West Bank settlements as gated communities

What is it about?

The paper argues that the Jewish settlements in the West Bank create a Gated/Gating community. That is to say, that by combining the fortressed built areas and the Jewish-only roads, a system is created that connects the Jewish settlements while disconnecting the Palestinian villages and towns. It explains how Israel controls a large territory by relatively simple and cheap means of movement management.

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Why is it important?

The paper widens fields of political geography, colonial and post-colonial spaces, studies of violence and population management, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.