Actions for Israel in Africa : security, migration, interstate politics

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

Israel in Africa : security, migration, interstate politics / Yotam Gidron

Author
Gidron, Yotam
Published
London, England : Zed Books, 2020.
[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource : map
Access Online

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Series
Restrictions on Access
Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.
Contents
Cover -- About the author -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Reconsidering Israel in Africa -- Securitisation, privatisation and states -- Structure, scope and sources -- 1. An African adventure -- Israel turns to Africa -- Seeking allies in the Horn -- Israel as a developmental model -- Propaganda, aid and their limits -- The battle for diplomatic support -- An African adventure -- 2. A security empire -- Israel's fall from grace in Africa -- The Yom Kippur War and its aftermath -- The rise of covert military diplomacy -- The expansion of arms diplomacy, Diplomacy on the cheap -- A security empire -- 3. Old battles, new wars -- Israel, Iran and the Gulf in Africa -- Israel and the Palestinians in Africa -- Rebranding Israel in Africa -- The role of the private sector -- Development aid and the role of civil society -- Old battles, new wars -- 4. Africa's Israels -- The politics of (in)security -- The politics of US patronage -- The politics of blessings -- The business of state-building -- Africa's Israels -- 5. Managing the frontier -- Israel and Africa's Jews -- The Beta Israel -- Uninvited guests -- 'A cancer in our body', and The making of a predatory non-policy -- Deportations and informal transfer schemes -- The limits of clandestine operations -- Managing the frontier -- Conclusion -- Israel's future in Africa -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary
Reveals Israel's increasing efforts to form alliances in Africa, explaining what this means for the continent and wider geopolitics.
Subject(s)
Genre(s)
ISBN
9781350220904 (ebook)
9781786995032 (print)
9781786995049 (PDF)
1786995042 (electronic book)
1786995034 (print)
9781786995025 (print)
1786995026 (print)
9781786995056 (print)
1786995050 (print)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Forms
Also published in print.
Technical Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
View MARC record | catkey: 42817484