The Economic Side of the Intifadah
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12015232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Gabriel (Judith Gabriel is an independent journalist who also produces a bi-weekly radio program, “The Middle East in Focus” for Pacifica KPFK-FM Radio in Los Angeles. She made her second visit to the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in May 1988. Many of the observations, citations, and comments in this article were gathered at that time., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 198-213 |
| Publication date | 1988-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Palestine Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0377-919X • E-ISSN: 1533-8614 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2537606 |
| OpenAlex | W2065264937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
The stone came first, scooped up by a defiant youth; but the war of the shekel was soon to follow, both as a symbol and as a strategic weapon in the Palestinian uprising of 1987-88. While protest actions and demonstrations continued throughout the summer, analysts agree that it was a series of economic measurescollective acts of resistance on the part of Palestinians, and the countertactic responses of the Israelis-that gained strategic prominence during the second phase of the intifadah. Indeed, as Palestinians struggled to free themselves from the hold of the civil administration, and to decentralize the occupied lands from Israeli authority, the uprising increasingly took on the form of economic warfare. The Unified National Command of the Uprising called for and orchestrated economic tactics such as the widespread boycott of Israeli products, the withholding of tax payments, the closing of shops and businesses in partial and general commercial strikes, mass resignations from jobs in the Israeli sector, the proliferation of neighborhood victory gardens, 1 and a system of pre-state alternative agencies to meet the people's needs. And, as Israel redoubled its program to quell the demonstrations and
Business · Political science · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2026 (38) |
| Highly cited | No |