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After the 1994 Oslo Accords, Palestinians were hopeful that an end to the Israeli occupation was within reach, and that a state would be theirs by 1999. With this promise, international powers became increasingly involved in Palestinian politics, and many shadows of statehood arose in the territories. Today, however, no state has emerged, and the occupation has become more entrenched. Concurrently, the Palestinian Authority has become increasingly authoritarian, and Palestinians ever more polarised and demobilised. Palestine is not unique in this: international involvement, and its disruptive effects, have been a constant across the contemporary Arab world. This book argues that internationally backed authoritarianism has an effect on society itself, not just on regime-level dynamics.

Arab-Israeli conflict --- Authoritarianism --- Peace --- International cooperation. --- Palestinian National Authority --- Politics and government. --- Israel-Arab conflicts --- Israel-Palestine conflict --- Israeli-Arab conflict --- Israeli-Palestinian conflict --- Jewish-Arab relations --- Palestine-Israel conflict --- Palestine problem (1948- ) --- Palestinian-Israeli conflict --- Palestinian Arabs --- Political science --- Authority --- History --- Palestinian Authority --- Sulṭah al-Waṭanīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah --- Palestine National Authority --- PNA --- Sulṭah al-Filasṭīnīyah

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Tawfiq Zayyad (1929–94) was a renowned Palestinian poet and a committed communist activist. For four decades, he was a dominant figure in political life in Israel, as a local council member, mayor of Nazareth, and member of the Israeli parliament. Zayyad personified the collective struggle of the Palestinian citizens of Israel, challenging the military government following the creation of the state of Israel, leading the 1976 nationwide strike against land confiscation, and tirelessly protesting Israeli military occupation after 1967. With this book, Tamir Sorek offers the first biography of this charismatic figure. Zayyad's life was one of balance and contradiction—between his revolutionary writings as Palestinian patriotic poet and his pragmatic political work in the Israeli public sphere. He was uncompromising in his protest of injustices against the Palestinian people, but always committed to a universalist vision of Arab-Jewish brotherhood. It was this combination of traits that made Zayyad an exceptional leader—and makes his biography larger than the man himself to offer a compelling story about Palestinians and the state of Israel.

Arab-Israeli conflict --- Nationalists --- Poets, Palestinian Arab --- Politicians --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. --- History --- Zayyād, Tawfīq. --- Palestinian Arab poets --- Nationalism --- Israel-Arab conflicts --- Israel-Palestine conflict --- Israeli-Arab conflict --- Israeli-Palestinian conflict --- Jewish-Arab relations --- Palestine-Israel conflict --- Palestine problem (1948- ) --- Palestinian-Israeli conflict --- Palestinian Arabs --- Ziyād, Tawfīq, --- زياد، توفيق --- زياد، توقق --- Communism. --- Israel. --- Nationalism. --- Nazareth. --- Palestinians. --- Poetry. --- Secularism. --- Palestine --- Politics and government --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political --- Zayyād, Tawfīq --- Ziyād, Tawfīq