TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2018-19 Gaza Fence clashes
T2 - a case study in psychological warfare
AU - Schleifer, Ron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article examines the violent clashes between Hamas and Israel along the Gaza Fence (30 March 2018–27 December 2019) from a psychological operations (PSYOP) perspective. It shows how Hamas managed, through a skilful combination of mass riots, media manipulation, and quick adaptation to changing circumstances to subvert the strategic priorities of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), wear down Israeli morale, and erode Israel’s sovereignty in its southern region–all this while deterring Israel from launching a large-scale military operation in Gaza. As such, the Gaza Fence clashes provide an example of a PSYOP-based strategy that can be applied to other border conflict zones, such as Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Islamist insurrections.
AB - This article examines the violent clashes between Hamas and Israel along the Gaza Fence (30 March 2018–27 December 2019) from a psychological operations (PSYOP) perspective. It shows how Hamas managed, through a skilful combination of mass riots, media manipulation, and quick adaptation to changing circumstances to subvert the strategic priorities of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), wear down Israeli morale, and erode Israel’s sovereignty in its southern region–all this while deterring Israel from launching a large-scale military operation in Gaza. As such, the Gaza Fence clashes provide an example of a PSYOP-based strategy that can be applied to other border conflict zones, such as Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Islamist insurrections.
KW - Gaza Strip
KW - Hamas
KW - IDF
KW - Israel
KW - PLO
KW - PSYOP
KW - Palestinians
KW - psychological warfare
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130208976&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13537121.2022.2066842
DO - 10.1080/13537121.2022.2066842
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AN - SCOPUS:85130208976
SN - 1353-7121
VL - 28
SP - 357
EP - 372
JO - Israel affairs
JF - Israel affairs
IS - 3
ER -