Civil organizations and protest movements in Israel : mobilization around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / edited by Elisabeth Marteu.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Movement-countermovement dynamics and the dynamics of radicalization / Bert Klandermans -- Introduction: Exploring new perspectives : Israeli civil mobilization and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Elisabeth Marteu -- 1. After the Gaza withdrawal : the settlers' struggle over the meaning of the Israeli national identity / David Khalfa -- 2. American Orthodox immigrants' mobilization and integration in Israel / Wasfi Kailani -- 3. Political activism and legitimacy in Israel : four groups between cooperation and transgression / Karine Lamarche -- 4. Framing, misframing, and reframing : the fiddler at Beit-Iba checkpoint / Ruthie Ginsburg -- 5. Activists squeezed between the "apartheid wall" and the "separation force" : the radicalism versus pragmatism dilemma of social movements : the case of the Israeli separation barrier / Yuval Feinstein -- 6. Doves of a feather : a comparative analysis of identity-based peace and conflict-resolution organizations (P /CROs) in Israel, Northern Ireland, and South Africa / Raviv Schwartz -- 7. Looking out for the Arabs : mobilization in favor of the Israeli-Arab sector in the Galilean Mitzpim hilltop settlements / Pierre Renno -- 8. Lawyering for the cause of the Arab minority in Israel : litigation as means for collective action / Helen Sallon -- 9. Arab Palestinian women's organizations in Israel : civil organizations without national movement? / Elisabeth Marteu -- 10. The battle for recognition : civil society, citizenship, and the political rise of the Negev Bedouin / Richard Ratcliffe -- 11. Inhabitants' mobilization for city planning in East Jerusalem / Irene Salenson.

"This collected volume brings together young scholars at the cutting edge of innovative research on Israeli citizens and organizations mobilized around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The objective of these original case studies is to understand the radicalization of some Israeli mobilizations linked to the conflict and to explore the growing polarization of Israeli democracy. The composite nature of Israeli society is explored through the fragmentation of civil movements: The settler movement, the peace movement, and also Israeli Arab organizations have all emerged since the mid-1970s, illustrating a rich mixture of civil dynamism, community tensions and antagonistic political visions. These pioneering, critical perspectives provide a wealth of theoretical and empirical information on the current state-society relations in Israel, the boundaries and borders in civil mobilization and on the prospects for Israeli democracy in the 21st century."--Publisher's website.

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