Rex Brynen is assistant professor of political science and chairperson of the Middle East Studies program at McGill University. He is author of Sanctuary and Survival: the PLO in Lebanon (Westview Press, 1990) and a coeditor of The Many Faces of National Security: Dilemmas of Security and Development in the Arab World. His articles have appeared in Arab Studies Quarterly, International Perspectives, the Journal of Refugee Studies, die Journal of Palestine Studies, and elsewhere.

• Preface -- Introduction -- Israel and Palestine: Implications of the Intifada -- The Palestinian Movement in Transition: Historical Reversals and the Uprising -- Israel and the Palestinians: Human Rights in the Occupied Territories -- The Impact of the Intifada on Israeli Political Thinking -- Palestinians in Israel: Responses to the Uprising -- Regional Repercussions of the Uprising -- The PLO in Regional Politics -- Jordan -- Egypt -- Syria -- The Superpowers -- Soviet Union -- United States