Israelis and Palestinians in the Shadows of the Wall ─ Spaces of Separation and Occupation

Shedding light on the recent mutations of the Israeli separation policy, whose institutional and spatial configurations are increasingly complex, this book argues that this policy has actually reinforced the interconnectedness of Israelis and Palestinian lives and their spaces. Instead of focusing on the over-mediatized separation wall, this book deals with what it hides: its shadows. Based on fieldwork studies carried out by French, Italian, Israeli, Palestinian and Swiss researchers on the many sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide, it highlights a new geography of occupation, specific forms of interconnectedness and power relations between Israeli and Palestinian spaces. It offers a better understanding of the transformation of peoplea€?s interactions, their experiences and the ongoing economy of exchanges created by the separation regime. This heterogeneous regime increasingly involves the participation of Palestinian and international actors. Grounded in refined decryptions of territorial realities and of experiences of social actorsa€? daily lives this book goes beyond usual political, media and security representations and discourses on conflict to understand its contemporary stakes on the ground.

StAcphanie Latte Abdallah is a research fellow at the French Institute of the Near East (IFPO), CNRS, Palestinian Territories. CAcdric Parizot is a research fellow at the Institute of Research and Studies of the Arabo-Muslim World (IREMAM), CNRS/Aix-Marseille University, Aix en Provence, France.