Summary
Researcher at the Alternative Information Center in Jerusalem and author of Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation (Pluto Press, 2010), whose 2012 essay argues that Israeli separation policies displaced rather than ended the exploitation of Palestinian labour (Exploitation of Palestinian Labour in Contemporary Zionist Colonialism, PDF p.1, 8 / printed p.124, 131).
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Byline and biographical note: researcher at the Alternative Information Center, Jerusalem; author of Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation (Pluto Press, 2010) (PDF p.1, 8).
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The essay is expressly preliminary: based on a paper presented at the ‘Past is Present: Settler Colonialism in Palestine’ conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London on 5 March 2011, it does not represent a complete study, and some facts rest on interviews, personal experience and off-the-record officials (PDF p.1).
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His closing proposal is a Politics of Inclusion: grassroots protest, international solidarity and non-violent action recruiting dissatisfied groups within Israeli society (PDF p.8).
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The Other Shift: Settler Colonial Studies and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict cites Hever’s book The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation: Repression Beyond Exploitation (London, Pluto Press, 2010) at note 13 for the point that controlling a constituency while refraining from depending on or exploiting its labour cannot supersede a colonial system of relationships, and that ceasing direct exploitation cannot turn colonialism into settler colonialism (PDF p.10, note 13 / printed p.9).
Related pages
Exploitation of Palestinian Labour in Contemporary Zionist Colonialism, Alternative Information Center, Politics of Inclusion, Settler Colonialism