ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on the nexus between Jewish immigration, security and democracy that was structured during the series of debates on the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law. It discusses the structuration of a democracy-enemy nexus deployed during three different debates that took place after the end of the second intifada. The book reveals the discursive competition over security measures after the beginning of the second intifada, and the discursive competition at play during the debates over two laws passed with the aim of curbing support to terrorism. The book argues that security policies are not mere strategic tools used to respond to objective threats, but the result of a particular narration which alters the meaning of the democratic regime and redraws the boundaries of the polity.
