Noam Shoked is an assistant professor of architecture at Tel Aviv University. Before pursuing a career as a scholar of the built environment, he worked as an architect in Israel and the United States.

It is a tremendously delicate undertaking to write on the everyday realities of the settlements from the perspective of Israeli settlers without normalising the overall political project of the occupation, and Shoked does succeed in this endeavour. . . . Today, it is incumbent on us all to better understand the full range of actors, movements, policies and contestations that together has made the occupied West Bank perhaps the most hotly contested landscape on the planet. Those who want to start to understand how the Israeli settlements took shape can look to Shoked’s book for insight. (Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture)

• Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Urban Transplants Chapter 2. Community Settlements Chapter 3. Quality-of-Life Settlements Chapter 4. Faithful Cities Chapter 5. Outposts Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: Planning, Design, and Development Agencies Mentioned in the Book Notes Index

Noam Shoked is an assistant professor of architecture at Tel Aviv University. Before pursuing a career as a scholar of the built environment, he worked as an architect in Israel and the United States.

It is a tremendously delicate undertaking to write on the everyday realities of the settlements from the perspective of Israeli settlers without normalising the overall political project of the occupation, and Shoked does succeed in this endeavour. . . . Today, it is incumbent on us all to better understand the full range of actors, movements, policies and contestations that together has made the occupied West Bank perhaps the most hotly contested landscape on the planet. Those who want to start to understand how the Israeli settlements took shape can look to Shoked’s book for insight. (Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture)

• Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Urban Transplants Chapter 2. Community Settlements Chapter 3. Quality-of-Life Settlements Chapter 4. Faithful Cities Chapter 5. Outposts Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: Planning, Design, and Development Agencies Mentioned in the Book Notes Index

Noam Shoked is an assistant professor of architecture at Tel Aviv University. Before pursuing a career as a scholar of the built environment, he worked as an architect in Israel and the United States.

It is a tremendously delicate undertaking to write on the everyday realities of the settlements from the perspective of Israeli settlers without normalising the overall political project of the occupation, and Shoked does succeed in this endeavour. . . . Today, it is incumbent on us all to better understand the full range of actors, movements, policies and contestations that together has made the occupied West Bank perhaps the most hotly contested landscape on the planet. Those who want to start to understand how the Israeli settlements took shape can look to Shoked’s book for insight. (Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture)

• Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Urban Transplants Chapter 2. Community Settlements Chapter 3. Quality-of-Life Settlements Chapter 4. Faithful Cities Chapter 5. Outposts Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix: Planning, Design, and Development Agencies Mentioned in the Book Notes Index