Haim Gordon is professor emeritus of education at Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. He is the editor, coeditor, or author of 17 earlier books. Rivca Gordon is director of the Foundation for Democratic Education in Israel and is an independent scholar who has coauthored or edited several earlier books. Taher Shriteh is a freelance journalist who has worked for CBS, BBC, The New York Times, and Reuters in the Gaza Strip.

In this highly readable book, two Israeli scholars and a Palestinian freelance journalist explain the plight of the Palestinians through personal narratives of six Palestinians. Their painful stories present unique appreciation of the complexities of the forces that have shaped the Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation since 1987. Highly recommended.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 BackgroundChapter 3 The Gaza Strip: An OverviewChapter 4 Rivca Gordon and Haim GordonPart 5 Narratives of Freedom FightersChapter 6 Tahani Abu DaqaChapter 7 Tawfik Abu KhousaChapter 8 Nehad MansourChapter 9 Nema El HeloChapter 10 Taher ShritehChapter 11 Mahmoud ZaharPart 12 Beyond IntifadaChapter 13 The New Intifada and Israel's War CrimesChapter 14 A Just PeaceChapter 15 AppendixChapter 16 Further ReadingChapter 17 Index

Haim Gordon is professor emeritus of education at Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. He is the editor, coeditor, or author of 17 earlier books. Rivca Gordon is director of the Foundation for Democratic Education in Israel and is an independent scholar who has coauthored or edited several earlier books. Taher Shriteh is a freelance journalist who has worked for CBS, BBC, The New York Times, and Reuters in the Gaza Strip.

In this highly readable book, two Israeli scholars and a Palestinian freelance journalist explain the plight of the Palestinians through personal narratives of six Palestinians. Their painful stories present unique appreciation of the complexities of the forces that have shaped the Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation since 1987. Highly recommended.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 BackgroundChapter 3 The Gaza Strip: An OverviewChapter 4 Rivca Gordon and Haim GordonPart 5 Narratives of Freedom FightersChapter 6 Tahani Abu DaqaChapter 7 Tawfik Abu KhousaChapter 8 Nehad MansourChapter 9 Nema El HeloChapter 10 Taher ShritehChapter 11 Mahmoud ZaharPart 12 Beyond IntifadaChapter 13 The New Intifada and Israel's War CrimesChapter 14 A Just PeaceChapter 15 AppendixChapter 16 Further ReadingChapter 17 Index