From repression to facilitation: The effects of Israeli policies on Palestinian mobilization in the West Bank, 1967-1987

Hillel Frisch

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-21
Number of pages21
JournalTerrorism and Political Violence
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
I thank the Levy Eshkol Institute for Economics, Society and Policy and the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for financial support for this study.

Funding

I thank the Levy Eshkol Institute for Economics, Society and Policy and the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for financial support for this study.

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Levy Eshkol Institute for Economics, Society and Policy
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace

    RAMBI Publications

    • RAMBI Publications
    • Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah
    • Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1967-
    • Palestinian Arabs -- West Bank -- History -- 20th century
    • Israel -- Politics and government -- 1967-

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