War Against the People

Jeff Halper

Description

* Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2016*



Modern warfare has a new form. The days of international combat are fading. So how do major world powers maintain control over their people today?



This book is a disturbing insight into the new ways world powers such as the US, Israel, Britain and China forge war today. It is a subliminal war of surveillance and whitewashed terror, conducted through new, high-tech military apparatuses, designed and first used in Israel against the Palestinian population. Including nano-technology, hidden camera systems, information databases on civilian activity, automated targeting systems and unmanned drones, it is used to control the very people the nation's leaders profess to serve.



Jeff Halper reveals that this practice is much more insidious than was previously thought. As Western governments claw back individual liberties, War Against the People is a reminder that fundamental human rights are being compromised for vast sections of the world, and that this is a subject that should concern everyone.

List of Figures and Tables

Acronyms

Introduction: How Does Israel Get Away With It?

Part I: The Global Pacification Industry

1. Enforcing Hegemony: Securocratic Wars in Global Battlespace

Part II: A Pivotal Israel

2. Why Israel? The Thrust into Global Involvement

3. Niche-Filling in a Global Matrix of Control

Part III: Weaponry of Hybrid Warfare and Securocratic Control (Niche 1)

4. The Israeli Arms and Security Industry

5. Dominant Maneuver

6. Precision Engagement

Part IV: The Securocratic Dimension: A Model of 'Sufficient Pacification' (Niche 2)

7. Israel's Matrix of Control

8. Operational Doctrines and Tactics

Part V: Managing Hegemony throughout the World-System

9. Serving the Hegemons on the Peripheries: The 'Near' Periphery

10. Security Politics on the 'Far' Periphery

11. The Private Sector

Part VI: Domestic Securitization and Policing

12. Serving the Core’s Ruling Classes 'At Home'

Conclusions: Challenging Hegemony and Resisting Pacification

Notes

Online Resources

Index

Sujets

• Political Freedom
• Political Science
• Civil Rights
• HISTORY
• Occupied territories
• Israel
• Israel and the apartheid analogy
• Securitization
• 1982 Lebanon War
• Civics
• General officer
• Palestinian territories
• Military
• Israel Defense Forces
• Civil and political rights
• Human rights
• Citizenship
• Palestine
• General
• Intifada
• Gaza

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 septembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781849649735
• Langue: English

Extrait

War Against the People
“Fascinating … Halper places the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories at the heart of what he calls the pacification industry. A brave, analytical and innovative book.”
—Andrew Feinstein author The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
“A brilliant book by one of the world’s most inspiring political activists. It lays out the way in which Israel’s war on the Palestinians has become both a model and the laboratory for a global war against the people.”
—Eyal Weizman, author of Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation
“Halper’s disturbing vision is a rare combination of theoretical imagination and political passion.”
—Derek Gregory, Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, and author of The Colonial Present
“An excellent, revealing and accessible examination of Israel’s ‘security politics’ and the changing nature of pacification worldwide.”
—Mouin Rabbani, Senior Fellow with the Institute for Palestine Studies and Co-editor of Jadaliyya
“This book has opened my eyes. A fascinating read.”
—Shir Hever, author of The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation
War Against the People
Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification
Jeff Halper
First published 2015 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA
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Copyright © Jeff Halper 2015
The right of Jeff Halper to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acronyms  
Introduction: How Does Israel Get Away With It?
Part I
The Global Pacification Industry
   1
Enforcing Hegemony: Securocratic Wars in Global Battlespace
Part II
A Pivotal Israel
   2
Why Israel? The Thrust Into Global Involvement
   3
Niche Filling in a Global Matrix of Control
Part III
Weaponry of Hybrid Warfare and Securocratic Control (Niche 1)
   4
The Israeli Arms and Security Industry
   5
Dominant Maneuver
   6
Precision Engagement
Part IV
The Securocratic Dimension—A Model of “Sufficient Pacification” (Niche 2)
   7
Israel’s Matrix of Control
   8
Operational Doctrines and Tactics
Part V
Managing Hegemony Throughout the World-System
   9
Serving the Hegemons on the Peripheries: The “Near” Periphery
10
Security Politics on the “Far” Periphery
11
The Private Sector
Part VI
Domestic Securitization and Policing
12
Serving the Core’s Ruling Classes “At Home”  
Conclusions: Challenging Hegemony and Resisting Pacification  
Notes
Online Resources
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
1.1
The global pacification system
1.2
Phase 4 “Stabilizing operations” and securitization
2.1
Israel’s security politics
3.1
A pivotal Israel
3.2
The global Matrix of Control
9.1
Circles of Israeli security politics
C.1
The global “scapes”
 
