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Civil Disobedience In Israel

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The condition of Palestinian’s in Israel as a Jewish state is a questionable and ambiguous situation, as Palestinians are treated like 2nd class citizens; the Palestinians in Israel lived and still live under harsh military rule and occupation. Palestinians encountered many restrictions and obstacles on the freedom of movement, restrictions on freedom of press, and illegal confiscation of land and property. Under military law, Palestinians faced the distinct possibility of deportations, illegal detentions without trial, curfews, and house arrests; hence, Palestinian’s started growing frustrated of Israel’s relentless occupation, and as a result, they started several Civil Disobedience campaigns known as the Intifada or The Uprisings. Michael C. …show more content…

1-2-3-4). John Zeleznikow, Professor at Victoria University, narrates, “On September 28, 2000, Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel, along with a large escort of military, visited the site of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, perceiving this as an assertion of sovereignty over the former site of the Temple, Palestinians revolted” (1260). The Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, marched onto the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where the 3rd holiest mosque to the Muslims is located and the symbolic heart of the conflict: He shouted, “The Temple Mount is in our Hands.” The Palestinian’s and the Muslim world erupted with anger and rage; the clashes took a turn for the worst, when a peaceful protest was ambushed with bullets fired by the Israeli forces, killing seven. This is where the Second Intifada would begin; the Peace Process was back to square one and at an all-time low after violent clashes across the territories would last for the next 5 years (“Remembering the second intifada”

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