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From Jenin to Johannesburg: The Digital Intifada and Transnational Advocacy for Palestine

From Jenin to Johannesburg: The Digital Intifada and Transnational Advocacy for Palestine

Suraya Dadoo
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781522528548|ISBN10: 1522528547|EISBN13: 9781522528555
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2854-8.ch005
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Dadoo, Suraya. "From Jenin to Johannesburg: The Digital Intifada and Transnational Advocacy for Palestine." Exploring the Role of Social Media in Transnational Advocacy, edited by Floribert Patrick C. Endong, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 73-100. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2854-8.ch005

APA

Dadoo, S. (2018). From Jenin to Johannesburg: The Digital Intifada and Transnational Advocacy for Palestine. In F. Endong (Ed.), Exploring the Role of Social Media in Transnational Advocacy (pp. 73-100). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2854-8.ch005

Chicago

Dadoo, Suraya. "From Jenin to Johannesburg: The Digital Intifada and Transnational Advocacy for Palestine." In Exploring the Role of Social Media in Transnational Advocacy, edited by Floribert Patrick C. Endong, 73-100. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2854-8.ch005

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Abstract

Social media has given Palestinians around the world a voice with which to confront flawed media coverage of the Israeli occupation. This chapter will explore the use and rise of internet-based information and communication technologies (ICTs) and social media to expose Israel's colonial project in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and advance pro-Palestine advocacy. The success and limitations of social media-based activism are examined, as well as the Israeli government's repressive response to these advocacy efforts. While social media has successfully challenged some deeply-entrenched media stereotypes about the Israeli occupation, it is a crucial tool for advancing Palestine activism globally. The chapter concludes that social media campaigns must be integrated with traditional advocacy, lobbying and grass-roots activism to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and achieve a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis.

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