ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the Israel/Palestine case to make a broader claim about deradicalization efforts in non-democratic contexts. It offers an example from Israel/Palestine of an alternative approach that can replace the state-security paradigm. This alternative focuses on civil society and adopts a political-transformative approach. The chapter addresses the problem that both the state and non-state actors employ political violence and uphold radical ideologies. There are significant challenges to employing the concept of “deradicalization” in the context of Israel/Palestine. In non-democratic contexts such as the Israel/Palestine case where the targets for intended deradicalization lack full civil rights, two divergent approaches have been employed. One focuses on security services and prison administration – the representatives of the state – as the agents to potentially implement deradicalization initiatives. The second approach is vested in civil society and operates under a political-transformative paradigm rather than a purely state-centered security paradigm.
