Samih K Farsoun

"A brilliant achievement. This is by far the most comprehensive analysis of the political economy of Palestine and Palestinians in the twentieth century, based on original material rarely used by English-language scholars. Here, finally, is the transparent picture of the Arab-Israeli conflict given in full, fascinating detail." Hisham Sharabi, Times Literary Supplement"

• Preface and Acknowledgments: Second Edition , Preface and Acknowledgments: First Edition , Acronyms , The Question of Palestine and the Palestinians , Before al-Nakbah , The Road to al-Nakbah , After al-Nakbah , After al-Nakbah , The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, 1948–1993 , Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Occupation , The PLO-Israel Oslo Accords , The Structural Flaws of Oslo and Camp David II, and the Second Intifada , Palestinian Refugees and Their Right of Return , Jerusalem , From Camp David to the Road Map , Whither the Palestinians? , UN Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967 , The Balfour Declaration , McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, 1915–1916 , Excerpts from the Report of the King-Crane Commission, August 18, 1919 , UN General Assembly Resolution 181 on the Future Government of Palestine, November 29, 1947 (The Partition Plan) , UN General Assembly Resolution 194, December 11, 1948 (The Right of Return) , UN General Assembly Resolution 3236, November 22, 1974 , UN Security Council Resolution 338, October 22, 1973 , Excerpts from the Declaration of Palestinian Independence, November 15, 1988 , The Stockholm Statement, December 7, 1988 , The Palestinian Peace Initiative, December 13, 1988: Excerpts from the Speech by Yasser Arafat to the UN General Assembly in Geneva , UN Security Council Resolution 298 on Jerusalem, September 25, 1971 , Article 27 of the Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): [On the] Palestine Liberation Organization