Israel’s Death Hierarchy: Casualty Aversion in a Militarized Democracy

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>> 243 1948 War, 38, 41, 42, 84, 139, 182, 183 1973 War, 41, 45–46, 51, 59, 67, 83, 131; criticism of the army, 41–42, 46, 53, 118; and erosion of the legitimacy of military sacrifice, 42, 50, 158, 184; increase of security burden, 43 Abu-Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), 165 Afghanistan war, 31, 174, 178 Al-Aqsa Intifada, second Intifada, 49, 63, 67, 72, 82, 85, 89, 94, 95, 99, 107, 116, 159, 160, 175; in Gaza Strip, 153–154, 157–162, 171; Operation Defensive Shield, 83, 86, 90; and the social composition of the IDF, 83–85, 92–93, 97, 98, 142, 155. See also Bereavement, and Al-Aqsa Intifada; Mitchell Report Amar, Amalia, 85 “An Appeal for Redress from the War in Iraq,” 104 Antiwar groups, 4, 5, 7, 23, 30, 34, 51–52, 53, 110–111, 113, 121, 125; and mothers/ parents, 77–78, 120; protests 3, 4, 25, 41–42, 81, 110, 120, 125, 152. See also Gold Star Families for Peace; Israel: protest activities and movements; Israel: wars, the use of force criticized; Vietnam war, civil resistance to Arab-Israeli conflict, 43, 45, 46, 60, 75, 158 Arens, Moshe, 55, 138, 163, 195 Ashkenazi, Gabi, 166, 199 Avitan, Zohar, 138 Ayalon, Bilha, 87 Balancing rights, 7, 15, 21, 25, 32, 42, 148, 200, 210. See also Balancing rights, strategies of; Israel: balancing strategies Balancing rights, strategies of, 7, 13, 15, 23, 29, 34, 182, 206; #1 increasing the demand for protection, 24, 26–27, 32, 33, 34, 175, 202, 211; #2 increasing the compensation of sacrifice, 27–28, 32, 33, 113, 175, 196–197, 212; #3 reducing military burden, risking the level of protection, 7, 28–29, 33, 34, 175, 176, 212; #4 redistribution of the burden, 9–10, 24, 30–32, 33, 34, 128, 149, 152, 174, 175, 176–177, 194, 200, 202, 212; force-casualties tradeoff (FCT), 11–12, 31, 147, 149–153, 154, 171, 177, 178–179, 196, 212. See also Israel, balancing strategies; Protection Barak, Ehud, 74, 75, 96, 158, 166, 167, 199 Beaufort Family, 51, 53, 56, 86, 106, 117, 185 Begin, Menachem, 44–45, 49, 52, 53, 54 Belski, Shlomi, 86 Ben Dor, Rachel, 73 Ben-Eliezer, Binyamin, 175 Ben-Gurion, David, 183, 189 Bereavement, 16, and Al-Aqsa Intifada, 83, 85, 99, 104, 136; and collective action, 10, 71, 72, 78, 92, 105, 106, 109–110, 112, 115, 118;, hierarchy of, 10, 11, 69, 71, 72, 106, 124, 128–129, 208; imbuing loss with meaning, 18, 77, 81, 85–86, 88; Israeli hegemonic model of, 41; and Kibbutz members, 98, 101–102; of parents, 41, 51, 52, 53, 81, 83–88, 96–97, 99, 101, 102–103, 104, Index 244 > 245 17, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30–31, 38, 77, 79–81, 113, 123–124, 125, 210, 212; all-volunteer force (AVF), 4–5, 112, 114, 124; and casualties, 24; policy and mode of recruitment, 7, 10, 16, 17, 25, 77, 211. See also Draft; France, model of conscription ; Recruitment-related variables Consensus, 4, 24, 115, 118–119, 121. See also Israel, consensus; United States, consensus Contingency plans, 12, 33, 182, 202. See also IDF, civilian control over, contingency plans Contingent consent, 6, 12, 21, 209–210 Cost-informed discourse, cost assessment , 107, 194–196, 202. See also IDF, civilian control over, cost-centered/ informed discourse Courage to Refuse, 89–90 Dahiyah Doctrine, 165, 169, 195 Damelin, Robi, 87, 89, 91, 106 Davidov, Yishayahu, 86 Dayan, Moshe, 42, 139, 184 Death hierarchy, 148, 152, 164, 166–167, 170, 171, 206–209, 206, 207, 209, 211; modified/reformulated, 10–11, 8, 33, 62, 145–146, 208; principles of, 128– 129; structure of, 11, 129–145 Decision making, 32, 93, 166, 187–188, 190, 194, 197, 199, 202, 212; protests’ influence on, 56, 126; rapid, 12, 33, 182, 185–191, 200 Dehumanization of the enemy, 24, 26, 196, 202 Demilitarization, 33, 62, 158 Democratic Party, 111, 113, 117, 119 Democratization, 7, 16, 27, 210 Desert Storm, 30–31 Discourse framing, 76–77, 82, 110, 114, 123 Disobedience. See Conscientious objection , disobedience Double effect, 216n3 Draft, 30, 128, 207, 210; legitimacy crisis, 7, 22, 28. See also Conscription vs. vocalization; IDF, conscription, draft system; United States, draft East Timor, 177 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, 46, 59 Einhorn, David, 99, 104 Eitan, Raphael, 52 Eliad, Shraga, 98 Eshkol, Levi, 183–184, 189 Exit from war. See War, exit from Family, size of, 22, 57 Fatah party, 163 Feminism, 18, 78, 79...