On the eve of the highly controversial 2020 plan for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, the author examines the nature of the Palestinian condition and the many challenges Palestinians confront, including the absence of an effective leadership. In registering this, the article proposes a reassessment of the First Intifada that places it in a contemporary perspective and seeks to ‘excavate’ modes of resistance. It engages with the problematic of leadership and highlights how existing challenges might be addressed. Taking into account the Oslo Accords and subsequent attempts towards neoliberal state-building, it draws on theories of settler colonialism and stresses the neo-colonial continuum in Palestine. Finally, the author interviews key activists from the First Intifada to (respectively) provide insight into the nature of the contemporary situation and suggest an alternative model of leadership and struggle.

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巴勒斯坦领导人和第一次起义的当代意义

在极具争议的 2020 年以色列吞并约旦河西岸部分地区的计划前夕，作者审视了巴勒斯坦状况的性质以及巴勒斯坦人面临的许多挑战，包括缺乏有效的领导。在记录这一点时，文章建议重新评估第一次起义，将其置于当代视角并寻求“挖掘”抵抗模式。它涉及领导力问题，并强调如何应对现有挑战。考虑到奥斯陆协议和随后的新自由主义国家建设尝试，它借鉴了定居者殖民主义的理论，并强调了巴勒斯坦的新殖民连续体。最后，