Introduction : security society in Gaza -- Cultivating suspicion and participation -- Uses of surveillance and informing -- Reputation, investigation, and criminal interdiction -- Managing protest and public life -- Peacekeeping and international community -- Conclusion : the policing imperative
Summary
Egypt came to govern Gaza as a result of a war, a failed effort to maintain Arab Palestine. Throughout the twenty years of its administration (1948-1967), Egyptian policing of Gaza concerned itself not only with crime and politics, but also with control of social and moral order. Through surveillance, interrogation, and a network of local informants, the police extended their reach across the public domain and into private life, seeing Palestinians as both security threats and vulnerable subjects who needed protection. Security practices produced suspicion and safety simultaneously. Police Enco
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