The Road to Jerusalem through Tahrir Square: Anti-Zionism and Palestine in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Abou-El-Fadl, Reem

Abstract

This article addresses an aspect of Egypt's 2011 revolution almost entirely ignored in most Western media accounts: Israel and Palestine as prominent themes of protest. In reviewing Egyptian mobilization opposing normalization and in support of the Palestinian cause starting from Sadat's peace initiative of the mid-1970s, the author shows how the anti-Mubarak movement that took off as of the mid-2000s built on the Palestine activism and networks already in place. While the trigger of the revolution and the focus of its first eighteen days was domestic change, the article shows how domestic and foreign policy issues (especially Israel and Palestine) were inextricably intertwined, with the leadership bodies of the revolution involved in both.

Citation

Abou-El-Fadl, R. (2012). The Road to Jerusalem through Tahrir Square: Anti-Zionism and Palestine in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Journal of Palestine Studies, 41(2), 6-26. https://doi.org/10.1525/jps.2012.XLI.2.6

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Dec 16, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 21, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Palestine Studies
• Print ISSN: 0377-919X
• Electronic ISSN: 1533-8614
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 6-26
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/jps.2012.XLI.2.6
• Publisher URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/jps.2012.XLI.2.6