Peace Movement in Israel, 1967-87

20 years after the Six Day War, Israeli society remains deeply divided over the future of the occupied territories. This book analyzes the growth of the peace movement, examining the struggle of ordinary Israelis to end the occupation and stem the tides of racism and religious nationalism.

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Upsetting the balance; the peace movement emerges; the rise and fall of peace now; against racism and for dialogue; enemies talk - the story of Israeli-PLO dialogue; ethnicity and the peace movement; Mizrachi doves; new Mizrachi initiatives and dialogue; peace through encounters and education - Intervention Programmes in Jewish-Arab Contact (IPJACs); dovish parties and protest organizations - Mapam and Ratz; protest movement organizations - Oz ve Shalom, the Birzeit Solidarity Committee, Parents Against Silence, Yesh Gvul - the limits of obedience; non-violence, free speech and nuclear war - Mubarak Awad and the Palestinian non-violent struggle, Mordechai Vanunu and the threat of nuclear war, Gideon Spiro and free speech.