Suppressing Dissent: Shrinking Civic Space, Transnational Repression and Palestine–Israel
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Suppressing Dissent: Shrinking Civic Space, Transnational Repression and Palestine–Israel

Civic space is shrinking across the globe. Every year, human rights defenders, humanitarians, social justice activists, and their organizations face new threats in their ability to advocate for change, organize campaigns, or protest against oppressive policies. Nowhere is this crisis of civil society more acute than in the context of dissent and speech related to Palestine–Israel.

published by
Oneworld
 on November 7, 2024

Forthcoming, December 5, 2024

In the occupied Palestinian territories, civil society actors face mass surveillance, movement restrictions, arrests, and physical assaults. In Israel, various legal mechanisms are used to restrict speech and protest, and an organized campaign is under way to limit review of these measures by the judiciary. Meanwhile, in the United States, public and private efforts have been deployed to prohibit advocacy in support of human rights for Palestinians on college campus, in the public square, and online.

This edited volume gathers leading scholars to shed light on the various mechanisms being used to suppress dissent related to Palestine-Israel at home and abroad and explains why this presents an existential threat to global civil society.

Advance Praise

An urgent and compelling read…A must-read that envisions a future grounded in the self-determination and human rights of both Palestinians and Israelis.
—Tess McEnery, Executive Director, Middle East Democracy Center, former director for Democracy and Human Rights at the White House National Security Council

Repressing speech is never the end of a problem, but rather the beginning of a bigger one... Suppressing Dissent fills a gap in the policy community’s understanding of how shutting down discussion only fuels anger, limits cooperation, and undermines possibilities for peace.
—Sarah Yager, Washington Director, Human Rights Watch

No issue since the Cold War has tested our society’s commitment to free expression like the Palestine/Israel conflict. This timely anthology — examining censorship campaigns against dissidents and civil society groups in the United States, Israel, and Palestine, and the Arab world — is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how the tactics of McCarthyism have been refurbished for a globalized Twenty-First Century.
—Brian Hauss, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

The Oct 7, 2023 attack and subsequent brutal war have catalyzed a series of remarkable changes in politics and civil society in Israel, Palestine, and the United States. This volume—in which a diverse intergenerational group of experts offer brisk, well-researched essays exploring recent developments and their less-known roots—is exactly the tool to help you understand those changes.
—Michele Dunne, Former Director of Middle East programs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Atlantic Council and former U.S. diplomat based in Jerusalem and Cairo.

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.