Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Eyeless in Gaza? Gaza at the Margins, Gaza at the Centre Israel''s Gaza Policy: A Note on Sources Chapter 2: Explaining Israeli Foreign and Domestic Policy Israeli Foreign Policy Choices in Context The International Environment: The Tail Wagging the Dog The Superpower Ally: The Road to ''Ironclad'' Support Regional Dynamics: Shifting Alliances, Fractured Unity The Palestinian Nationalist Front The Domestic Arena: Implications for Policy-Making Ideology, Security, and Israeli Unilateralism Chapter 3: Gaza in Context: Zionism, Expansionism, and Israel''s Quest for Domination Pre-1967 The Zionist Project in Palestine Making Palestine Jewish The Zionist Strategy of Territorial Expansion and Colonization Israel: A New State Without Borders Gaza and the 1948 War: War Aims, Warfare and Armistice Agreements The Creation of the Gaza Strip Cross-Line Activity The 1956 War: Israeli Occupation and Withdrawal Chapter 4: A Bone Stuck in Their Throat? The 1967 War and the Onset of Israeli Occupation Planning the 1967 Conquest of the Gaza Strip Israel''s Room for Manoeuvre: Domestic, Regional and International Pressure From Conquest to Occupation Post-War Decision-Making and Diplomacy Gaza ''Normalization'' and ''Refugee Rehabilitation'' To Have and to Hold Chapter 5: An Inseparable Part of Israel: Strengthening Control and Domination, 1967-1987 Integration Without Annexation Moshe Dayan''s ''Invisible Occupation'' From ''Normalization'' to Economic Dependence Rooting Out Resistance, ''Thinning Out'' Refugee Camps Israeli Colonization: The Establishment of the First Gaza Settlement The ''Five Fingers'' Approach and Labour''s Legacy Keeping Control, Resisting Interference Israel''s Room for Manoeuvre: International and Domestic Approaches to Israel''s Gaza Settlements Likud Occupation Policy and Diplomacy The Colonizing Drive Prelude to a Crisis: Gaza at Boiling Point Chapter 6: ''Gaza First'': Recycling an Old Idea for Middle East Peace-Making, 1987-2000 The Intifada : An Uprising by the Palestinian People Israel''s Room for Manoeuvre: Changing International and Domestic Environments The Game Changer: The First Gulf War, 1990-1991 Talking ''Peace'' in Madrid, Washington and Sarpsborg The ''Breakthrough'': The Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Government ''Gaza First'': The Revival of an Old Idea Maintaining Settlements, Maintaining Control Israel and Gaza First: Abandoning Unilateralism? Chapter 7: Painful Concession or Diplomatic and Demographic Necessity? Israel''s Unilateral Evacuation, 2000-2005 The Breakdown of Negotiations and the Rise of the Second Intifada Israel''s Room for Manoeuvre: International and Regional Pressures The Game Changer: The Roadmap for Peace Erosion at Home Sharon''s Gaza ''Disengagement'' and Israeli Political Realignment Israel''s Gaza Settlements: Lessons from the Sinai Solving the Diplomatic Tangle and Israel''s ''Demographic Problem'' Preparing for the ''Day After'': Strategies for the Post-Evacuation Phase Chapter 8: The Hostile Territory: Blockade, Separation and Fragmentation, 2005-2023 Keeping the Keys The Hamas Dilemma Israeli Policy: Elections and the Day After Divide and Rule Israel''s Room for Manoeuvre: A Coalition of Convergence Declaring Gaza ''Hostile Territory'' Israel: Gaza''s ''Dietician'' By Blockade and By Force Fragmenting Palestine: The Separation of Gaza from the West Bank Chapter 9: Remember What Amalek Did to You: Bringing Down the House Making the Case Dehumanizing Gaza The Room for Manoeuvre: Silence, Consent and Support Israel: Samson in Gaza?.