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Inside Checkpoint 300: Checkpoint Regimes as Spatial Political Technologies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Authors :
Rijke, Alexandra
Minca, Claudio
Source :
Antipode. Jun2019, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p968-988. 21p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

As a part of the architecture of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories, the Israeli government introduced in 2005 a series of so‐called terminal checkpoints as "neutral border crossings", to minimise the impact of these barriers on Palestinian lives through a different design and the use of several machines, such as turnstiles and metal detectors. In this article, we analyse terminal Checkpoint 300 in Bethlehem, framing it as a spatial political technology aimed at controlling the movement of Palestinians. More specifically, we investigate the interactions between Palestinian commuters, Israeli soldiers/security guards and the machines operating inside Checkpoint 300. We conclude by suggesting that Checkpoint 300 is a porous barrier whose regime is produced, reproduced but also challenged by such interactions, and that, despite the new "neutral design", Checkpoint 300 is a place still filled with tension and violence, often exercised by the machines and their "decisions". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00664812
Volume :
51
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Antipode
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
136151084
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12526