POLI 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Yesh Gvul, Peace Now, Madrid Conference Of 1991
28 Nov 2012
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Response to iron fist policy started after war on lebanon to control the population in the south institution of curfews, seizure of homes suspected of holding people or weapons, restrictions on transport. Rabin"s policy encouraged beating demonstrators had double pronged affect- embedding lebanon, and brutality on demonstrators coming of age of a generation that grew up under occupation. Response to absent plo? lack of leadership from the plo, very much tied to lebanon starting to seem more and more distant need for more local uprising. Grassroots mobilization not orchestrated by arafat, coordinated by local parties, village leaders, local leadership committees. Responses to the uprising (cid:12254) (cid:12254) everyone was involved with it, young, old, women. Israel response? initial surprise at internal threat? increasing crackdowns and arrests; est. 1,000 killed, thousands wounded \ idea that palestinians would rise up caught israel by surprise (cid:12254) Include gush shalom, women in black, peace now, yesh gvul (refuseniks)
