War Against the People

A disturbing insight into the new phenomenon of the 'securocratic' war in the modern policed world, with a focus on the Israeli state.

* Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2016*

Modern warfare has a new form. The days of international combat are fading. So how do major world powers maintain control over their people today?

This book is a disturbing insight into the new ways world powers such as the US, Israel, Britain and China forge war today. It is a subliminal war of surveillance and whitewashed terror, conducted through new, high-tech military apparatuses, designed and first used in Israel against the Palestinian population. Including nano-technology, hidden camera systems, information databases on civilian activity, automated targeting systems and unmanned drones, it is used to control the very people the nation's leaders profess to serve.

Jeff Halper reveals that this practice is much more insidious than was previously thought. As Western governments claw back individual liberties, War Against the People is a reminder that fundamental human rights are being compromised for vast sections of the world, and that this is a subject that should concern everyone.

List of Figures and Tables
Acronyms
Introduction: How Does Israel Get Away With It?
Part I: The Global Pacification Industry
1. Enforcing Hegemony: Securocratic Wars in Global Battlespace
Part II: A Pivotal Israel
2. Why Israel? The Thrust into Global Involvement
3. Niche-Filling in a Global Matrix of Control
Part III: Weaponry of Hybrid Warfare and Securocratic Control (Niche 1)
4. The Israeli Arms and Security Industry
5. Dominant Maneuver
6. Precision Engagement
Part IV: The Securocratic Dimension: A Model of 'Sufficient Pacification' (Niche 2)
7. Israel's Matrix of Control
8. Operational Doctrines and Tactics
Part V: Managing Hegemony throughout the World-System
9. Serving the Hegemons on the Peripheries: The 'Near' Periphery
10. Security Politics on the 'Far' Periphery
11. The Private Sector
Part VI: Domestic Securitization and Policing
12. Serving the Core’s Ruling Classes 'At Home'
Conclusions: Challenging Hegemony and Resisting Pacification
Notes
Online Resources
Index