Women and the Israeli Occupation

Of Possibilities, Probabilities and Political Geography

“…When, for example, have treatments of nationalism within the mainstream of political geography seriously engaged gender practices and feminist thought? The work of Sarah Radcliffe and Sallie Westwood (1996), Joanne Sharp (1996) and Tamar Mayer (1994) would be obvious points of reference, but their work is not included in the progress reports that I reviewed. 3 Similarly, there is a great deal of research on feminist political activism and social movements, but again, this seems marginal in the programmatic statements about the sub-® elds.…”

“Teacher, Tiller, Soldier, Spy”? women's representations in Israeli military memorials

“…This is, of course, in spite of the fact that women stand at the center of a public discourse revolving around sexism, racism, violence in general and family violence in particular, not as an abstract image but as a concrete victim. 36 The three memorials that I have highlighted here represent three types of womens representation in Israeli military commemoration. The first is the use of a female figure as part of a group in figurative commemoratory statuary, meant to represent both male and female casualties.…”

Normalizing inequality: portrayals of women in the Israeli media

“…34 Indeed, participation in the public discourse that gives unequivocal preference to questions of national security impinges on womens ability to take part in the central political sphere. 35 Religious interests take priority over egalitarian principles in the Israeli legislative process. What is more, the court system has chosen, by its lack of intervention, to prefer cultivation of the Jewish rather than the egalitarian nature of the state.…”