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style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Peaceful Popular Resistance: Is it an Option?<a href="/sites/default/files/Sufian%20Abu%20Zaida%20print%20English.pdf"><sub><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/pdf.gif" style="height:16px; margin:0px; width:16px" /></sub></a></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida, Author </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Mr. Qais Abd al-Karim and Mr. Jamal Zakout, </strong></span></span><strong>commentators</strong><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Many Palestinians leaders confuse the concepts of “popular resistance” and “peaceful popular resistance.” The term “popular resistance” implies the use - by the people - of ALL available means consistent with international law, which stipulates how societies under occupation exercise the right to resist their occupier. Popular resistance leads to the participation of all possible segments of society and is not limited to organized factions or political parties. On the other hand, while “peaceful popular resistance” also depends on recruiting the widest possible segment of society, the resistance must be peaceful without any use of weapons or violence....</span></span><strong><a href="/sites/default/files/Sufian%20Abu%20Zaida%20print%20English.pdf"><sub><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/pdf.gif" style="height:16px; margin:0px; width:16px" /></sub></a></strong></p><p> </p><p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/Popular%20Resistance%20photo.jpg" style="height:260px; width:927px" /></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="pcpsr-postmetadatafooter"> <div class="pcpsr-postfootericons pcpsr-metadata-icons"><span class="pcpsr-postcategoryicon"><a href="/ar/node/641" title="المقاومة الشعبية السلمية.. هل هي خيار ممكن؟" class="translation-link">العربية</a></span></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="banner6"> <div class="region region-banner6"> <div class="block block-block pcpsr_footer" id="block-block-9"> <div class="content"> <div><p class="rtecenter"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR)</strong><br /> <strong>Off Irsal street, </strong></span></span><strong><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">2 Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas Street, Ramallah</span></span>, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>P.O.Box 76, Ramallah , Palestine , Tel: +970-2-2964932</strong></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><a href="mailto:pcpsr@pcpsr.org">email: pcpsr@pcpsr.org</a> </strong></span></span></p></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="pcpsr-footer"> <div class="pcpsr-footer-inner"> <div class="region region-footer-message"> <div class="block block-menu-block" id="block-menu-block-1"> <div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-1 menu-name-menu-footer-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-1"> <ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf menu-mlid-1300"><a href="/en">Home</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-1302"><a href="/en/about-psr-page">About us</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-1319"><a href="/en/node/179">Domestic Politics</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-1316"><a href="/en/node/104">Strategic Analysis</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-1317"><a href="/en/node/105">Survey Research</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-1310"><a href="/en/search-data-files">Data Files</a></li> <li class="last leaf menu-mlid-1312"><a href="/en/contact-us">Contact us</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="block block-block" id="block-block-4"> <p>Powered By <a href="http://www.tassmeem.com">Tassmeem Co.Ltd</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </body> </html>