Introduction -- What we want : plurality, justice, human rights -- The logic of popular resistance -- The local context of popular resistance -- Popular resistance during Ottoman rule -- Balfour, Al-Buraq and the Zionist build-up, 1917-35 -- The Great Revolt of 1936-39 -- Devastation to Nakba, 1939-48 -- From Nakba to Naksa, 1948-67 -- One state of oppression, 1967-86 -- Intifadet Al-Hijara, 1987-91 -- Madrid, Oslo and the Al-Aqsa Intifada -- Boycotts, divestments and sanctions -- Conclusions and outlook for the future -- Appendix : local civil resistance nonviolent struggle groups