Oppressor or Protector? Changing Perceptions of Israel's Occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights

我的研究兴趣包括四个交织在一起的线索：首先，解释占领的理由，因为它保障了消极的和平（即，没有暴力，如约翰·加尔东所创造的）相对于邻国战争。其次，以色列的高国家能力（与叙利亚相比）和先进的公共产品供应（在医疗保健，教育，疫苗或养老金方面）是占领合法化的因素。第三，这种占领的影响使以色列在戈兰的水资源开发和定居者殖民主义合法化，并影响了水政治和定居点的随意建造。第四，Jawlani社区对1967年战争和以色列在戈兰侵犯人权行为的集体记忆（正如Al-Marsad所记录的那样）在维持占领是压迫性的看法方面所发挥的作用。

My research interests encompass four intertwined threads: firstly, narratives justifying the occupation because it safeguards negative peace (i.e., the absence of violence, as coined by Johan Galtung) relative to the neighboring war. Secondly, the perception of Israel's high state capacity (compared to Syria) and advanced public goods provision (regarding healthcare, education, vaccines, or pensions) as occupation-legitimizing factors. Thirdly, the impact of such occupation legitimizations in facilitating Israeli water exploitation and settler colonialism in the Golan, and shaping the discursive construction of hydropolitics and settlements. Fourthly, the role of the Jawlani community's collective memory of the 1967 war and of Israeli human rights violations in the Golan (as documented by Al-Marsad) in upholding perceptions of the occupation as oppressive.