In Search of Leadership

For much of the past decade, all diplomatic initiatives designed to advance the Arab-Israeli peace process have had in common a concern for the future of the West Bank. This region, along with the Gaza Strip, has often been discussed, but rarely studied. Palestinians living under occupation were often seen as passive and leaderless. This view is no longer tenable. The uprising, or intifadah , that began in the West Bank and Gaza in late 1987 and continued into 1988 represents a new phase of the