Palestinian struggle, South Africans and Jewish Israelis

What role does religion play (or not play) in transnational activism the context of prolonged violence? The narrow strip land known as Palestine and Israel has special significance to three world’s largest faith traditions – Islam, Christianity, Judaism. motivations 21 South African Jewish Israeli activists support Palestinian struggle offer an inductive, contextual perspective on interplay between differences religiosity shared aims values this context. These respondents a case study empirical ethics hold tensions difference yet navigate religious other existential orientations their praxis solidarity with marginalised. article discusses how why activists, despite different convictions, share similar views positive negative roles played by struggle.