Ido Zelkovitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1608494 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ido Zelkovitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ido |
| FAMILY NAME | Zelkovitz |
| SIGNATURE | ZELKOVITZ I |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-6837-6918 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Between tradition and progress: Portraying nurses on Muslim countries postage stamps
This article explores how Arab and Muslim states have represented nurses on postage stamps from 1940 through 2021. Postage stamps provide a visual medium through which states convey social, cultural, and political ideologies and messages. Employing visual analysis and contextual historical methods, this study reveals shifting perceptions of nurses within the interplay between tradition, religion, modernity, science, gender roles, and national ide…
Maritime Lawfare and Hostile Humanitarianism: The Gaza flotillas as hybrid warfare against Israeli legitimacy
This article examines ‘Hostile Humanitarianism’: the strategic use of humanitarian and legal discourse within adversarial political campaigns. While related dynamics appear in existing scholarship, this study consolidates them in the maritime domain and situates Maritime Lawfare within broader hybrid legitimacy contestation. Analysing the 2025 Global Sumud and Global Resilience flotillas to Gaza, it shows how humanitarian voyages operated as coor…
The Role of Postage Stamps in Palestinian National Identity and History
This article examines how the Palestinian Authority has used postage stamps as a tool to construct national identity, shape collective memory, and convey political messages during what it hoped would be a transition to statehood. The analysis focuses on three themes of stamps issued between 1994 and 2023: the struggle for independence and international recognition, the establishment of institutions and symbols as part of the state‐building proces…
The Word Must Precede the Bullet: Words as Ammunition – Hamas’s Media Artillery
Islamic Discourse and Armed Resistance: Fatah's Strategic Use of Islam in the Palestinian Struggle 1970-1982
This article examines Fatah's strategic and ideological evolution during the 1970s and early 1980s, focusing on its adoption of Islamic discourse to strengthen internal cohesion and broaden its influence. It explores how this shift shaped Fatah's political and military strategies, contributing to its identity formation and support within the Palestinian and Arab public. The findings underscore the role of ideological flexibility in navigating geo…
Postage Stamps as Political and Religious Propaganda: The Case of Hamas
Legal competence in Shari’a courts in Israel
The activity of the Shari’a Court in Israel reflects a complex reality of ‘legal hybridity’. The Muslim tribunal serving the traditional Arab community is influenced by local circumstances and processes of internal change alongside the influence of Western modern culture. As a result, legal rulings and Shari’a terms that may sometimes express conservative perceptions operate alongside general state law that may sometimes reflect other perceptions…
The effects of Islamization on Muslim-Christian relations within Israel’s Arab community before and after the ‘Arab Spring’
This article examines the effects of Islamisation processes among Israeli Muslim Arabs on their intercommunal relations with Christian Arabs before and after the ‘Arab Spring’, based on 45 in-depth interviews held prior to and after this momentous event. The findings show the complex role played by Islamisation in Muslim-Christian relations, causing tensions and distancing at times while promoting intercommunal cooperation on other instances. The…
The war of the 60 stamps: The battle for public opinion – how the Nakba influenced Jordanian postage stamps
In December 1969, the Jordanian government issued an unusually large set of postage stamps, containing 60 stamps. The issue commemorated two closely related experiences, which together form one of the most politically sensitive topics in Jordanian history: the memory of the defeat in the 1948 war against Israel and the problem of Palestinian refugees, hundreds of thousands of whom fled to Jordan during the war, following which the term Nakba (e.g…
The battle over sovereignty: Stamps, post, and the creation of a new Palestinian socio-political order, 1994–2000
This article focuses on the visual analysis of stamps that were printed, distributed, and used in the Palestinian Authority during the period of 1994–2000. The stamp is an important source for historians and scholars of nationalism. The use of icons, images, and ideas that were designed to shape public opinion in the Palestinian Authority can shed light on political and social issues that were at the heart of the Palestinian society during this p…
Militancy and religiosity in the service of national aspiration: Fatah's formative years
As with other Arab identities, Palestinian identity is a product of myriad converging ideologies. In retrospect, its development was accompanied by dominant Middle Eastern ideologies, such as Arab nationalism, pan-Islamism and the rise of political Islam. Against this backdrop, the article discusses Islam's historical affinity and social role in the formative period of the Fatah revolutionary national movement. Both ideologically and socially, Is…
