Introduction : political spaces and mo(ve)ments of resistance -- 1931--An Arab-Jewish civil society struggle against the British colonial government -- 1959--Wadi Salib riots : culminating a decade of ethnic discrimination -- 1960-1965--the Action Committees' revolt : full employment crisis, failed democratization and state expansion -- 1971--the Black Panthers movement : ethnic tensions and "left-right" tribal polarization -- 1980--Forum/13 powerful workers : hyperinflation and the challenge to state autonomy -- 1987-1993--the Intifada : the Palestinian resistance mo(ve)ment -- 2011--the J14 mo(ve)ment : the emergence of the occupy repertoire of resistance -- Conclusion : on the dynamics of political spaces--time, movement, actors and masses.