Popular Resistance in Palestine: History and Uncertain Future

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    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 Palestinian
    territory through bottom-up transformational strategies inside an asymmetric power system. Conflict
    management and resolution theories have struggled to engage with the complex dynamics of power
    asymmetry 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 the
    escalation 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 and
    proposes that elite actors should be pressured by grassroots level actors to revise their peacebuilding
    plans towards an end to occupation. This panel weaves together a discussion of fundamental themes
    such as the relationship of power to nonviolent political action, the transformation of grievance into
    resistance, the efficacy of cooperation and dialogue, the challenge of transnational civil and political
    societies, and the barriers facing nonviolent peace action. This panel’s analysis benefits from a strong
    Palestinian voice, which grounds the discussion in current and relevant developments. The panel
    members hope to demonstrate that viable peace action alternatives exist for bitterly intractable
    conflicts.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - 17 Mar 2016
    EventAnnual International Studies Association conference: Exploring Peace - Atlanta, United States
    Duration: 16 Mar 201619 Mar 2016
    Conference number: 57
    http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/Atlanta-2016

    Conference

    ConferenceAnnual International Studies Association conference
    Abbreviated titleISA
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAtlanta
    Period16/03/1619/03/16
    Internet address

    Keywords

    • Nonviolence
    • international solidarity
    • Israel
    • palestine
    • protest

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