The Israeli Peace Movement: Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al-Aqsa Intifada (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)

"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Re-framing Israeli anti-occupation activism1 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 institutionalized forms of activism Tours Nonviolent resistance Boycott, divestment and sanctions Conscientious objection Demobilization, expansion and evolution Chapter 4: A changing landscape Who are the activists? Mobilization structures since the Al-Aqsa Intifada The international dimension Mobilization beyond people: Funding Chapter 5: Three paths of activism Path one: Demobilization 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 Appendix: Table of Israeli peace andanti-occupation groups Notes Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Bibliography Primary sources Secondary sources Index