Relation-Building and Contained Radicalization in the Gaza Pullout Campaign

af Eitan Y. (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Alimi

This Element explores the Jewish Settlement Movement's campaign against the Gaza Pullout as a case of contained radicalization. Despite the presence of militant worldviews and propensities for aggression, as factors identified in the literature as drivers of political violence, the campaign saw little violence. The Element offers a detailed analysis of the history of relation-building within the movement and between it and the Israeli State and its agents to explain the ability of leaders from t... (Læs mere)