The one-state condition
Subtitle: occupation and democracy in Israel/Palestine
By: Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir ; translated by Tal Haran
Contributors: Ophir, Adi, author
Series: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures; Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780804775915; 9780804775922
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Politics and government; Occupied territories; Government policy; Democracy; Palestinian Arabs; Influence; Arab-Israeli conflict; Israel-Arab War, 1967; Military occupation
Work titles: Mishṭar zeh she-eno eḥad
Description: "Since the start of the occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, Israel's domination of the Palestinians has deprived an entire population of any political status or protection. But even decades on, most people speak of this rule - both in everyday political discussion and in legal and academic debates - as temporary, as a state of affairs incidental and external to the Israeli regime. In The One-State Condition, Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir directly challenge this belief. Looking closely at the history and contemporary formation of the ruling apparatus - the technologies and operations of the Israeli army, the General Security Services, and the legal system imposed in the Occupied Territories - Azoulay and Ophir outline the one-state condition of Israel/Palestine: the grounding principle of Israeli governance is the perpetuation of differential rule over populations of differing status. Israeli citizenship is shaped through the active denial of Palestinian citizenship and civil rights. Though many Israelis, on both political right and left, agree that the occupation constitutes a problem for Israeli democracy, few ultimately admit that Israel is no democracy or question the very structure of the Israeli regime itself. Too frequently ignored are the lasting effects of the deceptive denial of the events of 1948 and 1967, and the ways in which the resulting occupation has reinforced the sweeping militarization and recent racialization of Israeli society. Azoulay and Ophir show that acknowledgment of the one-state condition is not only a prerequisite for considering a one- or two-state solution; it is a prerequisite for advancing new ideas to move beyond the trap of this false dilemma." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Abridged translation of: Mishṭar zeh she-eno eḥad : kibush ṿe-demoḳraṭyah ben ha-yam la-nahar (1967- ).

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the first year of the occupation; title: part 1. A short history of the occupation regime. The first decade; title: The second decade; title: Uprisings, separations, and subjugations; title: part 2. Ruling the noncitizens. The order of violence; title: Abandoning Gaza; title: part 3. The Israeli regime. The conceptual scheme; title: Structural divisions and state projects; title: Recruitment; title: Conclusion : toward a new regime.