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126511
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2012.
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After more than 45 years of occupation, the impact of nonviolent movements on Israeli society is still difficult to assess, and therefore their effectiveness is difficult to evaluate. The failure of all efforts aimed at ending the occupation is now clearer than ever, although, and this is remarkable, the fight against the system supporting this status quo has never declined. Despite this tireless activism, it remains unclear whether these nonviolent efforts have meaningfully contributed to peace or whether they have proved largely irrelevant to domestic and regional policies.
Not only do we lack convincing answers, but the answers we do have also differ depending on external circumstances. In bleak times, as during the Second Lebanon War, Operation Cast Lead and both intifadas, activist movements often feel useless. In contrast, during more encouraging times, such as the immediate aftermath of U.S. President Barack Obama's election, the feelings tend to be more positive and optimistic. This may be a defining issue among dissidents in Israel: shifting views without knowing what tomorrow has in store for them, going against the current within an uncertain environment.
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149814
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The disturbances that have raged in East Jerusalem in recent years and which sporadically continue to this day are unlikely to surprise anyone following the situation in the city or anyone who is attentive to the voices emanating from it. These disturbances are proof that Jerusalem is a non-city. Without a common foundation for all of its citizens which binds the different communities in West and East Jerusalem together, and without a joint vision for the city, Jerusalem cannot be a normal city; therefore, the only way to define it is as a non-city. Political scientist Jerome Bruner says that there are three things that are necessary to create a functioning social system: 1) shared meanings; 2) shared concepts; and 3) shared modalities. All three conditions are necessary to ensure communication — which, in turn, enables the reconciliation of misunderstandings and different interpretations connected to everyday life.1 None of those three conditions exist today in Jerusalem.
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101456
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ID:
126891
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2011.
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In 2005, I published an article in the Palestine Israel journal (Vol-12, No-1) on the new master plan for Jerusalem which had just got underway: it contained my strong reservations about the guidelines which appeared in the position papers that the Jerusalem municipality had presented.
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095682
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