Palestine and Rule of Power

Alaa Tartir is Research Associate at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland, and Program Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. Timothy Seidel is Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University, USA.

“The individual contributions in this edited volume are all well worth a read. … All readers with a contemporary interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should read this book both because it provides a series of interesting approaches to critically understand the top-tier polices and, perhaps more importantly, due to its ability to ethnographically engage with the people living under these systems.” (Jørgen Jensehaugen, Journal of Peace Research, May 18, 2019)“The volume contributes to ongoing debates on the Palestine-Israel conflict and the role played by the international community and international donors. … This represents a valuable contribution to the established literature on the conflict.” (Flavia Clementi, The International Spectator, Vol. 54 (4), 2019)“All the contributions of this book are equally interesting and thought provoking … . In summary, this volume presents many new ideas and new approaches, an impressive range of ethnographic research and fieldwork, the use of both quantitative and qualitative work, and to top it off, is thoroughly theory oriented. … Palestine and Rule of Power should be on the desk of every student of contemporary Palestine.” (Helga Baumgarten, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 68 (4), 2019)“Beata Paragi recommends this volume for exploring the diversity of Palestinian actors, voices and views when it comes to local political demands and modes of resistance. … Palestine and Rule of Power is an excellent volume targeting advanced readers, a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature and a recommended read that explores the diversity of actors, voices and views on the Palestinian side.” (Beata Paragi, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, May 30, 2019)

• 1. Introduction: The Rule of Power in Palestine.- 2. The Settler-Colonial Present: Palestinian State-building under Apartheid.- 3. Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign States: Settler Colonial Violence and the Visibility of Resistance in Palestine.- 4. Active and Transformative Sumud among Palestinian Activists in Israel.- 5. Who Protests in Palestine? Mobilization across Class under the Palestinian Authority.- 6. More Important than Other Conflicts: The Uniqueness of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in EC/EU Discourse.- 7. Neoliberalism as Aid for the Settler Colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories after Oslo.- 8. Solidarity Donors and Popular Education in the West Bank.- 9. Criminalizing Resistance: Security Sector Reform and Palestinian Authoritarianism.- 10. Securitizing Peace: The EU’s Aiding and Abetting Authoritarianism.- 11. Conclusion.