Intifada: year one

STILL HOLDING ON: Memory made manifest, keys to old family homes in occupied Palestine are passed down from one generation to the next; but to call them symbols would be to strip them of their essential attribute, which is their ability to open doors closed decades ago, doors to houses perhaps demolished, but whose inhabitants, in a sense, live in them still. Memory is a burden, too -- all the more so when its wounds are carved open anew every day by continued absence. That is why the reminiscences of their grandparents, to Palestinian children, continue to constitute the present -- even as they shape that present, today, into a future they cannot discern clearly. That, too, is why we honour the Intifada, as a moment of irrepressible life, leaping forth to bare its teeth at death in a grin, a snarl or a cry of hope
The Intifada next time
Any objective assessment of the Intifada shows the losses outweigh the gains. Graham Usher in Ramallah looks back at what went wrong and what is required to put it right
A year of war crimes and resistance
Shawqi Al-Eissa documents human rights abuses and international complicity
A public spirit
By Hanan Ashrawi
The spirit still lives
Israel's policies in the past year have devastated the people and land of Palestine. Mustafa Barghouthi reports on a gruesome toll
A strategic option
By Marwan Barghouthi
Now light dawns
By Nayef Hawatmeh
Decisive meetings
By Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Shaking the foundations of citizenship
One year on, the Intifada has brought to the fore crucial questions of identity and participation for Israel's Palestinian citizens. Nadim Rouhana explains
Right of resistance
By Maher Al-Taher
The only option
By Fahmy Howeidy
The decline and fall of the Israeli left
Now is the time to regroup, writes Ilan Pappe, and count the survivors on both sides -- for their existence is truly in danger
On the offensive
By Ghassan Al-Khatib
Winner takes all
By Jibril Rajoub
Settling for no settlements
Israel's colonial construction policy is the principal obstacle to a peaceful solution, writes Khalil Al-Tafakji
This for that
By Hani Al-Hourani
Changes within
By Gamil Mattar
'We are all Palestinians'
A year of Intifada has injected life into an international solidarity movement that joins the Palestinians in opposing Israeli aggression. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports
Rally round the flag
The Palestinian cause is one of the quintessential pan-Arab slogans, writes Khaled Dawoud; so just where is Arab support?
Palestinian perceptions
A recent survey reveals that more and more Palestinians have lost faith in negotiations, see violence as their only option, and are less willing to negotiate with Israel. Jasper Thornton writes
No end in sight
By Jihad Khazen
Cartoons by Osama Qassem
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