Hmmm...sorry if I was unclear. I'm simply trying to imagine what an effective Palestinian non-violent protest looks like and I'm having trouble.
If Palestinians demonstrate within their territory, Israel almost certainly wouldn't care. People non-violently protest American actions all over the world and we rarely take notice of it (unless it turns violent).
If Palestinians demonstrate within Israel, to bring their complaints front and center, they're likely to meet stiff, even violent resistance. And the protest has to allow Palestinians to get into Israel, which either won't happen at all for large groups or be quietly diverted/hushed up for smaller groups/individuals.
Theoretically, Palestinians could encourage a sort of economic isolation of Israel as a form of non-violent protest or a form of non-violent leverage, but even if they could convince long-standing allies to sever economic ties (highly unlikely), the Israelis would almost certainly dig in their heels.
I'm mostly trying to get a wider view on the options, but if I have a point it's that Israel has never been very interested in concessions to the Palestinians no matter what tactics have been applied. Although perhaps you're right in that Israeli attitudes will change after Netanyahu's generation leaves power.
My ramblings and $1.25 gets you a bottled water Tom
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Hmmm...sorry if I was unclear. I'm simply trying to imagine what an effective Palestinian non-violent protest looks like and I'm having trouble.
If Palestinians demonstrate within their territory, Israel almost certainly wouldn't care. People non-violently protest American actions all over the world and we rarely take notice of it (unless it turns violent).
If Palestinians demonstrate within Israel, to bring their complaints front and center, they're likely to meet stiff, even violent resistance. And the protest has to allow Palestinians to get into Israel, which either won't happen at all for large groups or be quietly diverted/hushed up for smaller groups/individuals.
Theoretically, Palestinians could encourage a sort of economic isolation of Israel as a form of non-violent protest or a form of non-violent leverage, but even if they could convince long-standing allies to sever economic ties (highly unlikely), the Israelis would almost certainly dig in their heels.
I'm mostly trying to get a wider view on the options, but if I have a point it's that Israel has never been very interested in concessions to the Palestinians no matter what tactics have been applied. Although perhaps you're right in that Israeli attitudes will change after Netanyahu's generation leaves power.
My ramblings and $1.25 gets you a bottled water
Tom