2010/01/01 by Sara Roy · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence #Jewish Identity and Society #Dissent #Legitimacy #Political science #Intimidation #Judaism #Public discourse #Political economy #Palestine #Sociology #Law #Politics #History
paper · doi:10.1525/jps.2010.xxxix.2.23
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This essay argues that the climate of intimidation and fear surrounding a more critical discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the United States has begun to change. Despite the obstacles that still remain, a counterdiscourse challenging dominant conceptualizations and understandings of the conflict, particularly Israel's role, has not only emerged but also gained growing legitimacy and weight. These changes can be found in academia (at all levels of the educational hierarchy), civil society, and policy circles. Some of the most dramatic changes have occurred within the U.S. Jewish community in which an oppositional movement——in part, generational——has grown increasingly strong and well organized, ending any notion of a Jewish consensus on Israel.