War Against the People This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:13 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 1 08/07/2015 07:15 “Fascinating . Halper places the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories at the heart of what he calls the pacification industry. A brave, analytical and innovative book.” —Andrew Feinstein author The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade “A brilliant book by one of the world’s most inspiring political activists. It lays out the way in which Israel’s war on the Palestinians has become both a model and the laboratory for a global war against the people.” —Eyal Weizman, author of Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation “Halper’s disturbing vision is a rare combination of theoretical imagination and political passion.” —Derek Gregory, Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, and author of The Colonial Present “An excellent, revealing and accessible examination of Israel’s ‘security politics’ and the changing nature of pacification worldwide.” —Mouin Rabbani, Senior Fellow with the Institute for Palestine Studies and Co-editor of Jadaliyya “This book has opened my eyes. A fascinating read.” —Shir Hever, author of The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:13 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 2 08/07/2015 07:15 War Against the People Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification Jeff Halper This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:13 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 3 08/07/2015 07:15 First published 2015 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Jeff Halper 2015 The right of Jeff Halper to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7453 3431 8 Hardback ISBN 978 0 7453 3430 1 Paperback ISBN 978 1 8496 4972 8 PDF eBook ISBN 978 1 8496 4974 2 Kindle eBook ISBN 978 1 8496 4973 5 EPUB eBook This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental standards of the country of origin. Typeset by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton, England Text design by Melanie Patrick Simultaneously printed by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, UK and Edwards Bros in the United States of America This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:13 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 4 08/07/2015 07:15 Contents List of Figures and Tables vii Acronyms viii Introduction: How Does Israel Get Away With It? 1 Part I The Global Pacification Industry 1 Enforcing Hegemony: Securocratic Wars in Global Battlespace 11 Part II A Pivotal Israel 2 Why Israel? The Thrust Into Global Involvement 35 3 Niche Filling in a Global Matrix of Control 67 Part III Weaponry of Hybrid Warfare and Securocratic Control (Niche 1) 4 The Israeli Arms and Security Industry 89 5 Dominant Maneuver 97 6 Precision Engagement 113 Part IV The Securocratic Dimension—A Model of “Sufficient Pacification” (Niche 2) 7 Israel’s Matrix of Control 143 8 Operational Doctrines and Tactics 168 Part V Managing Hegemony Throughout the World-System 9 Serving the Hegemons on the Peripheries: The “Near” Periphery 193 10 Security Politics on the “Far” Periphery 213 11 The Private Sector 227 This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:13 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 5 08/07/2015 07:15 vi War Against the People Part VI Domestic Securitization and Policing 12 Serving the Core’s Ruling Classes “At Home” 249 Conclusions: Challenging Hegemony and Resisting Pacification 275 Notes 281 Online Resources 325 Index 326 This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:13 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 6 08/07/2015 07:15 List of Figures and Tables Figures 1.1 The global pacification system 17 1.2 Phase 4 “Stabilizing operations” and securitization 28 2.1 Israel’s security politics 36 3.1 A pivotal Israel 69 3.2 The global Matrix of Control 73 9.1 Circles of Israeli security politics 197 C.1 The global “scapes” 277 Tables 2.1 The evolution of Israel’s security politics 45 4.1 Core Israeli military export technologies 91 4.2 The Israeli arms and security industry at a glance 92 4.3 The structure and finances of the five largest Israeli arms companies 93 7.1 Israel’s Matrix of Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory 149 This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:16 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 7 08/07/2015 07:15 Acronyms AAM Air-to-Air Missile ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile AEW Airborne Early Warning system AIFV Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle AIPAC the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee APC Armored Personnel Carrier APAM Anti-Personnel/Anti-Material munition ATT Arms Trade Treaty to promote transparency and accountability in the arms trade, signed but not ratified by Israel BANG Bits, Atoms, Neurons and Genes, a branch of nanotechnology, including nanoweapons BMS A Battle Management System that links soldiers, their field commanders and Command Post staff BRICS-MINT Counterhegemonic bloc: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, joined by Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey C4ISTAR Capabilities built into high-tech weapons: command, control, communications, computers plus Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance CAR Central Asian Republic CEV Combat Engineering Vehicle COIN Counterinsurgency operations COMINT Communication Intelligence CQC Close Quarter Combat, especially in urban warfare DARPA The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Projects Agency, “turning science fiction into reality” DASH Elbit’s Display and Sight Helmet, part of its HMD (Helmet-Mounted Display) and HUD (Head-Up Cockpit Display) system DIME Dense Inert Metal Explosive, a bomblet that has a relatively small but highly destructive blast radius This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:18 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 8 08/07/2015 07:15 Acronyms ix based on exploding such chemically inert materials as tungsten above the heads of targets, and incinerates them ELINT/ESM Electronic Intelligence and Electronic Support Measures EMP Electromagnetic Pulse bomb strike capability creating a short, focused and highly destructive burst of electromagnetic energy EO Electro-optically guided weapons EW Electronic Warfare FMF Foreign Military Financing (US) GMTI A Ground Moving Target Indicator HELWS High-Energy Laser Weapon System IAF Israeli Air Force IAI Israel Aerospace Industries ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IDF Israel Defense Force IHL International Humanitarian Law IMI Israel Military Industries IMINT Image Intelligence INSAT Nano-satellites launched for testing new industrial components under real outer-space conditions ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munitions LASHAB The Hebrew acronym for l’khima al shetakh banui or “warfare on built-up terrain” LEEP Law Enforcement Exchange Program, in which the private Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs brings American law enforcement officials to Israel and vice versa LEO Low Earth Orbiting satellite MALE UAV Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance drone MARS Multi-purpose Aiming Reflex Sight MARV Miniature Autonomous Robotic Vehicle MAVs Micro-Air Vehicles, also called entomopters; bug-sized devices that fly MID Militarized Interstate Disputes This content downloaded from 198.91.37.2 on Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:41:18 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Halper WATP 00 pre 9 08/07/2015 07:15 x War Against the People MIRV Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle, ballistic warheads that can be dispensed and aimed against multiple targets MISSILE Complex A combined system of Military, Internal Security, Surveillance, Intelligence and Law Enforcement, the key elements of pacification MPRS Multi-Purpose Rifle System, which uses the same technology as fire control systems of advanced tanks, making any assault rifle a much diversified weapon system NBC Nuclear, Biological, Chemical forms of weapons NBIC Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology and Cognitive science, emerging fields of nano research, including weaponry OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OPSAT A next-generation optical observation satellite for reconnaissance purposes, developed by IAI’s MBT Space Division OPT Occupied Palestinian Territories PGS Prompt Global Strike Mission, an effort to develop a system that can deliver a precision conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world within one hour QDR Quadriennial Defense Review, the Pentagon’s report every four years of its policies, strategies and plans QHSR Quadriennial Homeland Security Review, also a Pentagon report published every four years of its Homeland Security policies, strategies and plans QME Qualitative Military Edge RCWS Remote Controlled Weapon Station RMA Revolution in Military Affairs, network-centric warfare RPV