Journal of Culture-Communication Studies

Journal of Culture-Communication Studies

Living Against Occupation: A Phenomenology of Everyday Palestinian Resistance to Occupying Dominance

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
1 PhD student in Muslim Social Science/Researcher of the Social Studies Department of the Baqir al-Uloom Institute for Propagation and Islamic Studies
2 Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran/Researcher of the Social Studies Department of the Baqir al-Uloom Institute for Propagation
10.22083/jccs.2025.509717.4076
Abstract
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the longest conflicts between occupiers and natives. One of the important ways to understand how the occupation is carried out and the mechanisms of resistance against it is to try to understand this issue from the perspective of the lived experience of the daily life of Palestinians. To this end, this article attempted to approach this understanding through a phenomenological study of the lived experience of resistance from the perspective of Palestinians. Interviews and reports in the narrative of the daily life of Palestinians were used to collect data. After that, the lived experiences expressed around the two phenomena of occupation and resistance were examined. In the first part, the mechanisms of domination and the means of its implementation were enumerated. The mechanisms of domination were: instilling fear and intimidation, humiliation in daily life, inflicting suffering and psychological pressure, and concern for normal and normal life. The most important tools of domination were checkpoints, bureaucracy, and licensing mechanisms. In the second part, resistance to domination was discussed. The drivers of resistance against domination were: hope and aspiration, martyrdom and acceptance of death, love of homeland and enjoyment of resistance. Also, the social strategies of resistance against domination were: the connection between struggle and everyday life, strengthening social solidarity, institutionalizing resistance in raising children, and also resistance and staying despite repeated displacements.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 05 November 2025