Price Tag Violence and the Dwindling Prospects for Peace in Israel-Palestine
| Author | Chares Demetriou,Eitan Y. Alimi |
| Published date | 01 September 2018 |
| Date | 01 September 2018 |
| DOI | 10.1177/2041905818796578 |
36 POLITICAL INSIGHT • SEPTEMBER 2018
The prospects for peace in the
Middle East have seldom seemed
so remote. Along the Gaza
border violence has risen, as has
the death toll. In the West Bank there are
growing signs of a Palestinian leadership
losing ground. In Israel, meanwhile, the
government seems to show neither the
interest nor the ability to revive the peace
process. In fact, the current and past
Israeli governments have been building
strategically in the occupied territories in
order to either render a two-state solution
impossible, or to severely circumscribe in
geographic and functional terms any future
Palestinian state.
Jewish settlements are often cited as among the biggest obstacles
to peace between Israel and Palestine. Settler leaders have been
increasingly important in Israeli politics. At the same time, there has
been a marked rise in so-calle d ‘Price Tag’ violence among radical
grassroots settlers. Eitan Y. Alimi and Chares Demetriou report.
Price Tag Violence
and the Dwindling
Prospects for Peace
in Israel-Palestine
Long in the making, the settlement
project has been propelled by a
partnership between successive Israeli
governments and the settlement
movement, a relationship which, though
frequently competitive and occasionally
frictional, has overall been symbiotic
and mutually beneficial. The settlement
movement took shape after the June 1967
War, securing the support of social and
political forces from across the political-
ideological spectrum. The settler leadership
has managed to make headway into
society, the army and the political system
and, not without challenges and setbacks,
to bring about a steady increase in Jewish
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