1990

Kenneth Stein, “Texture of the Middle East Peace Process,” Middle East Insight, Volume 7, Nos. 2 and 3 (1990), pages 14-20.

The intifada is 30 months old. Like its political precursor of 50 years ago, this Palestinian uprising is a collective demonstration against Jewish nationalism and continued Zionist growth. From 1936 to 1939, the Palestinian Arab revolt demonstrated Palestinian Arab impatience with British occupation and with the failure of His Majesty’s Government to impede the formation of the Jewish national home. …

Both the intifada and the Arab revolt unexpectedly jolted the political status quo. But unlike its precursor, the intifada unified a physically dispersed and ideologically diverse Palestinian community.

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