Israel’s National Security and the Myth of Exceptionalism

Merom, Gil

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“…One can divide the exceptionalism literature in political science and international relations into two parts. Some of these studies focus on the cultural, religious, historical, strategic or societal underpinnings of a state or a nation that serves as the basis of the claims of difference (Lipset, 1996) and ultimately for the construction of claims of superiority vis-à-vis other states and nations (Hodgson, 2009;Merom, 1999). Other studies focus on certain institutional or procedural factors that defy generalizations related to various laws, theories or expectations, or to put it more concisely, on "anomalies" in the political science or international relations literature (Kazemipur 2006;Mahajan 2005;Studlar 2001).…”

Section: Exceptionalismmentioning

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Constructing Turkish “exceptionalism”: Discourses of liminality and hybridity in post-Cold War Turkish foreign policy

Yanık

2011

Political Geography

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Cataloged from PDF version of article.This article examines the discursive practices that enable the construction of Turkish “exceptionalism.” It\ud argues that in an attempt to play the mediator/peacemaker role as an emerging power, the Turkish elite\ud construct an “exceptionalist” identity that portrays Turkey in a liminal state. This liminality and thus the\ud “exceptionalist” identity it creates, is rooted in the hybridization of Turkey’s geographical and historical\ud characteristics. The Turkish foreign policy elite make every effort to underscore Turkey’s geography as\ud a meeting place of different continents. Historically, there has also been an ongoing campaign to depict\ud Turkey’s past as “multicultural” and multi-civilizational. These constructions of identity however, run\ud counter to the Kemalist nation-building project, which is based on “purity” in contrast to “hybridity”\ud both in terms of historiography and practice

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Section: Exceptionalismmentioning

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Constructing Turkish “exceptionalism”: Discourses of liminality and hybridity in post-Cold War Turkish foreign policy

Yanık

2011

Political Geography

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“…Finally, the third factor relates to the ongoing Israeli-Arab conflict. The Israeli 'society under siege', as it is often termed by sociologists, has constantly felt subject to a sense of threat and 'exceptionalism', 46 and has consequently developed a great deal of reliance on its military establishment. This militarist orientation has occasionally bordered on a genuine glorification of the secret services and elite army 14 TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE 132tpv01.qxd 02/08/01 12:33 Page 14 units and has led to far-reaching implications.…”

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A Tertiary Model for Countering Terrorism in Liberal Democracies: The Case of Israel

Pedahzur¹,

Ranstorp²

2001

Terrorism and Political Violence

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Like other studies in the field of counter-terrorism the question underlying this article is to what degree can a democracy lead an effective struggle against terrorism and at the same time uphold its liberal, or even democratic, character? This article seeks to elaborate on the theoretical tools used for answering this question by developing the operational aspects of the 'war model' and 'criminal justice model' in the war against terrorism and then by presenting an 'expanded criminal justice model' to mediate between the two already existing models. This continuum of models is then tested on the Israeli response to Jewish terrorism and possible explanations for the state's decision to move from one model to the other are presented. One of the central conclusions of the study is that the most successful anti-terrorist campaigns led by Israel against Jewish terrorists were the ones in which the state's authorities did not cross any democratic boundaries.

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“…Further, the implied association between “Palestinian” and “terrorist” is inherently gendered insomuch as it implicates Palestinian motherhood in “teaching” children to be violent, while at the same time framing Palestinian masculinity as ruthless . The Just Warrior of the Israeli Militarised Masculinity purposes a juxtaposition with the “terrorist” Palestinian masculinity insofar as the IDF frames itself as “the most moral army in the world” and the framing of IDF soldiers describes them as steadfastly dedicated to protecting Israel and Israelis, but ultimately reluctant and reticent in their use of violence (Merom ; Sasson‐Levy , ).…”

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Gendering Palestinian Dispossession: Evaluating Land Loss in the West Bank

Ryan

2016

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Despite increasing attention to Palestinian territorial dispossession, there is inadequate attention paid to how this dispossession is gendered in its legitimising discourses and practices. Inattention to gender results in a failure to understand the power relations at play in the processes through which Palestinians are dispossessed of their land, the discourses that serve to support that dispossession and the impacts of that dispossession. This article examines the roles of Israeli hegemonic militarised masculinity as deployed in discourses and practices of "security" as well as idealised Zionist femininity and idealised Zionist masculinity as deployed in discourses and practices of "God-given Righteousness". It finds that both are effective means of dispossessing Palestinians of their land, and that in settlements in the West Bank, the hegemonic militarised masculinity is often subsumed under idealised Zionist femininity and masculinity when it comes to settlement expansion and the violent dispossession of Palestinian land.

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Israel’s National Security and the Myth of Exceptionalism

Cited by 74 publications

References 1 publication

Constructing Turkish “exceptionalism”: Discourses of liminality and hybridity in post-Cold War Turkish foreign policy

Constructing Turkish “exceptionalism”: Discourses of liminality and hybridity in post-Cold War Turkish foreign policy

A Tertiary Model for Countering Terrorism in Liberal Democracies: The Case of Israel

Gendering Palestinian Dispossession: Evaluating Land Loss in the West Bank

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