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What is the relationship between social protest movements in the State of Israel, the Israel-Palestine conflict and the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran? Why did the 2011 mass social protests in the State of Israel ultimately fail? This new edition of Wrapped in the Flag of Israel discusses social protest movements from the 2003 Single Mothers' March led by Mizrahi Vicky Knafo, to the Tahrir is Here Israeli mass protests of summer 2011, to the Mizrahi New Black Panthers of 2014.

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Defying conventional academic styles, Lavie skillfully weaves her moving personal story as a single mother fighting to regain legal custody of her son with a thought-provoking analysis of social protest movements in Israel. The book examines critically the politics of NGO funding as well as conflicts of power and privilege between academics and activists, and within the feminist movement in Israel. . . . Most insightful is Lavie s analysis of the dilemmas facing Mizrahi feminists, who are discriminated against both as women and as a racial minority but often feel alienated in the Israeli feminist movement and academy where racism is overlooked. Simona Sharoni, Journal of Palestine Studies Lavie's unflinching exposure of intra-Jewish racism and its political consequences is unmatched. Sally Bland, Jordan Times This is a remarkable book by a remarkable woman. Lavie moves quick as lightning from anthropological analysis, to sharp dissections of the political landscape, to highly personal and moving anecdotes, to cutting absurdist humour. Accompanying the writer on this journey is like sharing on a long, bumpy bus ride with a person of great intellect, tough life experience, a cheeky sense of humour, and personal warmth. It is a worthwhile journey. Above all, her book provides a vivid sense of what life is like for the majority of Israeli Jews, how they think, what really concerns them, and what constrains them. That is essential knowledge for anyone interested in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Malcolm Levitt, British Committee for the Universities of Palestine Newsletter Lavie offers an unflinching political analysis and cultural critique of the struggles of Mizrahi single mothers and their relationship with the domestic policies of the state of Israel and the politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. . . . The Award Committee recognizes Lavie s innovative approach to academic writing that combines critical theory, auto-ethnography, and memoirs to animate the lives of women in a community that has long been disenfranchised, particularly in light of limited scholarship on the topic. Judges for the Association of Middle East Women s Studies 2015 Book Award Competition, Honorable Mention for Outstanding Scholarship in the Field of Middle East Gender Studies Lavie's work marks the first English-language ethnography on single motherhood outside North America. As well, it is the first ethnography to explore the complex interplay between gender, race, and bureaucracy in the Middle East. . . . A must read for scholars of the state, race, gender, class, religion, the Middle East. Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis, former president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America.

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<b>Smadar Lavie</b>is a scholar in residence at the Beatrice Bain Research Group, U.C. Berkeley s critical feminist research center. Lavie spent nine years as tenured Professor of Anthropology at U.C. Davis, before moving to Israel, where she became a target of the regime due to her lifelong, outspoken scholarship and activism for gender equity and social justice for both Israelis and Palestinians. Lavie is the author of<i>The Poetics of Military Occupation</i>, receiving the Honorable Mention of the Victor Turner Award for Ethnographic Writing, and coedited<i>Displacement, Diaspora, and Geographies of Identity and Creativity/Anthropology</i>. She is the winner of the American Studies Association s 2009 Gloria Anzaldua Prize and the recipient of the 2013 Heart at East Honor Plaque for service on behalf of Mizrahi communities in the State of Israel.

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