ABSTRACT

A variety of tactics were implemented throughout Palestine to challenge the occupation during the second intifada. However, the majority of activists hesitated to define the cycle of contention as a popular movement, because of its fragmented and localized nature. As one activist commented, “There are events, and different communities are trying to be active . . . But it’s not a movement. It is still fragmented” (author interview 2007). Similarly, another activist noted, “Many organizations are trying to bring a nonviolent movement, but there is still not a movement. We are still working as individuals and small groups, so it’s not a movement from the people” (author interview 2007). Others agreed, stating that, despite various individual efforts, “there is no networking, no vision, no shared meaning, no tools” (author interview 2007).