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Ramzy Baroud is a veteran journalist and former producer for Al-Jazeera TV. This is his comprehensive account of the momentous events of the last five years which shaped the political landscape not only of Palestine and Israel but of the entire Middle East region.

Addressing the most controversial issues, including the alarming escalation in suicide bombings, and the construction of the Separation Wall, he reports on the huge rate of unemployment and hunger in the Occupied Territories -- statistics so critical that NGOs compare their magnitude to African nations such as the Congo. From the brutality of the Israeli army to the ever-compromising nature of the Palestinian Authority, few are spared Baroud’s thoughtful critique.

The book is clear and concise, with one chapter dedicated to the major events of each year, and includes a comprehensive timeline.

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240 pages
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English
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Pluto Press
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September 20, 2006
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5.91 x 0.6 x 9.06 inches
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0745325475
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978-0745325477
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'Masterful prose. ... (A) scathing but heartfelt portrait.' --Norman G. Finkelstein

'Few are spared his perceptive eye, and only the morally callous will fail to respond to his pleas to act to remedy the injustice that he exposes to our view, as we surely can.' --Noam Chomsky, Professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

'[Baroud] presents a compelling narrative of Palestinian victimization without being defensive, and with no attempt at disguising internal shortcomings. In the same way, Baroud exposes Israeli culpability and international abrogation of responsibility with candor and uncompromising integrity.' --Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian Legislator for the Jerusalem District

'[Baroud] enables readers to see through the distorted image provided by a biased pro-Israeli Western media of the Middle East as a whole, and of Palestine in particular.' --Ilan Pappe

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Ramzy Baroud is a syndicated columnist, veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of PalestineChronicle.com. He has appeared on numerous television programs including CNN International, BBC, ABC Australia, National Public Radio and Al-Jazeera. His previous books include Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion (2003) and The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle (Pluto, 2006).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pluto Press (September 20, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0745325475
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0745325477
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.91 x 0.6 x 9.06 inches

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One of the best reads on the subject

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2021

What an excellent book. This book details both beautiful moments and heartbreak in an equal manner. My favorite part is the clear, yet powerful message that both Palestinian and Israeli lives are to be treasured (due to their existence as human beings), and how one should not be given a rise above the other. What an amazing statement of humanity and hope. This is incredibly important due to the fact that Palestinians are dehumanized on a broad scale for the crime of merely existing.
There are also devastating accounts of loss, such as that of Rachel Corrie, the martyred young woman from Olympia, WA, who was murdered by an Israeli bulldozer operator who can only be described as tragically lacking empathy. The fact that Corrie's murderer was never brought to Justice is truly a shame. Another devastating loss is that of Dr. Baroud's cousins, who were members of the PA (Palestinian authority) who were killed while trying to save the lives of their fellow Palestinians in the Bureij refugee camp.
The book also draws powerful parallels to other struggles, thereby enhancing the ideas of the author via intersectionality. A key tool in fighting oppression everywhere and anywhere it exists. '
Perhaps most importantly for those who are newly introduced to the subject of Palestine/Israel and the Intifada(s), this book is an easy read, while being significantly impactful at the same time. It gives a unique lens into the realities of Palestinians everywhere-especially those in Palestine-and aids in the fight for justice.
10/10, would highly recommend.

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Grown up thinking expressed temperately. It gives an integrated outlook of which western media is entirely unaware.

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2013

As of today's writing, there are 5* (two) reviews and also a 3* review of this semi-participatory account of the uninterrupted suffering and humiliation of the Palestinians. All three reviews are worthy and avccurate. I'll try to avoid redundancy by listing the very specific things I didn't know before.

(1) When the UN repeatedly ignores violations of international law in the Palestinian territories, this is not entirely explained by the U.S. vetoes of pertinent UN proposals. Kofi Annan routinely acts in the aftermath to urge both sides to exert equal, future restraint, as if the scales were even to start with. This is significant and bespeaks of deeper power politics beneath the public votes and within the inner structure of the UN itself. I didn't realize this.

(2) Israeli provocations ignited the second intifada "to show the Palestinians that the May 2000 retreat from South Lebanon, after 22 years of uninterrupted occupation, will not be a precedent" for the future of the occupied territories, but that the iron fist is as determined as ever. Those Israeli provocations are listed in Chapter 1. This emerges as logical, pragmatic Israeli planning and was unknown to me.

(3) The brief assessment of the intifada that concludes the book will be found in no western media. The three pages refer to "will and valor . . . . Regardless of how historians choose to chronicle the Second Palestinian Uprising, it will always be remembered by most Palestinians, as well as by people of conscience everywhere, as a fight for freedom, human rights, and justice. It will remain a powerful reminder that popular resistance is still an option --- and one to be reckoned with at that." There is plenty in the book to support this & the presentation, though selective, is calm and free from rant. It is a temperate account from the Palestinian side, using specific events as reference points.

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Nate Wright

A plea, not a chronicle

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2008

Ramzy Baroud's "The Second Palestinian Intifada" is an impassioned argument intended for an audience that will probably never read it. Though it is subtitled, "A Chronicle of a People's Struggle", it is too thin to be a chronicle. His coverage is more or less chronological, but he is very selective in the events and themes he chooses to tackle. What is covered is only done so superficially. Nearly all of his research appears to come from the internet and his empirical data is usually only a point of departure from which he can engage in an emotional appeal for the suffering of the Palestinians under occupation. Indeed, this book should be read not as a chronicle, but as a polemic.

Broadly speaking, Baroud is pleading with the West to recognize the injustices perpetrated by Israel, their own media biases which dehumanize Palestinian victims, and the failure of liberal discourses of human rights. I tend to agree with the thrust of his arguments, but in order to concentrate his anger he fails to engage comprehensively with many aspects of the Intifada. For those familiar with the Palestinian perspective, I suspect his book will be unsatisfying - first, because it provides little detail that can't be easily recalled by those who have followed the events of the last five years and, second, because his arguments are not very thoroughly backed up.

I've treated it roughly, but the book does have some strong points. It clearly provides a Palestinian perspective of the second Intifada, both in the collective experiences of violence, betrayal, injustice and hopelessness, as well as the struggle to locate, engage and affirm a life in resistance. Baroud is eloquent when speaking on the meaning of Arafat's death. But it is unlikely that his book will be read by many who do not already agree with his positions.

The book's greatest success is its sweeping condemnation of the international community. If there is one thing this book does chronicle it is the moral poverty of international human rights regimes. Baroud's quick recourse to international law as a measurement of Israeli actions may seem politically naïve, but I suspect it is a strategic decision he's made to juxtapose the Palestinian reality with the humanist mythology embedded in such laws. As the evidence of excess mounts and the U.N. squirms, it becomes clear that the international community is utterly incapable of acting against the U.S.'s allies. Our persistent insistence that Palestinians "follow the rules" appears only as a cruel game we play with our own sense of self-importance while others are made to suffer the results.

But these are brief highlights. In the end, Baroud only provides the most cursory introduction to the events, so he won't be very helpful to those seeking much depth. And while his polemic is forcefully and faithfully argued, the moderate, Western audience he addresses is not likely to pick up the book any time soon.

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Walking in the other man's shoes

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2007

For one who wishes to walk in the other man's shoes, if only for a moment, Ramzy Baroud gives a powerful story of life in present day Palestine. For those who may support Israel but want to understand the issues from all sides, Baroud serves as an insightful guide to the issues as seen and experienced by the Palestinians. For those who wish to find possible paths to peace, this is a necessary and even obligatory read.

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