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Author Ḥūt, Shafīq.

Title My life in the PLO : the inside story of the Palestinian struggle / Shifiq al-Hout ; edited by Jean Said Makdisi and Martin Asser ; translated by Hader al-Hout and Laila Othman.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 316 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Includes index.
Contents 1. Jaffa, My City --- 2. From Homeland to Exile --- 3. From Journalism to Politics --- 4. The Birth of the Palestine Liberation Organization --- 5. The Factions Gain Control over the PLO --- 6. Jordanian-Palestinian Relations --- 7. Nasser As I Knew Him --- 8. Fratricidal Wars --- 9. The PLO at the United Nations --- 10. Palestine, Around the Globe --- 11. The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon --- 12. The Sabra and Shatila Massacre --- 13. After the Departure --- 14. The Mysterious Triangle --- 15. The Second Exodus From Lebanon --- 16. The Session that changed the Path --- 17. The Intifada of Stones --- 18. Return to the Executive Committee --- 19. No Final Solution without a Single Democratic Palestine --- 20. The Night of Abu Ammarʹs Plane Crash --- 21. Resigning in Protest over the Oslo Agreement --- 22. After the Resignation --- 23. My Heart Rebels --- 24. Coming out of a Dark Abyss.
Summary This is the inside story of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), from its beginnings in 1964 to the signing of the Oslo agreement in 1993. For over three decades, the main goal of the PLO was to achieve a just peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and to build a democratic state in Palestine for all its citizens. Shafiq Al-Hout, a high ranking PLO official until his resignation in 1993, provides previously unavailable details on the key events in its history such as its recognition by the UN and the Oslo peace negotiations. Taking us right to the heart of the decision making processes, this book explains the personalities and internal politics that shaped the PLO's actions and the Palestinian experience of the twentieth century. Although he was an insider, Al-Hout's book does not shy from analysing and criticising decisions and individuals, including Yasser Arafat. This book is an essential piece of history that sheds new light on the significance of the PLO in the Palestinian struggle for justice. -- Publisher description.
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Language Translated from Arabic.
Subject Ḥūt, Shafīq.
Ḥūt, Shafīq.
Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah.
Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah.
Ḥūt, Shafīq.
Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah.
Statesmen -- Palestine -- Biography.
Statesmen.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Palestine -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Palestine -- History -- 20th century.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author Makdisi, Jean Said.
Asser, Martin.
Hout, Hader, translator.
ʻUthmān, Laylá, translator.
Added Title Inside story of the Palestinian struggle
Other Form: Print version: Ḥūt, Shafīq. My life in the PLO. London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 9780745328843 (DLC) 2011280058 (OCoLC)668199564
ISBN 9781849645485 (electronic book)
1849645485 (electronic book)
9780745328843
0745328849
9780745328836
0745328830