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Israel's Occupation of the West Bank: Indirect Governance, Settlers, and Violence

Israel's Occupation of the West Bank: Indirect Governance, Settlers, and Violence

Mnaili, Youssef

Hardcover

Series: Unsettling Colonialism in Our Times

General Political ScienceIsrael & Palestine History

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 18, 2027

ISBN10: 0755657101
ISBN13: 9780755657100
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Feb 18 2027
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Occupied Palestinian West Bank is central to the Israeli colonial project. It serves as a significant example of occupation. Yet little is understood about how Israeli rule over this area operates. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Israel and Palestine, including interviews with state officials, settlers and military personnel, this book examines the evolution of Israeli rule over the West Bank since 1967. The book situates this post-1967 machinery within the longer history of the Zionist settler-colonial project, revealing that contemporary state-settler dynamics reproduce a division of labour with roots that predate 1948. In the book, Youssef Mnaili argues that Israeli governments have increasingly relied on Jewish settlers, approximately 700,000 civilians established in the occupied territories to perform key security and administrative roles. This reliance allows the state to distance itself from controversial practices such as surveillance and violence. Rather than representing a fundamental rupture, the disagreements between state and settlers reflect a shared colonial logic: one camp produces facts on the ground whilst the other produces legitimacy. At the same time, however, the book reveals that a paradox emerges: while the Israeli government attempts to regulate the settlers, it inadvertently strengthens their control over the land, rendering the occupation effectively permanent.

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