Book contents
- The Israeli Settler Movement
- The Israeli Settler Movement
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Theoretical Framework
- 2 History of the Settlements
- 3 History of the Settler Movement
- 4 Assessing the Settler Movement’s Success
- 5 The Action Repertoires of the Branches
- 6 A Case of Success
- 7 A Case of Failure
- 8 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
6 - A Case of Success
Ariel
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 November 2020
Book contents
- The Israeli Settler Movement
- The Israeli Settler Movement
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Theoretical Framework
- 2 History of the Settlements
- 3 History of the Settler Movement
- 4 Assessing the Settler Movement’s Success
- 5 The Action Repertoires of the Branches
- 6 A Case of Success
- 7 A Case of Failure
- 8 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Ariel is the fourth largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank. As the best example of a mainstreamed and normalized settlement in the West Bank, it constitutes an “extreme case study” for the success of the settler movement (Gerring 2008). Although the city is legally a settlement, and falls under the bureaucratic jurisdiction of the Civil Administration of the West Bank (part of COGAT), it is in many ways, and to many Israelis, an Israeli city. Ron Nachman, the longtime mayor of Ariel, noted already in 2004, “There has been consensus on the Right and on the Left over the course of the years regarding Ariel.
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- The Israeli Settler MovementAssessing and Explaining Social Movement Success, pp. 169 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020