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The terror Israelis feel right now - myself included - is a sliver of what Palestinians have been feeling on a daily basis under the decades-long military occupations of the West Bank and Gaza. DISPATCHES After waking up early saturday to sirens and a barrage of hundreds of rockets, we learned about the unprecedented assault that Palestinian militants from Gaza carried out on Israeli towns near the border. I recall how, for years, Palestinians have been telling me that Israelis "are savages; you can't negotiate with them" - as Israelis are saying about Palestinians. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the impact of Palestine's intifada, or uprisings in the 20th century, on the Arab countries' uprisings of 2011. Palestinian influences from the 2000 liberation Intifada on the revolutions in countries such as Egypt include youth demonstrations and grassroots activism. Resistance from the Palestinian Authority and Hamas to political movements is discussed. It is suggested that the Palestinian liberation struggle has gained from the 2011 Arab uprisings in calling for more democratic representation.

The author reflects on the current situation of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He says that Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna's suggestion to resume the Camp David talks implies that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has provided no solution to the security and economic situation. He adds that the two-state solution that the Palestinian Authority and Yasir Arafat is promoting has only brought differing views in Israel and Palestine.

The article reports on the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during 2007. The author focuses on the difficulties associated with discussing the conflict and the emotional turmoil the mere mention of the subject can generate within individuals. The violent relationship between the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the Hamas soldiers is also discussed.

The author reflects on the Israeli peace movement after the eruption of the second intifada. She says that when the new intifada started, the mainstream Israeli peace movement was deeply shaken. She claims that Peace Now went into hibernation as the violence escalated, leaving the peace movement to small progressive groups, which eventually shifted to the right. She argues that the movement failed to induce major changes because the army has changed tactics by putting more pressure on the media to give less focus on them.

This article presents information on the book "The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid," edited by Roane Carey. Carey, assembled an impressive array of essays for this book, which aims to illuminate the myriad failings of the Oslo Agreements, describe the struggles of the current peace movement, deconstruct the media coverage of the Middle East and reveal the experiences of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation before and during this new intifada. Palestinians, Israelis, Americans and others have contributed to this volume, some are well-known writers, like Edward Said, Noam Chomsky and Robert Fisk, while others are less so, though no less important.