From repression to facilitation

The effects of Israeli policies on Palestinian mobilization in the west bank, 1967-1987

Bibliographic Data

ID4087136
AuthorsHillel Frisch (United States Institute of Peace, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume8
Issue1
Pages1-21
Publication date1996-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546559608427330
OpenAlexW2057181941
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

Israel, it is widely believed, instituted ‘iron‐fisted’ policies to cope with increasing Palestinian mobilization in the West Bank and Gaza after the Likud's rise to power in 1977. The article challenges this assumption and demonstrates that Israeli repression of the Palestinian national movement decreased between 1973 and 1987 even though Palestinian resistance increased. While it agrees with Beitler that some of this reduction was due to a change in the mode of Palestinian mobilization, it argues that it was also due to a fundamental change in the mode of Israeli rule. Israel after 1977, by concentrating on state expansion rather than on control of a hostile population, not only reduced suppression but actually facilitated Palestinian mobilization for part of that period. The article analyzes the contradictions stemming from policies designed to control populations and policies focusing on state expansion

Ancient history · Development economics · Economics · Facilitation · Gaza strip · Middle East · Mobilization · Palestine · Political economy · Political science · Population · Psychological repression · Sociology · West bank · Demography · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Political Conflict and Governance

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