National and International Civilian Protection Strategies in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Abstract

The book review examines the scholarly contributions of Timea Spitka (2023), a renowned scholar of identity, international intervention, conflict transformation, and their impacts on minorities. Her research offers careful examination and interdisciplinary analysis of how civilian protection is deployed within one of the most enduring conflicts in modern history. Drawing on human security, feminist peace research, and international law, the book demonstrates how state and international actors perpetuate the conflict under the guise of protection and offers a strong critique of the global protection regime. It also provides profound insights into peacekeeping by debating the myth of protection; what is claimed to be protected, what should be protected, and what actually is protected.