Keywords
Settler Colonialism, Israel/Palestine, Solidarity
Abstract
What does it mean for Jewish Israelis to engage in Palestinian solidarity? How do they navigate their positions of privilege in their activism? To explore these questions, I begin with a historical trajectory of the rise and fall of leftist Jewish Israeli activist organizations in response to global and local developments. I focus on two periods and their organizations: The Israeli Socialist Organization in the 1960’s and 1970’s and Ta’ayush and Physicians for Human Rights Israel in the 2010’s. In both cases the individuals in question are a very small minority of Israelis. From there I analyze these organizations and activists’ struggles to escape dominant Zionist and Israeli state narratives and the continual shortcomings in their attempts to center Palestinians in their activism. Despite radical positions, activists from both eras remain trapped in existing systems of power.
Recommended Citation
Hubbart, Ryann M. (2023) "The Limits of Solidarity: leftist Jewish Israeli activism for Palestine in the 1960’s and 2010’s," Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal: 4 (2), 44-59. https://works.swarthmore.edu/suhj/vol4/iss2/4
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