Students and Resistance in Palestine: Books, Guns and Politics
Exploring the Palestinian Student Movement from an historical and sociological perspective, this book demonstrates how Palestinian national identity has been built in the absence of national institutions, whilst emphasizing the role of higher education as an agent of social change, capable of crystallizing patterns of national identity. Focussing on the political and social activities of Palestinian students in two arenas – the West Bank and Gaza…
Education, revolution and evolution: The Palestinian universities as initiators of national struggle 1972–1995
Since the concept of nationalism first emerged on the world stage, universities have played a key role in its collective formation and dissemination to the masses. Established under challenging circumstances and subjected to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the wake of the 1967 war, Palestinian institutions of higher education have trodden a thin line between the training of human resources requisite to their national mov…
A Paradise Lost? The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian Community in Kuwait
The article discusses the evolution of the Palestinian community in Kuwait in the wake of the 1948 War. The demand for skilled labour facilitated the gradual integration of the Palestinians into Kuwaiti society, especially in the education system and state institutions. In this regard the article examines the role of education and students in creating personal and political socio-economic networks. The relatively liberal political atmosphere in K…
Hezbollah and Hamas: A Comparative Study
This book by Joshua L. Gleis and Benedetta Berti conducts a comparative study of Hezbollah and Hamas. Thematically, the book is divided into three parts. The first two discuss each movement separat
A Paradise Lost? The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian Community in Kuwait
The article discusses the evolution of the Palestinian community in Kuwait in the wake of the 1948 War. The demand for skilled labour facilitated the gradual integration of the Palestinians into Kuwaiti society, especially in the education system and state institutions. In this regard the article examines the role of education and students in creating personal and political socio-economic networks. The relatively liberal political atmosphere in K…
Militancy and religiosity in the service of national aspiration: Fatah's formative years
As with other Arab identities, Palestinian identity is a product of myriad converging ideologies. In retrospect, its development was accompanied by dominant Middle Eastern ideologies, such as Arab nationalism, pan-Islamism and the rise of political Islam. Against this backdrop, the article discusses Islam's historical affinity and social role in the formative period of the Fatah revolutionary national movement. Both ideologically and socially, Is…
The Role of Postage Stamps in Palestinian National Identity and History
This article examines how the Palestinian Authority has used postage stamps as a tool to construct national identity, shape collective memory, and convey political messages during what it hoped would be a transition to statehood. The analysis focuses on three themes of stamps issued between 1994 and 2023: the struggle for independence and international recognition, the establishment of institutions and symbols as part of the state‐building proces…
The Word Must Precede the Bullet: Words as Ammunition – Hamas’s Media Artillery
Postage Stamps as Political and Religious Propaganda: The Case of Hamas
Hezbollah and Hamas: A Comparative Study
This book by Joshua L. Gleis and Benedetta Berti conducts a comparative study of Hezbollah and Hamas. Thematically, the book is divided into three parts. The first two discuss each movement separat
Hezbollah and Hamas: A Comparative Study
This book by Joshua L. Gleis and Benedetta Berti conducts a comparative study of Hezbollah and Hamas. Thematically, the book is divided into three parts. The first two discuss each movement separat
Students and Resistance in Palestine: Books, Guns and Politics
Exploring the Palestinian Student Movement from an historical and sociological perspective, this book demonstrates how Palestinian national identity has been built in the absence of national institutions, whilst emphasizing the role of higher education as an agent of social change, capable of crystallizing patterns of national identity. Focussing on the political and social activities of Palestinian students in two arenas – the West Bank and Gaza…
Education, revolution and evolution: The Palestinian universities as initiators of national struggle 1972–1995
Since the concept of nationalism first emerged on the world stage, universities have played a key role in its collective formation and dissemination to the masses. Established under challenging circumstances and subjected to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the wake of the 1967 war, Palestinian institutions of higher education have trodden a thin line between the training of human resources requisite to their national mov…
A Paradise Lost? The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian Community in Kuwait
