From Static to Active Sumud

"From a static sumud, characterized by an attitude of resignation (perhaps even self-pity), albeit coupled with the determination to stay put on the land, sumud muqawim emerged as activist and effective in seeking ways to build alternative institutions, and thus to resist and undermine the occupation."

--Samih K. Farsoun and Jean M. Landis, "The Sociology of an Uprising: The Roots of the Intifada," p. 28.