The One-State Condition: Occupation and Democracy in Israel/Palestine

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The One-State Condition: Occupation and Democracy in Israel/Palestine examines the relationship between military occupation and political democracy through a structured analysis of how rule operates over noncitizens. The book outlines the occupation regime’s evolution across decades, describes mechanisms of violence and governance, and addresses changes involving Gaza and broader Israeli state projects. It frames these developments through conceptual schemes, structural divisions, and a concluding argument aimed at understanding the emergence of a new regime.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages225

Reading Time9 h 27 min

Prologue

The First Year of the Occupation

Part 1. A Short History of the Occupation Regime

The First Decade

The Second Decade

Uprisings, Separations, and Subjugations

Part 2. Ruling the Noncitizens

The Order of Violence

Abandoning Gaza

Part 3. The Israeli Regime

The Conceptual Scheme

Structural Divisions and State Projects

Civil Recruitment

Conclusion

Toward a New Regime

Notes

References

Index

Stanford University Press Stanford, California English translation ©2013 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. A longer version of this work was originally published in Hebrew in 2008 under the title Mishtar zeh she ’eno ehad: kibush ve ’demokratyah ben ha ’yam la ’nahar [This Regime That Is Not One: Occupation and Democracy Between the Sea and the River] © 2008, Resling, Tel Aviv. Financial support for the translation was provided by the Duke University Center for International Studies. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Azoulay, Ariella, author. [Mishtar zeh she-eno ehad. English] The one-state condition : occupation and democracy in Israel/Palestine / Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir ; translated by Tal Haran. pages cm.--(Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures) Abridged translation of: Mishtar zeh she-eno ehad : kibush ve-demokratyah ben ha-yam la-nahar (1967- ) . Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8047-7591-5 (cloth : alk. paper)--ISBN 978-0-8047-7592-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)--ISBN 978-0-8047-8433-7 (e-book) 1. Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Influence. 2. Israel--Politics and government--1967-1993. 3. Israel--Politics and government--1993-4. Palestinian Arabs--Government policy--Israel. 5. Democracy--Israel. 6. Military occupation--Social aspects--West Bank. 7. Military occupation--Social aspects--Gaza Strip. 8. Israel-Arab War, 1967--Occupied territories. I. Ophir, Adi, author. II. Title. III. Series: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures. DS119.76.A9813 2012 956.95′3044--dc23 2012022025 Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10/14 Minion The One-State Condition OCCUPATION AND DEMOCRACY IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir Translated by Tal Haran Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures CONTENTS Acknowledgments Prologue: The First Year of the Occupation Introduction PART 1. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE OCCUPATION REGIME 1. The First Decade 2. The Second Decade 3. Uprisings, Separations, and Subjugations PART 2. RULING THE NONCITIZENS 4. The Order of Violence 5. Abandoning Gaza PART 3. THE ISRAELI REGIME 6. The Conceptual Scheme 7. Structural Divisions and State Projects 8. Civil Recruitment Conclusion: Toward a New Regime Notes References Index Photographs ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book has been co-authored in the fullest sense of the word. It is a product of living together through some of the history it describes and of many years of joint study, research, writing, and rewriting, which continued after the publication of the Hebrew edition in 2008 . Along the way, we have greatly benefited from other research projects: Ariella Azoulay’s research for creating two photographic archives,“Act of State, 1967–2007”(first exhibited in Tel Aviv in June 2007) and “From Palestine to Israel, 1947–1950”(first exhibited in Tel Aviv in April 2009 as “Constituent Violence, 1947–1950”) ; the individual and collective research produced by members of The Politics of Humanitarianism in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a research group directed by Michal Givoni under the auspices of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Meetings with experts and officials working in the Occupied Territories, and the discussion and studies presented in the group’s meetings, have left more traces in the present book than its notes could possibly reflect. We wish to thank Sari Hanafi for friendly intellectual exchange that has p

FAQs

What is the central theme of The One-State Condition in Israel/Palestine?

The book analyzes how occupation and democracy relate in Israel/Palestine, focusing on governance, violence, and political arrangements under the occupation regime.

How does the book structure the history of the occupation regime?

It divides the occupation’s development into a short history spanning the first decade, the second decade, and later phases involving uprisings, separations, and subjugations.

What does the book discuss under “Ruling the Noncitizens”?

It covers the order of violence and governance practices, including the section “Abandoning Gaza,” to explain how rule is carried out over noncitizens.

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