"When the Birds Stopped Singing"

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The book's focus is on the 2002 Israeli invasion of Ramallah and explains how it is written from the perspective of a resident of this city. The writer points out that, to fully appreciate the book, one must understand the overall context of the region's intifada. This paper discusses this period in Middle Eastern history, using the book's contents as a background.

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"Although the PLO and other official organizations supported these young Palestinian people, throwing rocks and shouting at the occupying soldiers, rather than tossing bombs and shooting bullets, the intifada was not largely a calculated movement, at least not in all of its first, fleeting efforts of anger at the speed of reform. Thus, this uprising gained certain addition legitimacy for the Palestinian cause, internationally. The shadow government Palestinian government of then still living Yassar Arafat also benefited from the uprising in a way that it had not from its earlier efforts to gain sympathy and attention through the use of forms of terrorist activities."

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