Armed vs. peaceful resistance What you need to know about Muqawama in Gaza

The word Muqawama in Palestinian lexicon does not need elaboration beyond the immediate meaning Armed vs. peaceful generates among ordinary Palestinians. Only recently, and specifically after the Oslo peace accords and the sudden infusion of western-funded NGOs, did such terms as ‘peaceful resistance’ and ‘non-violent resistance’ begin to emerge within some circles of Palestinian intellectuals. These phrases, however, never truly […]