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Israel and the Islamist Challenge: Old Dilemmas, New Approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud
Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud*
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Coastal Carolina University
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Suheir Daoud, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC. E-mail: sdaoud@coastal.edu
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Abstract

This paper explains Israel's decision to outlaw the Islamic Movement Northern Faction in Israel (IMNF) and examines the methods and strategies adopted by the IMNF and its leaders that prompted the state's actions. Based on the British Defense Regulations from the British Mandate for Palestine, the State of Israel outlawed the IMNF on November 17, 2015, accusing the group of incitement, racism, and terrorism. Sheykh Kamal Khatib, former deputy leader of IMNF, declared that the IMNF had been a tool to serve the Islamic project and regardless of having been outlawed, the movement “would find a “thousand ways” to serve that project.’” I argue that the IMNF's shift in focus from the Palestinians to the larger Muslim community disrupted politics within Israel. Even so, Israel's policy change was based on political and personal calculations, rather than on national and regional security pressures.

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Politics and Religion , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 55 - 80
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Copyright © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2018 

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