The article discusses the evolution of the Palestinian community in Kuwait in the wake of the 1948 War. The demand for skilled labour facilitated the gradual integration of the Palestinians into Kuwaiti society, especially in the education system and state institutions. In this regard the article examines the role of education and students in creating personal and political socio-economic networks. The relatively liberal political atmosphere in K…
Militancy and religiosity in the service of national aspiration: Fatah's formative years
As with other Arab identities, Palestinian identity is a product of myriad converging ideologies. In retrospect, its development was accompanied by dominant Middle Eastern ideologies, such as Arab nationalism, pan-Islamism and the rise of political Islam. Against this backdrop, the article discusses Islam's historical affinity and social role in the formative period of the Fatah revolutionary national movement. Both ideologically and socially, Is…
The battle over sovereignty: Stamps, post, and the creation of a new Palestinian socio-political order, 1994–2000
This article focuses on the visual analysis of stamps that were printed, distributed, and used in the Palestinian Authority during the period of 1994–2000. The stamp is an important source for historians and scholars of nationalism. The use of icons, images, and ideas that were designed to shape public opinion in the Palestinian Authority can shed light on political and social issues that were at the heart of the Palestinian society during this p…
The war of the 60 stamps: The battle for public opinion – how the Nakba influenced Jordanian postage stamps
In December 1969, the Jordanian government issued an unusually large set of postage stamps, containing 60 stamps. The issue commemorated two closely related experiences, which together form one of the most politically sensitive topics in Jordanian history: the memory of the defeat in the 1948 war against Israel and the problem of Palestinian refugees, hundreds of thousands of whom fled to Jordan during the war, following which the term Nakba (e.g…
The effects of Islamization on Muslim-Christian relations within Israel’s Arab community before and after the ‘Arab Spring’
This article examines the effects of Islamisation processes among Israeli Muslim Arabs on their intercommunal relations with Christian Arabs before and after the ‘Arab Spring’, based on 45 in-depth interviews held prior to and after this momentous event. The findings show the complex role played by Islamisation in Muslim-Christian relations, causing tensions and distancing at times while promoting intercommunal cooperation on other instances. The…
Legal competence in Shari’a courts in Israel
The activity of the Shari’a Court in Israel reflects a complex reality of ‘legal hybridity’. The Muslim tribunal serving the traditional Arab community is influenced by local circumstances and processes of internal change alongside the influence of Western modern culture. As a result, legal rulings and Shari’a terms that may sometimes express conservative perceptions operate alongside general state law that may sometimes reflect other perceptions…
Postage Stamps as Political and Religious Propaganda: The Case of Hamas
The Role of Postage Stamps in Palestinian National Identity and History
This article examines how the Palestinian Authority has used postage stamps as a tool to construct national identity, shape collective memory, and convey political messages during what it hoped would be a transition to statehood. The analysis focuses on three themes of stamps issued between 1994 and 2023: the struggle for independence and international recognition, the establishment of institutions and symbols as part of the state‐building proces…
The Word Must Precede the Bullet: Words as Ammunition – Hamas’s Media Artillery
Islamic Discourse and Armed Resistance: Fatah's Strategic Use of Islam in the Palestinian Struggle 1970-1982
This article examines Fatah's strategic and ideological evolution during the 1970s and early 1980s, focusing on its adoption of Islamic discourse to strengthen internal cohesion and broaden its influence. It explores how this shift shaped Fatah's political and military strategies, contributing to its identity formation and support within the Palestinian and Arab public. The findings underscore the role of ideological flexibility in navigating geo…
Between tradition and progress: Portraying nurses on Muslim countries postage stamps
This article explores how Arab and Muslim states have represented nurses on postage stamps from 1940 through 2021. Postage stamps provide a visual medium through which states convey social, cultural, and political ideologies and messages. Employing visual analysis and contextual historical methods, this study reveals shifting perceptions of nurses within the interplay between tradition, religion, modernity, science, gender roles, and national ide…
Maritime Lawfare and Hostile Humanitarianism: The Gaza flotillas as hybrid warfare against Israeli legitimacy
This article examines ‘Hostile Humanitarianism’: the strategic use of humanitarian and legal discourse within adversarial political campaigns. While related dynamics appear in existing scholarship, this study consolidates them in the maritime domain and situates Maritime Lawfare within broader hybrid legitimacy contestation. Analysing the 2025 Global Sumud and Global Resilience flotillas to Gaza, it shows how humanitarian voyages operated as coor…
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