ABSTRACT
IDF Spokesman statistics show that from the start of the uprising until April 8, 1989, 6,951 disturbances were directed against soldiers and 7,216 against civilians. The residents of the Territories draw a distinction between persons who “collaborate” with the Israeli authorities, and those employed in Israel or by the Civil Administration or who engage in commerce with Israelis. In 1988 some 3,000 violent incidents were recorded in East Jerusalem, more than half involving stone-throwing. Civil disobedience is not carried to extremes that are liable to enfeeble the population’s staying power; rather it is judiciously applied, staying within the parameters of the residents’ capacities. Most of the local Palestinians employed by the Civil Administration are continuing on the job, but there are signs that their integration within the system is ebbing. Like the violence, the ultimate objective of the civil disobedience campaign “would lead to the end of the Israeli occupation.”
