh synthesizes data from hundreds of original sources to provide the most comprehensive study of civil resistance in  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: 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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A detailed yet engaging study showing that the vast majority of Palestinian resistance over the last 100 years has been peaceful and creative.  Read more...
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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: Read more...

 
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