Cry Palestine

Saïd K. Aburish was born in the West Bank in 1935. He attended university in the United States and subsequently worked as a consultant to several Arab governments and as Middle East correspondent for Radio Free Europe and the Daily Mail. He is now a journalist and author and has written for, among others, the Independent, the Washington Post, and Liberation. His books include Pay-Off: Wheeling and Dealing in the Arab World, The St. George Hotel Bar (published in paperback as Beirut Spy), and Children of Bethany. He lives in London.

Introduction -- The Brutal Reality -- A Week in the Life of the West Bank -- The Language of Fear, Hate, Violence and Death -- The Unknown -- Rampant Blind Injustice -- Indirect Terror -- Self-Appraisal -- Treason -- The Small Landowner's Story -- As God is My Witness -- Profile in Courage – Makram Sa'ad -- People on the Other Side -- Profiles in Courage – Lea Tzemel -- A Confusing Time -- Conversations with People on the Other Side -- Palestinians — the Worst and the Best -- A Paranoid Culture -- Children of the Intifada -- The PLO and the People -- There is a Palestinian State -- Conclusion