Understanding Israeli soldiers
Israel: a militarized society
Uprisings
Soldiers as perpetrators
Misbehaviour and violence
Conclusion
Studying soldiers
Becoming or being a perpetrator
Space, power, (mis)behaviour and morality
Physical closeness and distance
Constructed moralities in speech
Moral disengagement and denial
Perpetrators' accounts
Conclusion
Checkpoints, arrests and patrols: spaces of occupation
Policing by soldiers: dirty work
Checkpoints: obstruction of passage
Arrests and 'straw widows': entering the private Palestinian domain
Patrolling
Conclusion
Performing as occupiers: operational dynamics
Routine
Relations of power
Tired, bored and scared: emotional, physical and cognitive numbing
Anger, boredom, frustration and more: the emotional dimension
Hot, cold and tired: the physical dimension
Unclear categories and uncertainty: implications of the cognitive dimension
Conclusion
Blurring morals: the numbed moral competence of soldiers
Moral professionalism
Cognitive blurring
Detachment: 'not thinking about it'
Conclusion
Morality in speech: discursive strategies of soldiers
The minimization of moral agency
Professionalism (miktsoayut)
Bottom-up: soldiers' talk
Strategic talk
Ideology
No need for explanation
Critical voices: moral re-sensitizing
Conclusion
Conclusion
The systemic approach: taking the Israeli case outside of its borders.