Against the Wall: Anarchist Mobilization in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict by Uri Gordon Anarchists Against the Wall is an Israeli action group supporting the popular Palestinian struggle against segregation and land confiscation in the West Bank. Incorporating participant observation and recent theories of social movements and anarchism, this article offers a thick cultural account of the group’s mobilization dynamics, and assesses the achieve- ments and limitations of the joint struggle. Three dimensions—direct action, bi-nationalism, and leadership—highlight the significance of anar- chist practices and discourses to an informed assessment of the group’s politics of nonviolent resistance. The effectiveness of the campaign is then examined, calling attention to the distinction among immediate, medium- term, and revolutionary goals. On a cloudy morning in June 2005, contractors and soldiers arriving on the lands of Bil’in to construct another section of Israel’s Separa- tion Fence ⁄ Apartheid Wall were confronted by an unusual obstruc- tion. Inside a massive cage erected overnight on the concourse of bulldozed earth were four Palestinian residents of the West Bank vil- lage (a man and three women), three Israelis, three internationals, and a goat. Banners on the barbed wires surrounding the cage proclaimed, ‘‘The darkness must end, the handcuffs must be broken.’’ While the state forces eventually lifted the cage with heavy machinery and made arrests, the action both directly disrupted construction and symboli- cally highlighted the imprisonment of Palestinian communities behind the fence as well as Israeli and international solidarity with them. This article examines the role of Israeli anarchists active in the West Bank and offers a critical account of their activities and discourses as they struggle shoulder to shoulder with Palestinians against a regime of PEACE & CHANGE, Vol. 35, No. 3, July 2010 Ó 2010 Peace History Society and Peace and Justice Studies Association 412