Democratic Palestine : 31 (ص 31)

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Democratic Palestine : 31 (ص 31)

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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Total civil disobedience, as defined
by the uprising, essentially means the
masses’ independence from the oc-
cupation authorities. Reviewing the
calls, one can chart the progress of this
process. From the beginning, the em-
phasis was on inflicting economic
damage to the Israeli economy, to make
the occupation materially unprofitable,
meanwhile calling for resignations
from the «civil» administration ap-
paratus established by the occupation
authorities. Call no. 13, issued on April
12th, contains the first comprehensive
assessment of the uprising’s ac-
complishments in terms of moving
towards civil disobedience. It lists five
main points: (1) the beginning of the
dissolution of the civil administration
apparatus; with the resignations of
policemen, customs officials and tax
collectors; (2) the majority of people
are not paying taxes; (3) the boycott of
Zionist goods for which there is a local
alternative; (4) the resignation of a
large number of appointed municipal
councilmen; and (5) the work boycott.
These were to remain the basic elements
of civil disobedience, each being ex-
panded over time, and some new
elements added.
The boycott of the civil administra-
tion was expanded with the resignation
of department heads and, by early
summer, employees in the license and
traffic departments, and the regulation,
housing, ID and population registry
offices, as stipulated in call no. 18.
Added to this, the people were called on
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