The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

that some of the major Jewish settlements must be dismantled so the new Palestinian state can be a contiguous unit on the West B ...

Israel thoroughly discussed the matter. At the end of the discussion, the government adopted the decision proposed by the Prime ...

clear that according to their concepts they were entitled to decide where and when settlement should take place. That they belie ...

Members of the Knesset, Our right to this land is indisputable. That is not what the argument is about. The Knesset is asked tod ...

“noble dream” for a united Palestine, where Jews and Palestinians could live together in peace. Arafat’s speech at the United Na ...

their rights in full; and by meeting responsibilities of close cooperation with its broth- ers within the framework of collectiv ...

land. Six major revolts and tens of popular uprisings were staged to foil these attempts, so that our homeland might remain ours ...

seminating racist, imperialist ideologies; in short, everything that impedes progress, jus- tice, democracy and peace. The PLO ...

Why therefore should I not dream and hope? For is not revolution the mak- ing real of dreams and hopes? So let us work together ...

Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom-fighter’s gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. I repeat: ...

The mix of tactics advocated in this and other communiqués reflects, in part, dif- ferent approaches among the Palestinian facti ...

diers and policemen killed by Palestinians; 67 Palestinians killed by Israeli civilians (many of them settlers in the territorie ...

both from the viewpoint of the large number of Arab residents who took part in some of the events, the scope of events throughou ...

In the face of this, Israel is determined to prevent violent public disorders and to increase activity against PLO terrorist ele ...

There are no restrictions on the O/C’s [officers in command] of Southern and Central Commands to impose curfew for a defined per ...

DOCUMENT Communiqué No. 3 JANUARY18, 1988 No voice will overcome the voice of the uprising No voice will overcome the voice of t ...

With spirit and blood we will redeem you O shahid... With spirit and blood we will redeem you O Palestine. To the masses of our ...

You who disturbed the rest of the occupiers for years, let us teach the occupa- tion a lesson it will never forget, we will teac ...

Victory to the uprising of our people, down with the occupation! Glory and eter- nal life to our people’s virtuous martyrs! The ...

legitimate representative” of the Palestinian people (Arab Recognition of the PLO, p. 185). The severing of ties between Jordan ...