Nonviolent Resistance in the Second Intifada: Activism and Advocacy

190 Pages·2011·2.98 MB·English

by  Maia Carter Hallward

Nonviolent Resistance in the
Second Intifada
MIDDLEEASTTODAY
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NonviolentResistanceintheSecondIntifada:ActivismandAdvocacy
EditedbyMaiaCarterHallwardandJulieM.Norman
Nonviolent Resistance in the
Second Intifada
Activism and Advocacy
Edited by
Maia Carter Hallward and Julie M. Norman
NONVIOLENTRESISTANCEINTHESECONDINTIFADA
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p. cm.—(MiddleEasttoday)
1. Al-AqsaIntifada,2000—Protestmovements.
2. Nonviolence—Palestine. 3. Peacemovements—Palestine.
4. Nonviolence—Israel. 5. Peacemovements—Israel.
6. Arab-Israeliconflict—1993—Peace. I. Hallward,
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Contents
ListofTables vii
NotesonContributors ix
1 Introduction:NonviolentResistanceintheSecondIntifada 1
JulieM.Norman
2 CivicEducationinPost-OsloPalestine:Discursive
Domestication 13
AvaLeone
3 DevelopmentasPeacebuildingandResistance:Alternative
NarrativesofNonviolenceinPalestine-Israel 33
TimothySeidel
4 PartnersforPeace:CooperativePopularResistanceand
PeacebuildingintheIsraeli-PalestinianConflict 53
RobertR.Sauders
5 UnderstandingsofNonviolenceandViolence:Joint
PalestinianandInternationalNonviolentResistance 69
SarahScruggs
6 ReligiousLeadersintheIsraeli-PalestinianConflict:From
ViolentIncitementtoNonviolentResistance 87
MohammedAbu-Nimer
7 InternationalLawandtheCaseofOperationCastLead:
“Lawfare”andtheStruggleforJustice 111
MaiaCarterHallward
8 TheGlobalCampaignforBoycott,Divestment,and
SanctionsagainstIsrael 133
HazemJamjoum
vi CONTENTS
9 TheFreeGazaMovement 153
FromaninterviewwithHuwaidaArrafandAdamShapiro
10 Conclusion:ProspectsforNonviolentResistance
inPalestine-Israel 163
MaiaCarterHallwardandJulieM.Norman
Index 177
List of Tables
6.1 Typesofdialogue—Process 94
6.2 Typesofdialogue—Content 94
6.3 Dialoguemodels 95
Notes on Contributors
MohammedAbu-NimerisaprofessorattheAmericanUniversity’sSchool
ofInternationalServiceinInternationalPeaceandConflictResolutionin
Washington, D.C., and director of the Peacebuilding and Development
Institute. He has conducted research on conflict resolution and dialogue
forpeaceamongPalestiniansandJewsinIsrael,theIsraeli-Palestiniancon-
flict,theapplicationofconflictresolutionmodelsinMuslimcommunities,
andinterreligiousconflictresolutiontrainingandinterfaithdialogue.He
hasalsoconductedevaluationsofconflictresolutionprograms.Hisbooks
include Nonviolence and Peacebuilding in Islam, Interfaith Peacebuilding
and Dialogue in the Middle East, and Interfaith Dialogue: A Guide for
Muslims. As a practitioner, he has conducted conflict resolution train-
ing workshops in many conflict areas, including Palestine, Israel, Egypt,
Northern Ireland, Philippines (Mindanao), Sri Lanka, and the United
States.HehaspublishedarticlesonthesesubjectsintheJournalofPeace
Research, the Journal of Peace and Change, and the American Journal of
EconomicsandSociology,aswellaschaptersinvariouseditedbooks.Abu-
NimerisalsothecofounderandthecoeditoroftheJournalofPeacebuilding
andDevelopment.
HuwaidaArrafisaco-founderoftheInternationalSolidarityMovement
(ISM)—aPalestinian-ledmovementofPalestinianandinternationalindi-
vidualactivistsandgrassrootscommunityorganizationsworkingtoraise
awarenessofthePalestinianstruggleforfreedomandtocallforanendto
Israelioccupation—whichhastwicebeennominatedfortheNobelPeace
Prize. Huwaida has a JD/MA from American University’s Washington
CollegeofLaw,withafocusonInternationalHumanRightsandHumani-
tarianLaw.SheisthechairpersonoftheFreeGazamovement,andhasbeen
onboardnumerousmissionsthatthegrouphassenttoGaza.Huwaidawas
alsoamemberofaNationalLawyersGuilddelegationthattraveledtoGaza
inFebruary2009todocumentpossibleIsraeliviolationsofinternational
lawduringOperationCastLead.
Maia Carter Hallward is an assistant professor in the Department of
Political Science and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University,
x NOTESONCONTRIBUTORS
and associate editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development.
Maia has published articles on Israeli and Palestinian nonviolence in
variousjournals,includingtheJournalofPeaceResearch,Critique:Critical
Middle Eastern Studies, and Global Change, Peace and Security. Her
forthcoming book, Struggling for a Just Peace: Israeli and Palestinian
Activism in the Second Intifada, is scheduled for publication with Uni-
versity Press of Florida in 2011. Current research includes the intersec-
tion of religion and politics and the decision of resistance movements
to engage in the political process. Maia has a PhD in International
Relations from American University in Washington, D.C., with con-
centrations in International Peace and Conflict Resolution and Critical
Geopolitics.
Hazem Jamjoum is a third generation Palestinian refugee, and a grad-
uate student in Arab and Middle East Studies at the American Univer-
sity of Beirut, Lebanon. He was formerly Communications Officer of
the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights
(http://www.badil.org)atBethlehem,Palestine,andtheeditorofitsquar-
terlyEnglishlanguagepublication,al-Majdal.Hewasoneofthefounding
organizers of the Coalition against Israeli Apartheid (http://caiaweb.org)
inToronto,Canada,wherehealsohostedToronto’sonlyArabcommunity
radioshow,KanYaMaKan,onCKLN88.1fm;sungwithJawqetEl-Sheikh
Imam,aTorontotributebandtooneofthetwentieth-century’sgreatartist
revolutionaries;andwasAssociateEditoroftheJournalofLawandEquality
(2003–2004)andSeniorEditoroftheIndigenousLawJournal(2004–2005).
AvaLeone has a Master’s degree in Arab Studies from Georgetown Uni-
versity. Her current research examines contemporary Palestinian resis-
tance strategies and the effectsof international assistance on community
mobilization efforts. She has previously worked in Egypt, Jordan, and
Palestine on issues ranging from community nonviolent resistance to
youthunemployment.
JulieM.Norman is an assistant professor in the Department of Political
ScienceatConcordiaUniversityinMontreal.SheistheauthorofTheSec-
ond Palestinian Intifada: Civil Resistance (Routledge 2010), and she also
writesonmediaactivismandinternationallawinIsrael-Palestine.Julieis
acoordinatorandmediatrainerwithVoicesBeyondWalls,aparticipatory
mediaprojectintheWestBank,andshehasworkedonseveraldocumen-
tary films in the region. Julie has a PhD in International Relations from
AmericanUniversityinWashington,D.C.,withconcentrationsinHuman
Rights and International Peace and Conflict Resolution, and a regional
focusontheMiddleEast.