Description
This research work looks at the various phases of Palestinian resistance starting with the Palestinian protests against Jewish migration and subsequent Zionist expansion under the Ottomans, then elaborating on the years of the British Mandate, the period of partition, and the lost years of the 1950s, and further examining the emergence of the PLO, Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the first Intifada, the Oslo Process, the Second Intifada, and the growth of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign since 2005. The author thereby outlines the different strategies and practices of resistance pursued by the Palestinians (focusing on those inside the occupied territories) over the years, and shows that these followed primarily nonviolent means – maintaining steadfastness and hope in various ways.
