In From Stones to Statehood, journalist and activist Phyllis Bennis reports on the first Palestinian intifada, which began in December 1987. Based on her time in the West Bank and Gaza, the book describes how the uprising grew from street protests into a mass, organised movement of civil resistance.

Bennis explains the popular committees, strikes, boycotts of Israeli goods, and community self-organisation that sustained the intifada, the role of women and youth, and the PLO’s 1988 declaration of independence. Illustrated with photographs, it is a contemporary account of a turning point in Palestinian history and of a people’s struggle for self-determination.