198 Methods of Nonviolent Direct Action

Method #44: Mock Funerals

March 1, 2015

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Example: In September 2011, the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh held a mock funeral for the Oslo Accords, as a way of expressing their opinion that Israel had made of the accords nothing more than "ink on paper."

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Method #44: Mock Funerals

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