Alaa Tartir & Timothy Seidel 
Palestine and Rule of Power [PDF ebook] 
Local Dissent vs. International Governance

This book explores how the rule of power relates to the case of occupied Palestine, examining features of local dissent and international governance. The project considers expressions of the rule of power in two particular ways: settler colonialism and neoliberalism. As power is always accompanied by resistance, the authors engage with and explores forms of everyday resistance to the logics and regimes of neoliberal governance and settler colonialism. They investigate wide-ranging issues and dynamics related to international governance, liberal peacebuilding,  statebuilding, and development, the claim to politics, and the notion and practice of resistance. This work will be of interest for academics focusing on modern Middle Eastern politics, international relations, as well as for courses on contemporary conflicts, peacebuilding, and development.

Table of Content

1. Introduction: The Rule of Power in Palestine.- 2. The Settler-Colonial Present: Palestinian State-building under Apartheid.- 3. Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign States: Settler Colonial Violence and the Visibility of Resistance in Palestine.- 4. Active and Transformative Sumud among Palestinian Activists in Israel.- 5. Who Protests in Palestine? Mobilization across Class under the Palestinian Authority.- 6. More Important than Other Conflicts: The Uniqueness of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in EC/EU Discourse.- 7. Neoliberalism as Aid for the Settler Colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories after Oslo.- 8. Solidarity Donors and Popular Education in the West Bank.- 9. Criminalizing Resistance: Security Sector Reform and Palestinian Authoritarianism.- 10. Securitizing Peace: The EU’s Aiding and Abetting Authoritarianism.- 11. Conclusion.

About the author

Alaa Tartir is Research Associate at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Switzerland, and Program Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.
Timothy Seidel is Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding,  Eastern Mennonite University, USA.