Peace And Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace ProcessIn works such as Culture and Imperialism, Said compelled us to question our culture's most privileged myths. With this impassioned and incisive book, the foremost Palestinian-American intellectual challenges the official version of the Middle East "peace process." "He challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area."—Washington Post Book World. |
Contents
The PLOs Bargain September 1993 | 3 |
The Morning After October 1993 | 7 |
Who Is in Charge of the Past and the Future? November 1993 | 21 |
Facts Facts and More Facts December 1993 | 26 |
The Limits to Cooperation Late December 1993 | 32 |
Time to Move On January 1994 | 40 |
Bitter Truths About Gaza Late February early March 1994 | 46 |
Further Reflections on the Hebron Massacre March 1994 | 54 |
The Symbols and Realities of Power June 1994 | 68 |
Winners and Losers July 1994 | 74 |
The American Peace Process August 1994 | 85 |
A Cold and Ungenerous Peace October 1994 | 100 |
Two Peoples in One Land December 1994 | 119 |
Memory and Forgetfulness in the United States | 135 |
APPENDix Interview with Edward Said | 165 |
Peace at Hand? May 1994 | 62 |
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