This book, edited by Honaida Ghanim and Azar Dakwar and featuring contributions from various scholars, presents a collection of studies and articles that delve into the analogies, differences, and intersections between control systems in apartheid and Israeli regimes. The contributors consider the unique contexts of persecution, control, and political dynamics.
Titled "Israel and Apartheid: Comparative Studies," this comprehensive work consists of 374 pages and is divided into five chapters, each addressing different aspects of the theme.
Chapter 1, "Between Apartheid, Settler Colonialism, and Military Occupations: Problematic Approach and Comparison," includes two articles that explore the analogies and differences between apartheid in South Africa and the Israeli regime. Honaida Ghanim's article, "The Complex Framing of a Hybrid Regime," examines the intricate comparison between apartheid and Israel's governance system, emphasizing the multifaceted tools used to perpetuate the Jewish nation-state's structure. Raef Zreik and Azar Dakwar discuss differences and analogies between apartheid in South Africa and the current Palestinian/Israeli context, viewing apartheid as a dynamic process rather than a static structural case.
Chapter 2, "The Production of Hegemony and Manifestation of Apartheid in Practice: Legal Education and Religion," includes three articles. Ayman Eghbarieh 's article, "Education under South Africa's Apartheid Regime," delves into apartheid and recent curriculum developments that emphasize the ethno-religious nationalism of Jewish identity. Chapter 3, "Spatial Planning, Marginalization Policies, and the Production of Enclaves," explores the use of spatial planning tools, segregation, and cantonization policies to confine Palestinians in enclaves similar to South Africa's Bantustans. Yousef Rafiq Jabarin's article investigates the role of spatial planning in marginalizing and persecuting Palestinians, while Ahmed al-Atrash and Suheil Khaliliyyeh review manifestations of a "post-apartheid" regime in the Palestinian context. Razi Nabulsi's article reviews colonial policies used to produce Palestinian communities as enclaves, with legal tools intersecting with social and political conditions. In "Segregation and Control Policies: The Gaza Blockade and the Apartheid Regime," Atef Abu Seif analyzes the Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007 as a tool to consolidate apartheid.
Chapter 4, "Resistance and Liberation: Between Palestine and South Africa," explores analogies between South Africa's boycott movement under apartheid and Palestine's BDS movement. Hadeel Badarneh discusses conceptual and practical overlaps and intersections between both movements. Abdul Ghani Salameh compares the roots, nature, and history of colonial regimes in both Palestine and South Africa and the tools and objectives of their struggles.
Chapter 5, "Apartheid in the Palestinian and Israeli Discourses," features two articles. Majd Kayyal provides an overview of the growing use of the apartheid analogy in Palestine's discourse, while Antoine Shulhut analyzes the debate within Israel regarding its political system based on apartheid.
This book offers a comprehensive examination of the comparisons between apartheid and the Israeli regime, shedding light on critical aspects of this complex issue.
Authors:
Honaida Ghanim,
Raif Zreik,
Azzar Dakwar,
Ayman Ighbaria
Mohannad Mustafa
Sawsan Zahr
Yousef Jabareen
Ahmad Atrah
Suhail Khalilieh
Razi Nabulsi
Atef Abu-Saif,
Hadeel Badarneh
Abdel-Ghani,Salameh
Majd Kayyal
Antone Shulhat
