Edward Said: The Morning After

As we mark twenty-five years since the signing of the Oslo Accords, and in light of recent developments affecting all facets of Palestinian life at home and in the diaspora, we share Edward Said's The Morning After, which first appeared in the London Review of Books on October 21, 1993. Said's foresight in assessing the ramifications of the so-called "peace process" is prescient as he concludes that the accords were "an instrument of Palestinian surrender" and insists that, moving forward, "the common battle against poverty, injustice and militarism must now be joined seriously."