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The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle Paperback – Illustrated, September 20, 2006
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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.
- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPluto Press
- Publication dateSeptember 20, 2006
- Dimensions5.91 x 0.6 x 9.06 inches
- ISBN-100745325475
- ISBN-13978-0745325477
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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
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,794,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,403 in Israel & Palestine History (Books)
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Palestinian-American journalist, author and former Al-Jazeera producer, Ramzy Baroud taught Mass Communication at Australia's Curtin University of Technology, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Chronicle.
"Ramzy Baroud's sensitive, thoughtful, searching writing penetrates to the core of moral dilemmas that their intended audiences evade at their peril. Few are spared his perceptive eye, and only the morally callous will fail to respond to his pleas to look into the mirror honestly, to question comforting beliefs that protect us from facing our elementary responsibilities, and to act to remedy the terrible misery and injustice that he exposes to our view, as we surely can." -- Noam Chomsky.
Baroud's work has been published in hundreds of newspapers and journals worldwide, including The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle Times, The Miami Herald, The Japan Times, Al-Ahram Weekly, Asia Times and nearly every English language publication throughout the Middle East.
He has been a guest on many television and radio programs including CNN International, BBC, ABC Australia, National Public Radio, Al-Jazeera and many others. He has contributed to many anthologies and his 2002 book, Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion has received international recognition.
His 2006 book, The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle (Pluto Press: London) has won the praise of many scholars world-wide, such as Dr. Hanan Ashrawi who stated, “His volume presents a compelling narrative of Palestinian victimization without being defensive or apologetic, and with no attempt at disguising or denying internal weaknesses and shortcomings.” Professor Norman Finkelstein praised the work, saying, “In this curious blend of passionately subjective yet dispassionately objective journalism, Ramzy Baroud chronicles the unfolding of the second Intifada in masterful prose.”
His latest book: My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story, also published by Pluto Press, London (2010), narrates the story of the life of his family, (his family is used as a representation of millions of Palestinians in Diaspora) starting in the early 1940’s until the present time.
Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University and Special Rapporteur for Occupied Palestinian Territories, UN Human Right Council wrote about Ramzy's Gaza book: "Ramzy Baroud has written a deeply moving chronicle of the persisting Palestinian ordeal that manages to interweave and bring to life the heart-wrenching experience of his family, particularly the heroics of his father, with the daily cruelties of the prolonged Israeli occupation of Gaza, the frequent horrors of refugee existence, and the disillusioning futility of seeking an end to a bloody conflict that goes on and on. This book more than any I have read tells me why anyone of conscience must stand in solidarity with the continuing struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination and a just peace."
Ramzy Baroud has been a guest speaker at many top universities around the world, including George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Rutgers University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Manchester (UK), University of Ireland (Dublin), University of Washington, Penn State University and the University of Kwazulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, He has also been a guest speaker at the House of Commons in London, England.
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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.
(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.
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.