Tables
2.1
The evolution of Israel’s security politics
4.1
Core Israeli military export technologies
4.2
The Israeli arms and security industry at a glance
4.3
The structure and finances of the five largest Israeli arms companies
7.1
Israel’s Matrix of Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Acronyms AAM Air-to-Air Missile ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile AEW Airborne Early Warning system AIFV Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle AIPAC the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee APC Armored Personnel Carrier APAM Anti-Personnel/Anti-Material munition ATT Arms Trade Treaty to promote transparency and accountability in the arms trade, signed but not ratified by Israel BANG Bits, Atoms, Neurons and Genes, a branch of nanotechnology, including nanoweapons BMS A Battle Management System that links soldiers, their field commanders and Command Post staff BRICS-MINT Counterhegemonic bloc: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, joined by Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey C 4 ISTAR Capabilities built into high-tech weapons: command, control, communications, computers plus Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance CAR Central Asian Republic CEV Combat Engineering Vehicle COIN Counterinsurgency operations COMINT Communication Intelligence CQC Close Quarter Combat, especially in urban warfare DARPA The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Projects Agency, “turning science fiction into reality” DASH Elbit’s Display and Sight Helmet, part of its HMD (Helmet-Mounted Display) and HUD (Head-Up Cockpit Display) system DIME Dense Inert Metal Explosive, a bomblet that has a relatively small but highly destructive blast radius based on exploding such chemically inert materials as tungsten above the heads of targets, and incinerates them ELINT/ESM Electronic Intelligence and Electronic Support Measures EMP Electromagnetic Pulse bomb strike capability creating a short, focused and highly destructive burst of electromagnetic energy EO Electro-optically guided weapons EW Electronic Warfare FMF Foreign Military Financing (US) GMTI A Ground Moving Target Indicator HELWS High-Energy Laser Weapon System IAF Israeli Air Force IAI Israel Aerospace Industries ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IDF Israel Defense Force IHL International Humanitarian Law IMI Israel Military Industries IMINT Image Intelligence INSAT Nano-satellites launched for testing new industrial components under real outer-space conditions ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munitions LASHAB The Hebrew acronym for l’khima al shetakh banui or “warfare on built-up terrain” LEEP Law Enforcement Exchange Program, in which the private Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs brings American law enforcement officials to Israel and vice versa LEO Low Earth Orbiting satellite MALE UAV Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance drone MARS Multi-purpose Aiming Reflex Sight MARV Miniature Autonomous Robotic Vehicle MAVs Micro-Air Vehicles, also called entomopters; bug-sized devices that fly MID Militarized Interstate Disputes MIRV Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle, ballistic warheads that can be dispensed and aimed against multiple targets MISSILE Complex A combined system of M ilitary, I nternal S ecurity, S urveillance, I ntelligence and L aw E nforcement, the key elements of pacification MPRS Multi-Purpose Rifle System, which uses the same technology as fire control systems of advanced tanks, making any assault rifle a much diversified weapon system NBC Nuclear, Biological, Chemical forms of weapons NBIC Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology and Cognitive science, emerging fields of nano research, including weaponry OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OPSAT A next-generation optical observation satellite for reconnaissance purposes, developed by IAI’s MBT Space Division OPT Occupied Palestinian Territories PGS Prompt Global Strike Mission, an effort to develop a system that can deliver a precision conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world within one hour QDR Quadriennial Defense Review, the Pentagon’s report every four years of its policies, strategies and plans QHSR Quadriennial Homeland Security Review, also a Pentagon report published every four years of its Homeland Security policies, strategies and plans QME Qualitative Military Edge RCWS Remote Controlled Weapon Station RMA Revolution in Military Affairs, network-centric warfare RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicles SALW Small Arms and Light Weapons SAM Surface-to-Air Missile SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar, a type of radar that creates 2D or 3D images of an object, primarily landscapes SIBAT The marketing arms of the Israeli Ministry of Defense; published the Israeli Defense and Homeland Security Directory SIGINT Signal Intelligence SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, provides data and analysis on conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament SWAT Teams Special Weapons and Tactics, law enforcement units, which use military-style light weapons and specialized tactics in high-risk operations that fall outside of the capabilities of regular, uniformed police TA Target Acquisition UAS Unmanned Aerial Systems, UAVs plus ground stations and other system elements UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or drone UACV Unmanned Aerial Combat Vehicle UGV Unmanned Ground Vehicle USV Unmanned Surface Vehicle WINBMS Weapon-Integrated Battle Management System
Introduction: How Does Israel Get Away With It?
This book began with a question that many activists like myself have asked over the years: How does Israel get away with it? In a decidedly post-colonial age, how is Israel able to sustain a half-century occupation over the Palestinians, a people it violently displaced in 1948, in the face of almost unanimous international opposition? Why, indeed, does the international community tolerate an unnecessary conflict that not only obstructs efforts to bring some stability to the wider Middle East, a pretty important geo-political region in which the United States and Europe are fighting a number of wars, but one that severely disrupts the international system as a whole?
Various common-sense explanations have been put forth, primarily the clout wielded by the Jewish and Christi