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Applying the work of Michel Foucault to the contemporary Middle East, this highly theoretical book examines the means of control used to manage the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Gordon, a professor of politics at Ben-Gurion University, begins by exploring the diffuse mechanisms of power—in the political, civilian, geographical and economic arenas—used to normalize the occupation in its first years, making the ostensibly temporary occupation permanent. Later chapters take a more specific historical approach, examining a series of events that radically transformed these power structures: the first intifada, the Oslo Accords and the second intifada, which, the author argues, required a reorganization of Israeli power in the Occupied Territories, leading to the disregard of the Palestinians inhabiting those territories. Gordon focuses on the treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and writes for a decidedly scholarly audience; as a result, the book's usefulness beyond academics will likely be limited. (Nov.)
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"What is most interesting in Gordon's analysis is the way in which the renovation of occupation practices are identified as an immanent outcome of the 'excesses and contradictions' within the system itself."--Times Higher Education
"Israel's Occupation becomes a must read on my list; and my first question of anyone that wants to argue with any perspectives on Israel would be 'Have you read this book yet?'"--Palestine Chronicle
"A must read."--Opednews.com
"This book is a significant contribution to our understanding Israel's changing methods of rule during the four decades of occupation."--Middle East Journal
"Israel's Occupation becomes a must read on my list; and my first question of anyone that wants to argue with any perspectives on Israel would be 'Have you read this book yet?'"--Palestine Chronicle
"A must read."--Opednews.com
"This book is a significant contribution to our understanding Israel's changing methods of rule during the four decades of occupation."--Middle East Journal
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A good anlaysis of the matrix of control in the OTs.,
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Neve Gordon does everyone a service by meticulously explaining the complex matrix of control Israel started laying down weeks after the Occupation began. It draws on sources in Hebrew that have not been translated into English.
Some observations/criticisms: 1)Since it is more scholarly than polemical (and hence some of its strength and validity) it makes at times for a slightly difficult read. Some of this has to do with the book layout , fonts etc, mostly with the way the subject matter is addressed. 2)It could have done with more maps. B'Tselem and other human rights groups in the Occupied Territories (OT) have some excellent ones. Their liberal inclusion would have been a more tangible reminder of how moth-eaten and non-viable the possibility of a 2-state solution now is. 3)A separate chapter on East Jerusalem would have been helpful. Gordon addresses EJ throughout the book but I have always been struck by how even the most knowledgeable observers of the scene (the recent attention to the issue notwithstanding) do not make it clear that EJ is Occupied Territory whose 'final status' has been subject to creeping and constant unilateral manipulation. All-in-all a powerful and precise book whose conclusions only the most rabid nationalist (and there'll be plenty even on this forum) would bother to deny.
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