By Eyal Weizman
Acclaimed exploration of the political house created by means of Israel's colonial occupation.
From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories, Eyal Weizman unravels Israel's mechanisms of keep an eye on and its transformation of Palestinian cities, villages and roads into an artifice the place all typical and equipped good points serve army ends. Weizman strains the improvement of this procedure, from the impact of archaeology on city making plans, Ariel Sharon's reconceptualization of army defence through the 1973 battle, during the making plans and structure of the settlements, to the modern Israeli discourse and perform of city conflict and airborne detailed assassinations. hole Land lays naked the political procedure on the middle of this complicated and terrifying undertaking of late-modern colonial occupation.
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