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Non-violent Resistance and Double Repression

Posted Tuesday, 29 Sep 2015 by Jacob Høigilt

January 12, 2013: Israeli armed forces in the West Bank, arresting several of the organizers.

July 6, 2012: the Palestinian Authority鈥檚 security forces a peaceful demonstration against normalization with Israel in Ramallah, the West Bank.

Palestinian Grafiti. Photo: [Wall in Palestine](https://www.flickr.com/photos/43405897@N04/4401887379/in/photolist-7GYPKZ-aqDYFS-4xx25M-pWBAW8-wMcSCh-2FMcsX-59bPBV-qBMwnp-pa4fqK-o5ZzvH-5bHc6w-f4AYwh-ipqbbx-65xRZw-5j2oMg-5S6nMj-8sFwNP-vwUXD5-83BieD-Dco27-5PQhoL-65vQmD-5QuW2U-65C5vL-7JzMcv-aLFnyk-5QEU3x-bivQZa-fqU8cv-5tH55o-xE51T-7nW2Vf-rvefFe-aLzipM-vMdvu-jZzWi-hWNa9o-w2En6N-4A3xww-hZFfZM-oj1Buw-2ahQu-vBGi16-rg5S55-aLzttc-n2TJi5-vuR3wb-gixjKC-7nW3oL-5Q5teS).

These episodes illustrate the predicament of Palestinian non-violent activists. These activists experience what I call double repression, being harassed and persecuted not only by the Israeli occupation forces, but also by their own authorities in Gaza and in the West Bank. Yet it is this very activism that today holds the most promise for the Palestinian struggle against Israeli settler activities and occupation. Here鈥檚 why.

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