ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how the prisoners movement changed from the pre-Oslo 1970s and 1980s to the post-Oslo 1990s and 2000s. The chapter discusses how changing political organization both inside and outside the prisons, combined with changing Israeli policies to manage the prisons, has changed the nature of activism and resistance in such a way that the prisoners movement mirrors the national movement in terms of its recent weakening and fragmentation. It also discusses how recent strikes have shifted from collective movements for rights to individual campaigns for release, and how this has changed the effectiveness of the tactic.
