@conference{754ee13902ef494c839b3102956dad03,
title = "Popular Resistance in Palestine: History and Uncertain Future",
abstract = "The panel title: 'Nonviolent conflict transformation and power asymmetry: The Israeli-Palestinians struggle for peace and justice'.This panel will explore the journey towards justice and peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinianterritory through bottom-up transformational strategies inside an asymmetric power system. Conflictmanagement and resolution theories have struggled to engage with the complex dynamics of powerasymmetry in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the distinct failures of the Oslo Accords. In response,the papers on this panel propose a theoretical framework for peace practice that relies on theescalation of nonviolent conflict including protest, collective resistance, and nonviolent direct action.This panel aims to disrupt the discouraging narratives emerging from upper-level peace efforts andproposes that elite actors should be pressured by grassroots level actors to revise their peacebuildingplans towards an end to occupation. This panel weaves together a discussion of fundamental themessuch as the relationship of power to nonviolent political action, the transformation of grievance intoresistance, the efficacy of cooperation and dialogue, the challenge of transnational civil and politicalsocieties, and the barriers facing nonviolent peace action. This panel{\textquoteright}s analysis benefits from a strongPalestinian voice, which grounds the discussion in current and relevant developments. The panelmembers hope to demonstrate that viable peace action alternatives exist for bitterly intractableconflicts.",
keywords = "Nonviolence, international solidarity, Israel, palestine, protest",
author = "Marwan Darweish",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
day = "17",
language = "English",
note = "Annual International Studies Association conference : Exploring Peace, ISA ; Conference date: 16-03-2016 Through 19-03-2016",
url = "http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/Atlanta-2016",
}