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Author Bishara, Amahl A., 1976- author.

Title Crossing a line : laws, violence, and roadblocks to Palestinian political expression / Amahl A. Bishara
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 350 pages) : illustrations
Contents The shifting ground of Palestine -- Protesting the war on Gaza together, apart -- The momentum of collaboration -- A juxtaposition of Palestinian places -- Territory and mourning on social media -- Bonds of care : prison and the Green Line
Summary "Palestinians living on different sides of the Green Line make up approximately one-fifth of Israeli citizens and about four-fifths of the population of the West Bank. In both groups, activists assert that they share a single political struggle for national liberation. Yet, obstacles inhibit their ability to speak to each other and as a collective. Geopolitical boundaries fragment Palestinians into ever smaller groups. "Crossing a Line" enters these distinct environments for political expression and action of Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship and Palestinians subject to Israeli military occupation in the West Bank, and considers how Palestinians are differently impacted by dispossession, settler colonialism, and militarism. Amahl Bishara looks to sites of political practice--journalism, historical commemorations, street demonstrations, social media, in prison, and on the road--to analyze how Palestinians create collectivities in these varied circumstances. She draws on firsthand research, personal interviews, and public media to examine how people shape and reshape meanings in circumstances of constraint. In considering these different environments for political expression and action, Bishara illuminates how expression is always grounded in place--and how a people can struggle together for liberation together even when they cannot join together in protest"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 16, 2022)
Subject Palestinian Arabs -- Israel -- Politics and government
Palestinian Arabs -- West Bank -- Politics and government
Palestinian Arabs -- Politics and government
Israel
West Bank
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021051787
ISBN 9781503632103
1503632105