Military (Non-)Policing in the Occupied Territories

Since 1967, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been engaged in various military missions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including occasional high-intensity fighting and counter-insurgency, as well as civilian duties, such as administration and policing. While existing literature emphasiz...

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Published in:Israel studies review 2020-09, Vol.35 (2), p.77-100
Main Author: Gazit, Nir
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colonies & territories
Counterinsurgency
Insurgency
Israel
Law enforcement
Military aspects
Military missions
Military occupation
Military occupations
Military personnel
Palestinian Arabs
Palestinian people
Palestinian Territories
Policing
Settlers
Soldiers
United Kingdom
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Summary:Since 1967, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been engaged in various military missions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including occasional high-intensity fighting and counter-insurgency, as well as civilian duties, such as administration and policing. While existing literature emphasizes the organizational and professional burden this combination of duties places on the military, the actual forces that shape soldiers’ policing practices in the field remain largely unexamined. The present article offers a micro-sociological examination of the patterns of military policing implemented by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. It explores the social and political forces that shape soldiers’ ‘logics of action’ and demonstrates the reciprocal relations between the IDF’s disparate modes of policing of Jewish settlers and Palestinians. Three clusters of factors shape these interrelations: the relationships between soldiers and settlers, the blurring between ‘security’ and ‘civilian’ missions, and situational variables. The research for this article was conducted between 2004 and 2018.
ISSN:2159-0370
2159-0389
DOI:10.3167/isr.2020.350206