The Israeli Peace Movement

Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al-Aqsa Intifada

Dr Leonie Fleischmann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2021
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4370-7 (ISBN)

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The Israeli peace movement has been in decline since the 2000s. In particular, the liberal Zionist groups, who call for peace for the sake of the security and continuity of Israel, have become paralysed and almost voiceless since the second Intifada. However, despite the stagnation around the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, this book argues that other important groups have emerged that present new ways to challenge the status quo. These are radical groups that act in solidarity with the Palestinians and human rights organisations and whose aim is to reveal the realities of the occupation and hold the government to account.

Leonie Fleishmann argues that these groups have been, and remain, the agenda setters, pushing the more moderate groups to mobilise more quickly and encouraging them to take up more confrontational ideas. Using social movements theory, and based on 50 interviews and participant observation, this book sheds light on contemporary Israeli peace activism.

Leonie Fleischmann is a Lecturer in International Politics and the MA Programme Director for Human Rights at the Department of International Politics, City University of London. She was also the 2017-2018 non-resident Research Fellow at the International Centre for Non-Violent Conflict in Washington D.C. She has been a Visiting Teaching Fellow at both King’s College London and SOAS. She completed her PhD in International Politics at City University London in 2015.

List of Tables
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Re-Framing Israeli Anti-Occupation Activism
The Liberal Zionist Component: Failing to Resonate
The Radical Component: Consistently Confrontational
The Human Rights Component: Challenging Israeli Consensus
Gender and the Framing of Israeli Anti-Occupation Activism
Irreconcilable Differences
Reconciling Differences: The Case of Sheikh Jarrah
Moving Forward: New Ideas

Chapter 3: New Ways to Resist
Contained Collective Action
Harnessing Institutionalised Forms of Activism
Tours
Nonviolent Resistance
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Conscientious Objection
Conclusion: Demobilisation, Expansion and Evolution

Chapter 4: A Changing Landscape
Who are the Activists?
Mobilisation Structures since the Al Aqsa Intifada
The International Dimension
Mobilisation Beyond People: Funding

Chapter 5: Three Paths of Activism
Path One: Demobilisation of the Liberal Zionist Component
Path Two: The Continued Efforts of the Human Rights Component
Path Three: A New Wave of Radical Activism

Chapter 6: Beyond the Policy Realm
Reflections on the Theoretical Foundations of Social Movements
The Influence of Israeli Anti-Occupation Activism

Notes
Appendix: Table of Israeli Peace and Anti-Occupation Groups
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.02.2021
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	0-7556-4370-4 / 0755643704
ISBN-13	978-0-7556-4370-7 / 9780755643707
Zustand	Neuware