Investigate the intricate shifts in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, questioning when advocacy empowers or betrays. Alexander Koensler’s essential volume offers profound insights from ethnographic fieldwork, examining the double-edged nature of humanitarian aid and identity politics on Bedouin villages in Israel. Discover how institutional efforts can paradoxically perpetuate subjugation, alongside emergent informal networks redefining human-environment relations. This book is a must-read for Indian students and scholars of international relations, ethnopolitics, and social movements seeking to understand global rights discourse. Explore a novel ethnographic approach to activism.