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How can irregular political situations, which impact the lives of
millions, become normalized? Specifically, within the context of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, how can 50 years of Israeli
control over the Occupied Territories become accepted within
Israeli society as a normal, possibly even banal phenomenon?
Conversely, how can such a situation be estranged from daily
reality, denied any relation to who "we" are? This volume explores
these questions through the lens of two central discourses that
dominate the Israeli debate regarding the future of the Occupied
Territories: 1) Occupation Normalization Discourse, which portrays
Israeli control of the territories as a "normal" part of life; 2)
Occupation Estrangement Discourse, which portrays this situation as
distant from Israeli reality. In addressing these discourses, the
authors develop a new methodological tool, Dialectic Discourse
Analysis, which examines discourse as a process of perpetual
positing and synthesis of oppositions through the discursive
construction, differentiation and mediation of self and other.
Through this approach, the authors illustrate that these discourses
are dialectically constituted in opposition to one another, feeding
off one another, each enabling the other to exist. This dynamic has
resulted in a fixed discourse, preventing any progress towards a
synthesis of oppositions.
How can irregular political situations, which impact the lives of
millions, become normalized? Specifically, within the context of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, how can 50 years of Israeli
control over the Occupied Territories become accepted within
Israeli society as a normal, possibly even banal phenomenon?
Conversely, how can such a situation be estranged from daily
reality, denied any relation to who "we" are? This volume explores
these questions through the lens of two central discourses that
dominate the Israeli debate regarding the future of the Occupied
Territories: 1) Occupation Normalization Discourse, which portrays
Israeli control of the territories as a "normal" part of life; 2)
Occupation Estrangement Discourse, which portrays this situation as
distant from Israeli reality. In addressing these discourses, the
authors develop a new methodological tool, Dialectic Discourse
Analysis, which examines discourse as a process of perpetual
positing and synthesis of oppositions through the discursive
construction, differentiation and mediation of self and other.
Through this approach, the authors illustrate that these discourses
are dialectically constituted in opposition to one another, feeding
off one another, each enabling the other to exist. This dynamic has
resulted in a fixed discourse, preventing any progress towards a
synthesis of oppositions.
The surprise of the Yom Kippur War rivals that of the other two
major strategic surprises in the 20th century Operation Barbarossa,
the 1941 German surprise attack on the Soviet Union and the bombing
of Pearl Harbor. The major difference between these events is that
Israeli intelligence had a lot more and better quality information
leading up to the attack than did the Americans or the Soviet Union
prior to those attacks. Why, then, was the beginning of the war
such a surprise? The sudden eruption of the Yom Kippur War in 1973
took Israel and the world by surprise. While many scholars have
tried to explain why Israel was caught unawares despite its
sophisticated military intelligence services, Dalia Gavriely-Nuri
looks beyond the military, intelligence, and political explanations
to a cultural explanation. Israeli Culture on the Road to the Yom
Kippur War reveals that the culture that evolved in Israel between
the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War played a large role in the
surprise. Gavriely-Nuri lays out the cultural environment at the
time to show that an attack of any kind would have been experienced
as a strategic surprise despite the amount of intelligence
available.
The Normalization of War in Israeli Discourse, 1967-2008, by Dalia
Gavriely-Nuri opens a window to how Israelis talk, write, and think
about war. In the post-World War II period, Israel has taken part
in eight wars, more than almost any other western democracy. In
addition to "official" wars, Israel has experienced two Intifadas
and repetitive long periods of bombings of its border-settlements.
This book argues that such an intensive involvement in military
actions provides a natural arena for a uniquely fertile war
discourse. Gavriely-Nuri identifies a special war discourse: a
"war-normalizing discourse" (WND). WND as a set of linguistic,
discursive, and cultural devices aims at blurring the anomalous
character of war by transforming it into an event perceived as
"natural"- a "normal" part of life. Moreover, the WND is served as
a unique rhetorical compass and illuminates one basic organizing
principle underlying the Israeli war discourse. WND has been in use
throughout Israel's history, in periods of war as well as in
periods of relative peace. It has become a fundamental part of the
Israeli public discourse concerning both peace and war and an
integral part of Israeli identity. The Normalization of War in
Israeli Discourse, 1967-2008, is an essential investigation into
how nations use rhetoric and tactical discourse to normalize their
conflicts.
The Normalization of War in Israeli Discourse, 1967-2008, by Dalia
Gavriely-Nuri opens a window to how Israelis talk, write, and think
about war. In the post-World War II period, Israel has taken part
in eight wars, more than almost any other western democracy. In
addition to "official" wars, Israel has experienced two Intifadas
and repetitive long periods of bombings of its border-settlements.
This book argues that such an intensive involvement in military
actions provides a natural arena for a uniquely fertile war
discourse. Gavriely-Nuri identifies a special war discourse: a
"war-normalizing discourse" (WND). WND as a set of linguistic,
discursive, and cultural devices aims at blurring the anomalous
character of war by transforming it into an event perceived as
"natural"- a "normal" part of life. Moreover, the WND is served as
a unique rhetorical compass and illuminates one basic organizing
principle underlying the Israeli war discourse. WND has been in use
throughout Israel's history, in periods of war as well as in
periods of relative peace. It has become a fundamental part of the
Israeli public discourse concerning both peace and war and an
integral part of Israeli identity. The Normalization of War in
Israeli Discourse, 1967-2008, is an essential investigation into
how nations use rhetoric and tactical discourse to normalize their
conflicts.
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