Anarchists Against the Wall

Anarchists Against the Wall
Anarchists Against the Wall
אנרכיסטים נגד גדרות
Leaders	None
Dates of operation	2003–unknown
Active regions	Israel, West Bank, Jerusalem
Ideology	Anarchism;
Status	Active

Destroying fences at the border by the AAtW, 2007

Anarchists Against the Wall (AAtW; Hebrew: אנרכיסטים נגד גדרות) sometimes called "Anarchists Against Fences" or "Jews Against Ghettos",^[1] was a direct action group composed of Israeli anarchists and anti-authoritarians who opposed the construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier.

A member of Anarchists Against the Wall described the construction of the barrier as part of a strategy of ethnic cleansing, "one of the greatest threats the Palestinian population has known over the last century... which is to make life so appalling for the Palestinian people that they will be left with one choice: move out."^[2]

The group disbanded, at least in part due to the decline in Palestinian popular resistance in the late 2010s.^[3]

A collection of writings by various anti-wall activists under the name Anarchists Against the Wall: Direct Action and Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Struggle was published in the English language by AK Press in 2013.^[4]

^ Anarchist Studies, Volumes 11–13. White Horse Press. 2003.
^ We Are Anarchists Against the Wall: On the non-violent resistance of the Israeli anarchist movement and the Palestinian popular committees against the Apartheid Wall. Federazione Dei Comunisti Anarchici. 2004. Archived from the original on 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2004-10-20.
^ ""A Nuclear Superpower and a Dispossessed People": An Anarchist from Jaffa on the Escalation in Palestine and Israeli Repression". CrimethInc. October 8, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ "Anarchists Against the Wall". www.akpress.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2023-11-12.

[1] Anarchist Studies, Volumes 11–13. White Horse Press. 2003.

[2] We Are Anarchists Against the Wall: On the non-violent resistance of the Israeli anarchist movement and the Palestinian popular committees against the Apartheid Wall. Federazione Dei Comunisti Anarchici. 2004. Archived from the original on 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2004-10-20.

[3] ""A Nuclear Superpower and a Dispossessed People": An Anarchist from Jaffa on the Escalation in Palestine and Israeli Repression". CrimethInc. October 8, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2024.

[4] "Anarchists Against the Wall". www.akpress.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2023-11-12.

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