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Rejecting the Cycle of Violence: When Women Say No to War (Israel-Palestine 1987–2013)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Valérie Pouzol
Valérie Pouzol*
Affiliation:
Université Paris 8, France
*
Valérie Pouzol, Universié Paris 8, 2 rue de la Liberté, 93526 Saint-Denis Cedex, France. Email: v.pouzol@wanadoo.fr
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Abstract

During the already long history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, women from both sides of the Green Line have been highly visible participants in the often perilous enterprise of establishing dialogue, of maintaining links with the other side, and of thinking seriously about the conditions that will need to be brought together for the construction of a just and lasting peace. By their words, their often symbolic actions, and their activist strategies, they have durably contributed to the building of a ‘clandestine’ peace often far removed from the calendars and issues of the major international negotiations. In these collective actions, choosing the path of non-violence has often been at the heart of their repertoire of militant activities and their discourses. This article proposes to examine certain examples of such activities and involvement since the first Intifada of 1987 up until the very recent past, showing that the choice of non-violent strategies has been a significantly marked tendency of the activism of women, and that this is always associated with the formulation of renewed forms of discourse around peace and reconciliation.

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Diogenes , Volume 61 , Issue 3-4: Theories and Practices of Non-Violence , August 2014 , pp. 97 - 111
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Copyright © ICPHS 2016

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