157 - MERIP

March/April 1989

Middle East Report 157 takes stock of the first intifada two years after it began.


From the Editors (March-April 1989)	The Editors
Up Front
“Suddenly I Can’t Hold My Head Up”	Joel Beinin
Articles
Israel Faces the Uprising	Azmi Bishara
The Great Divide	Emmanuel Farjoun
The Elections, the Peace Camp and the Left	Asher Davidi
“Transfer” and the Discourse of Racism	Ken Brown
“We Are Willing to Pay for Settlements But Not for Health Care”	Joel Beinin
Abu Farid’s House	Beshara Doumani
Children’s Territory	John Berger
A Bullet, A Lie	Joost Hiltermann
Special Reports
Cambridge Voters Challenge US Policy	Matthew S. Gordon
Proposition W	Jeffrey Blankfort
Berkeley’s Sister-City Initiative	Marianne Torres
You Can’t Go Wrong Pushing Peace
In Memoriam
Ahmad Sadiq Sa’d
Reviews
Palestinian Communists and the Intifada	Alain Gresh
Capitalism and the Ottoman Empire	James A. Reilly
Cossali and Robson, Stateless in Gaza	Rania Atalla
Editor’s Bookshelf (March/April 1989)	Joel Beinin
Letter