Speaking Stones: Communiqués from the Intifada Underground (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East) - Softcover

Mishal, Shaul; Aharoni, Reuben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081562607X ISBN 13: 9780815626077

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1993

Synopsis

The Intifada inspired a new kind of Palestinian radicalism, a radicalism borne on young shoulders, a radicalism that conducts its dialogue with Israel and the local population via the stone, the slingshot, the petro bomb, and the leaflet. The leaflets bring the people into the streets and instruct them what to do, and when, and how. They determine the boundaries of the permissible. If one wants to know why the Intifada erupted, what the Palestinians think and what they are fighting for, how they operate and how they perceive Israel, and whether there is anything to talk about, one should read the Palestinian leaflets. They are the documents from which the Palestinians go forth and to which they return. Mishal and Aharoni first provide some historical background to the Intifada and deal with the question of how it came about and what prevented its outbreak during the first twenty years of Israeli rule in the territories. They then turn to the leaflets and examine in detail their contents and motivations. <i>Speaking Stones</i> concludes with a selection of over fifty translated leaflets of the two leading bodies in the Intifada: the United National Command and the Islamic Resistance Movement, known as Hamas.

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About the Author

<b>Shaul Mishal</b> is Associate Professor at Tel Aviv University and visiting professor at Yale University. He is the author of <i>West Bank/East Bank: The </i><i>Palestinian in Jordan, 1949-1967</i> and <i>The PLO under Arafat: Between Gun and </i><i>Olive Branch.</i> <b>Reuben Aharoni</b> is a graduate student at the Moshe Dayan for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University.

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The Intifada inspired a new kind of Palestinian radicalism, a radicalism borne on young shoulders, a radicalism that conducts its dialogue with Israel and the local population via the stone, the slingshot, the petro bomb, and the leaflet.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081562607X
• ISBN 13: 9780815626077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342