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.

List of TablesAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Re-Framing Israeli Anti-Occupation ActivismThe Liberal Zionist Component: Failing to ResonateThe Radical Component: Consistently Confrontational The Human Rights Component: Challenging Israeli ConsensusGender and the Framing of Israeli Anti-Occupation ActivismIrreconcilable DifferencesReconciling Differences: The Case of Sheikh JarrahMoving Forward: New Ideas Chapter 3: New Ways to ResistContained Collective ActionHarnessing Institutionalised Forms of ActivismToursNonviolent ResistanceBoycott, Divestment and SanctionsConscientious ObjectionConclusion: Demobilisation, Expansion and Evolution Chapter 4: A Changing LandscapeWho are the Activists? Mobilisation Structures since the Al Aqsa IntifadaThe International DimensionMobilisation Beyond People: FundingChapter 5: Three Paths of Activism Path One: Demobilisation of the Liberal Zionist ComponentPath Two: The Continued Efforts of the Human Rights ComponentPath Three: A New Wave of Radical Activism Chapter 6: Beyond the Policy RealmReflections on the Theoretical Foundations of Social MovementsThe Influence of Israeli Anti-Occupation Activism NotesAppendix: Table of Israeli Peace and Anti-Occupation GroupsBibliographyIndex