The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare Volume 23 Issue 1 March Article 11 March 1996 A Tale of Two Hannas: Observations on Israeli and Palestinian Women's Resistance to Occupation (1991-1995) Christina Pratt Dominican College of Blauvelt Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw Part of the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, and the Social Work Commons Recommended Citation Pratt, Christina (1996) "A Tale of Two Hannas: Observations on Israeli and Palestinian Women's Resistance to Occupation (1991-1995)," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 23 : Iss. 1 , Article 11. Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol23/iss1/11 This Article is brought to you by the Western Michigan University School of Social Work. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A Tale of Two Hannas: Observations on Israeli and Palestinian Women's Resistance to Occupation (1991-1995) CHRISTINA PRATr Dominican College of Blauvelt and New York University School of Social Work at Orangeburg, New York An observer reviews the successes and failures of grassroots strategies of non-violent resistance to military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Particularattention is paid to the role of women's groups and peace organizations in Israel as well as in Israeli Occupied Arab Territories. In the Middle East, the Gulf War and its aftermath have all but decimated grassroots peace organizations, since to protest the war or Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is tantamount to the abandonment of the right of sovereign Israel to exist.